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BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2017
The top business news stories of 2017
The Japan Times newsroom selected these economy and technology stories as the most important of 2017.
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LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Dec 17, 2017
Smart ways to communicate
The Babel fish stick
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Dec 9, 2017
Japanese high school girl quiz and, er, 'florida'
A quiz on words that high school girls in Japan use in conversation or when texting attracted plenty of attention online earlier this week, with the hashtag #JK用語クイズ (JK yōgo quizu, or JK words quiz) topping Twitter's trending list for much of Tuesday. "JK" is short for joshi kosei, the Japanese...
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JAPAN / Media
Nov 11, 2017
When teenage girls text like middle-aged men
On Nov. 8, the #おじさんLINE hashtag topped Japan Trending rankings on Twitter. The hashtag refers to the manner in which ojisan (middle-aged men) text other people.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 1, 2017
LDP unveils Line stickers featuring Abe in apparent bid to appeal to female voters
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has created stickers for the Line messaging app featuring Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is also the LDP president.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Taking the Lead
Sep 3, 2017
Line CEO Takeshi Idezawa hears voices guiding smartphones evolution
Since its messaging app debuted in June 2011, Line Corp. has shaken up the online communications landscape in Japan and morphed into a player in smartphone communications infrastructure.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jul 10, 2017
Smart speakers powered by voice agents seen ushering in era of AI
Major tech firms have been keen to sell speakers equipped with voice-based artificial intelligence agents recently.
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2017
Maker of Line app says it has disclosed user information for criminal probes
Messenger app operator Line Corp. revealed Monday that it has provided private information about its users to authorities both in and outside Japan as part of criminal investigations.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 30, 2016
The top tech stories of 2016
The Japan Times newsroom selected these tech and digital stories as the most important of 2016.
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Nov 19, 2016
Line takes on Instagram with Moments app
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 5, 2016
Line makes splash by launching cut-rate smartphone service
Internet giant Line Corp. on Monday made its foray into mobile phone services, launching low-cost smartphone and SIM card packages that offer subscribers free use of its messaging app.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 8, 2016
Anti-social media: Online chats give away plan for rocket attack on Singapore
It was the social media chatter that gave him away, although changing his profile picture on the Line messaging app to a banner pledging "Indonesian support and solidarity for ISIS" probably didn't help.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 27, 2016
Line posts a profit in its first report card since global IPO
Line Corp. posted a profit in its first earnings report since ushering in the year's biggest technology debut, as monthly active users rose to 220 million.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 15, 2016
Line Corp. raises ¥100 billion on day one of dual listing in New York, Tokyo
CEO Takeshi Idezawa says the company plans to build trust in its messaging and other services and expand.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Jul 12, 2016
How can I help? Chatbots offer full customer support with no call waiting
Just as text messaging has become a mainstream form of communication, attention is shifting to the chatbot as the next big thing for information management and customer service.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 11, 2016
Line prices IPO at top of range in year's biggest tech debut
Line Corp. set the price of its initial public offering at the top of the targeted range and will exercise an option to sell more stock as investors shrug off market volatility caused by Britain's decision to bolt from the European Union.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 16, 2016
Line's IPO revives the 'Galapagos syndrome'
The messaging app's $1 billion IPO is a credit to its innovation but that's no guarantee of success beyond Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 11, 2016
Line’s two-year wait for IPO may have cost it $4 billion in valuation
Japan's leading mobile messaging service finally pulls the trigger on its IPO after a two-year hiatus, the proceeds of which will go to spearhead its global expansion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Mar 15, 2016
Nintendo levels up smartphones with wallpapers and cases
As gamers anxiously await Nintendo's new Miitomo app, smartphone users can level up their devices now with new wallpapers and cases from the Big N.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 27, 2015
Does the future of Japanese music depend on streaming services?
When music consultant Mikiro Enomoto asked a class of Kyoto Seika University students how they listened to new music last year, he reckons 80 percent of them mentioned YouTube or YouTube-linked sites. When he asked the same question to this year's class, almost all of them said they don't bother looking...
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Chinese fighters came within 30 meters of Japanese spy aircraft, Tokyo says
A Chinese JH-7 fighter jet makes an near an Air Self-Defense Force YS-11EB surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea this week in this image released Thursday.
Air India crash report to offer peek into last seconds
Members of the Indian Army's engineering arm prepare to remove the wreckage of an Air India aircraft in Ahmedabad on June 14.
What Japanese politics could look like after Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (center) waves to attendees as he departs after delivering a campaign speech in Yokohama on Sunday.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Once a niche, anime is now mainstream content for Netflix and other streaming services
Though Netflix remains the dominant choice globally for anime viewers, Amazon Prime Video has also invested heavily in anime, steadily adding titles to their catalogue.
NGOs condemn rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric ahead of Upper House vote
Sanseito head Sohei Kamiya holds a board that reads "Japanese First" in Tokyo on July 2. In a joint statement on Tuesday, eight human rights nongovernmental organizations described the far-right party's stance as "hate speech."
Japanese dancers find a home abroad at Houston Ballet
“Giselle” lead Yuriko Kajiya (center), performing with Connor Walsh as Albrecht, is one of six Japanese dancers at Houston Ballet.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.

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