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Editorials Jan 21, 2018
Research shows that technology — and the cellphone in particular — has an increasingly powerful pull and exhibits increasingly worrisome effects on human behavior.
National Oct 21, 2016
NPO offers online Japanese-language classes for resident children from abroad
A Tokyo-based nonprofit organization will begin offering online Japanese-language classes this month to children from abroad who need help to keep up in class at Japanese elementary and junior high schools. Youth Support Center's YSC Global School in Fussa, western Tokyo, is set to offer ...
National Aug 4, 2016
Japan Inc. hiring grads via online interviews
by Anna Masui
Corporate Japan is looking to conduct job interviews online in a move that could benefit both companies and job seekers. For job-hunting college students in rural areas, going to interviews in Tokyo, where the major companies are concentrated, is not easy: the transportation and accommodation ...
Commentary / World Apr 28, 2016
ICTs, broadband key to sustainable development
by Houlin Zhao
To achieve global connectivity for all people and communities, governments and industry need to come together in ever more innovative public-private partnerships.
World Nov 28, 2015
Police in China, where gun possession by ordinary people is illegal, have busted an online gun selling operation, seizing 1,180 guns and more than 6 million bullets, the state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday. A seven-month investigation that started when police happened across suspected ...
Business / Corporate Oct 22, 2015
Amid online viewing and dwindling cable bundles, ESPN pulling plug on about 300 workers
Disney's ESPN is cutting about 300 jobs, or 4 percent of its staff, amid signs that the traditional cable bundle is less far-reaching than it once was. ESPN spokeswoman Amy Phillips confirmed the number of job losses Wednesday. The sports channel is one of the linchpins ...
National Sep 22, 2015
19 million households reply to online census amid criticism over handling of personal data
by Shusuke Murai
The response to the first national census allowing people across the country to answer online exceeds expectations while also raising fresh worries over sloppy handling of information.
National Aug 24, 2015
Nihon TV takes down rugby videos amid flap over scantily clad women
Nihon TV said Sunday it decided to take down two online videos that explained the rules of rugby, after fans of the sport complained that they inappropriately featured scantily clad women. The two videos, featured on a website for September's Rugby World Cup, received numerous ...
World Jul 2, 2015
A woman who couldn't recall her identity when she was found on a Southern California street earlier this year has turned to the Internet in search of her family. "I just feel like there's this thick fog over my mind, my memory, over my brain ...
Entertainment News Dec 30, 2014
Sony Pictures' "The Interview" is the top-grossing movie of the year for Google Inc., after earning $15 million in online sales and rentals from all sources through Saturday. The tally on Google's Play and YouTube outlets, Xbox and other Web sources, dwarfs the $2.84 million ...
Business Dec 25, 2014
U.S. retailers likely to just meet holiday sales forecasts, experts say
U.S. consumers have not turned out in force for the final shopping days before Christmas, suggesting that traditional retailers will just meet industry sales forecasts in a season marked by deep discounts and growing encroachment from online rivals led by Amazon.com Inc. Super Saturday — ...