Competition between streaming services heating up in Japan amid pandemic
Online subscription-based streaming of films and television programs has seen an uptick in Japan in recent years, and with the coronavirus pandemic keeping more people at home, that trend appears to be intensifying. The growth in the market is led by foreign companies globalizing operations ...
Keep the geeks in charge of the internet
With internet censorship growing ever stronger, now might be the time to return control to the web’s founders.
Japan eyes yearlong intensive reform program to speed digitization
As part of the plan, the nation will look to protect international free trade, despite growing global protectionism.
Pushed by pandemic, reform council calls on Japan to leave paper-based admin behind
A government council on Thursday submitted to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe proposals that the government fully review its administrative procedures requiring paper documents, seal stamping and in-person meetings. In its proposals, the Regulatory Reform Promotion Council urged the government to promote change at a time ...
Internet holds the key to the post-coronavirus era
Ability to put innovation into practice determines recovery of virus-hit economy
NEC Corp. President Takashi Niino on Thursday voiced his resolve to expand the Japanese electronics giant's share in the global 5G infrastructure market. The firm wants to be a "game-changer through Japan-made" technologies in the market of base stations for next-generation 5G and later-generation networks, ...
Yahoo Japan operator and Line to delay merger planned for October
The SoftBank Corp. group company that controls Yahoo Japan Corp. and messaging app provider Line Corp. said Tuesday their merger planned for October will be delayed as antitrust screening in some countries is taking longer than expected due to the coronavirus pandemic. Yahoo Japan's operator ...
Google stymies media companies from chipping away at its data dominance
Alphabet Inc's Google upended plans by European media companies to block it from harvesting data about their readers and slash some of its dominance in online advertising, seven people involved in the talks said this month. Publishers had expected to use data privacy measures going ...
Tokyo mobile users pay highest fees for heavy mobile data usage
The monthly fee for heavy mobile data usage in Tokyo of ¥8,175 ($76) for 20 gigabytes was the highest charged by major carriers in six of the more connected cities in the world as of March, a communications ministry report showed Tuesday. The fee in ...
Reddit bans 'The_Donald' forum amid broad social media crackdown
Social media site Reddit on Monday shut down r/The_Donald, a forum which long served as a popular online home base for fans of President Donald Trump, saying it violated the site's hate speech rules. Other sites also conducted high-profile sweeps: Amazon.com Inc's live-streaming platform Twitch ...
Tokyo High Court says Twitter need not delete tweets on arrest history
A lower court had ruled in favor of the man but Twitter Inc. appealed the ruling.
Survey shows more than 80% in Japan back tougher cyberbullying regulations
The government is mulling revisions to the disclosure of information on perpetrators of cyberbullying following the apparent suicide of professional wrestler Hana Kimura.
