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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 4, 2019
SoftBank to seek $15 billion more for huge Saudi-backed Vision Fund
For SoftBank Group Corp., $100 billion (¥11 trillion) isn't enough. The conglomerate, which has reshaped the technology startup landscape with its Saudi-backed Vision Fund, is in talks with investors to add as much as $15 billion more to its already massive fund, according to people familiar with the...
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Mar 12, 2019
Entrepreneur's message to Japan's forgotten non-college-educated youth: You can choose your life
It wasn't until he turned 18 that Daisuke Kuse saw businessmen dressed in dapper suits up close and personal. Until then, Kuse — having spent all of his childhood surrounded by working-class families and friends in a small town in Kyoto Prefecture — had barely the foggiest idea of who they...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 7, 2019
Missing female entrepreneurs
Creating a level playing field for female entrepreneurs will unleash the tremendous potential of this country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 5, 2019
'Minority Report' gets real as Japan startup develops AI cameras to spot shoplifters before they steal
It's watching, and knows a crime is about to take place before it happens.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Feb 25, 2019
Nagoya student tracks classical and jazz gigs for music fans across Japan
A student at Nagoya University's Graduate School of Information Science has developed an online platform for music fans that keeps them update on classical and jazz concerts by musician and venue.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 18, 2019
In era of AI and apps that track, could Recruit be Japan's top contender for global internet domination?
It was one of the most infamous companies in Japan, rocking the nation with a corporate scandal that ousted a prime minister and then nearly collapsing under a mountain of debt.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 1, 2019
With his eye on celestial billboards, Russian entrepreneur sparks debate about who owns the heavens
Some day soon, stargazers searching for answers in the night sky might see the logo of a soft drink company blazing past the Milky Way, or a promotional message from a fast food restaurant.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 29, 2018
Eight themes that tell the 2018 tech story
Disillusionment and promise mark a whirlwind year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 15, 2018
Rock, investment, paper: Goldman Sachs to buy stake in startup making paper from limestone
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is buying a stake in TBM Co., a startup that has become known for its technology that turns limestone into paper.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 8, 2018
Signpost's cashierless kiosk in Tokyo signals a real challenge to Amazon in 'smart store' sector
Amazon.com Inc. is betting that stores of the future won't have any clerks or registers. A company in Japan thinks it can get there first.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2018
Tokyo-based clothes recycling newbie to advance to Startup World Cup 2019
A Tokyo-based startup specializing in the business of recycling clothes is slated to proceed to the final stage of an annual global startup competition, scheduled to be held in San Francisco in May of next year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / IDEAS IN ACTION
Oct 5, 2018
Company stumbles upon new software to build healthy work environment
Haruki Atarashi never thought his company's flagship software, Recog, which fosters communication between employees within companies, would ever evolve beyond just an internal project.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2018
Meet the new breed of Japanese entrepreneurs who are venturing into frontier markets
Even as Japan Inc.'s influence has diminished under a series of internal scandals and international competition, the prevailing image of Japanese business remains tied to massive corporate conglomerates rather than innovative startups.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2018
Japan's tech-hungry firms seeking help from Indian IT startups
Technology-hungry Japanese firms are being matched with startups in India as Japan looks toward innovation to revitalize its aging population and mature industrialized economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 7, 2018
'Engineer-friendly' Fukuoka pitches merits in campaign to become tech hub
It's a fast-growing city but with a reasonable cost of living, diverse cuisine and close access to an airport. Plus, the city is willing to support new tech projects.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 4, 2018
Japanese startup PD AeroSpace aims for commercial space travel in 2023
The startup PD AeroSpace Ltd. is developing a reusable spacecraft shaped like an airplane to carry paying customers into space by 2023.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / IDEAS IN ACTION
Aug 29, 2018
The sky is the canvas: Tokyo startup looks to launch world's first artificial meteor shower
It was literally an out-of-this-world idea that seemed unfeasible when it struck her nearly two decades ago: Made-to-order shooting stars. But Lena Okajima's audacious project to reproduce nature's fireworks for mass entertainment is getting ready for takeoff.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 22, 2018
Japan's shogi champ makes all the right moves as AI startup hits stratosphere
Takahiro Hayashi won his first nationwide title in shogi while still in high school and by the age of 22 he was the world amateur champion. His coaches were urging him to turn pro.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Aug 19, 2018
Japanese and Israelis could make a killer yin-and-yang combo
Israel and Japan are the yin and yang of countries. And yet, despite — or maybe because of — their differences, they have much to offer each other.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Aug 8, 2018
A quantum computing startup tries to live up to the hype
Few corners of the tech industry are as tantalizing or complex as quantum computing. For years its evangelists have promised machines capable of breaking the most impenetrable coded messages, unlocking the secret properties of the physical world and putting supercomputers to shame.
Rare tissue-damaging bacteria spreads in Japan
Group A Streptococcus typically causes swelling and sore throat in children, but some types of the bacteria can lead to symptoms developing rapidly.
North Korea building roads and walls inside DMZ, report says
What's believed to be loudspeakers at the top of a hill on the North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas, on Tuesday.
Southwest Airlines plane plunged within 120 meters of ocean near Hawaii
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft in Houston in 2019
The evolving nature of fatherhood in Japan
Father's Day is said to have come to Japan around 1950, shortly after the establishment of Mother's Day.
J-pop act Mrs. Green Apple spikes ‘Columbus’ video after viewer backlash
Mrs. Green Apple has posted an apology on its official website after backlash over a music video that portrayed explorer Christopher Columbus in a charming way.
G7 leaders unite to hammer China over trade and Russian lifeline
U.S. President Joe Biden joins other world leaders, including Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, as they watch a skydiving demonstration at the annual Group of Seven summit in Savelletri, Italy, on Thursday.
Calls for Kishida to step down growing among local LDP chapters
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida listens to voters in the city of Kumamoto in April. Liberal Democratic Party politicians are afraid that Kishida's unpopularity could seal their own fates when they stand for local elections.
Renho, the liberal politician who might dethrone Tokyo's Koike
Renho speaks to reporters on Wednesday in Tokyo.
Despite its hardworking image, Japan might be No. 1 in quiet quitting
Only 6% of the Japanese workforce is engaged while a third of the workforce is job hunting or looking out for new opportunities, according to a Gallup report.
In Japan, a legal fight for the right to sterilization surgery
Kazane Kajiya, 27, (second from left) and others filed a lawsuit against the state, arguing that the Maternal Health Law infringes upon their constitutional rights by restricting women's ability to make decisions about their own bodies.

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