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JAPAN
Oct 22, 2014
Google to comply with Japan court order to remove search results
Google Inc. has decided to comply with a Japanese court order to remove some online search results found to infringe on a man's privacy rights, company officials said on Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2014
Google Maps releases Street View of disaster-hit Tohoku coast from sea
Google Inc. on Monday released Street View images of hundreds of kilometers of coast devastated by the March 2011 tsunami captured from the sea.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 11, 2014
After court loss, Google rethinks search results linking man to criminal group
Google says it may comply with a Japanese court order and remove some online search results found to harm a man's reputation by linking him to organized crime.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 10, 2014
Japanese court orders Google to halt search harassment
In what is likely a first for online privacy in Japan, a Tokyo court orders Google to delete search results that imply a man was involved in a past crime.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / SEEN AT CEATEC
Oct 9, 2014
Toshiba Glass sets sights on less obtrusive wearable tech
Some companies, most famously Google Inc., are seeing the future of wearable tech in eyewear devices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 3, 2014
Former Google exec primed to lead SoftBank's Hollywood invasion
SoftBank Corp.'s investment in a Hollywood movie studio represents the coming out party for two new players in the U.S. entertainment industry — the Japanese telecommunications company and Nikesh Arora, the former Google Inc. executive running a new media and Internet company.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 3, 2014
Google threatened with lawsuit over leaked nude celebrity photos: New York Post
A lawyer who represents about a dozen female celebrities whose private photos were posted online by hackers has threatened to sue Google Inc for failing to take the photos off its websites, according to the New York Post.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 17, 2014
Man loses lawsuit against Google to have arrest record removed from search results
The Kyoto District Court has rejected a suit filed against the Japanese unit of U.S. Internet giant Google Inc. by a man who wanted to have his arrest record removed from online search results.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Sep 14, 2014
Cars that drive themselves starting to chat with each other
A Honda Motor Co. Acura RLX sedan demonstrated an unusual way to tow another car last week: the vehicles were not physically attached. The second car drove itself, following instructions beamed over by the first in a feat of technology that indicates a new stage in automation is happening faster than...
Japan Times
JAPAN / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Sep 7, 2014
Drone enthusiasts see bright future but legal hurdles await
Last December, Amazon.com Inc. created a buzz by releasing a video of a drone delivering a package to a customer's home. If Amazon launches its Prime Air service as planned in 2015, we could soon see unmanned aircraft whizzing through the skies to deliver purchases in as little as half an hour.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 3, 2014
Google taps U.S. scholars to build new quantum information processors
Google Inc. has announced that a research team led by physicist John Martinis from the University of California Santa Barbara will join the company to begin a project to build new quantum information processors based on superconducting electronics.
WORLD / Society
Aug 7, 2014
Wikipedia fights back against Europe's 'right to be forgotten'
Wikipedia fought back against Europe's "right to be forgotten" by listing the online encyclopaedia's articles removed from search results, snubbing a court ruling that allows people to stop personal information appearing under Internet searches.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 18, 2014
Softbank picks Google's Arora to head Internet business unit
SoftBank Corp., the wireless carrier led by billionaire Masayoshi Son, has hired Google Inc.'s Nikesh Arora to help steer its global expansion.
BUSINESS
Jul 2, 2014
Google acquiring startup Songza to bolster music services
Google Inc. is buying startup Songza Media Inc., bolstering its music services as it tries to draw users away from rival Apple Inc.
LIFE / Digital
Jun 13, 2014
Google Glass headsets find their way into the doctor's surgery
Google's futuristic eyeglasses are finding their way into hospitals and clinics throughout the United States.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 5, 2014
Forget self-driving cars, make me a cyborg
A finance professor and sci-fi fan thinks that the next big technology is 'cyborg technology' but that the press is ignoring it. It will include a number of health care technologies involving the integration of living tissue with engineered machinery.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jun 2, 2014
China disrupts Google services ahead of Tiananmen crackdown anniversary
Google's services are being disrupted in China ahead of this week's 25th anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on prodemocracy demonstrators around Beijing's Tiananmen Square, a censorship watchdog said Monday.
BUSINESS / Tech
May 31, 2014
Privacy ruling by EU puts ISPs in pickle
Google and other Internet companies find themselves in a quandary over how to strike a balance between privacy and freedom of information as the world's top search engine took a first step toward upholding an EU privacy ruling.
COMMENTARY / World
May 30, 2014
Why Google's self-driving car terrifies Detroit
Perhaps the U.S. auto industry's biggest problem right now is that the usually slavish press is going crazy for the Google self-driving car prototype in ways that the carmakers haven't been able to inspire in a long time.
COMMENTARY / World
May 20, 2014
Why censoring search engines is a good idea
The European Court of Justice deserves praise for ruling recently that a Spanish national should not suffer shame or embarrassment for his former financial difficulties every time an acquaintance or potential employer types his name into a brower.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Human bone-like objects found at Nippon Steel plant’s molten iron pot, with one worker missing
Police believe it’s highly possible that human bones found in a molten iron pot at Nippon Steel's Oita factory belong to a missing male employee.
Japanese billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Unraveling the Japanese prose of Yukio Mishima
Author Yukio Mishima accepts the Arts Festival Award in the drama category at the 20th Arts Festival Award Ceremony on Jan. 22, 1966.
New Taiwan president to set tone for ties with China at inauguration
Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te arrives at the CyberSec 2024 Exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday.
Japanese billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.

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