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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 12, 2021
Drought in Taiwan pits chipmakers against farmers
The island nation is going to great lengths to keep water flowing to its all-important semiconductor industry, including shutting off irrigation to legions of rice growers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 10, 2021
China fines Alibaba Group $2.8 billion in monopoly probe
The penalty is equivalent to 4% of Alibaba's domestic sales in 2019, China's State Administration for Market Regulation said in a statement on Saturday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 7, 2021
Toshiba shares surge on possible buyout by CVC Capital
The bid comes as Toshiba faces scrutiny from activists following a series of scandals, including a record fine for faulty accounting and billions of dollars in writedowns.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2021
Building a democratic high-tech alliance
Russian President Vladimir Putin is absolutely right: “Whoever becomes the leader in this (artificial intelligence) sphere will become the ruler of the world.”
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 1, 2021
Out of my mind: Advances in brain tech spur calls for 'neuro rights'
Scientists and lawmakers are working to rein in the potential abuses of neuroscience by companies from tech giants to wearable startups.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 1, 2021
South Korea to issue blockchain-protected digital 'vaccine passports'
South Korea on Thursday expanded its vaccine rollout, starting vaccinations of the general public age 75 and older with the vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Mar 31, 2021
Will data handling setback damage Line’s dominance in Japan?
A scandal over a Chinese firm's access to user data could derail Z Holdings' plan to facilitate the digital transformation of the public sector.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 31, 2021
China using surveillance firms to help write ethnicity-tracking specs
Concern over racial detection in facial recognition systems is growing globally.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 30, 2021
Japan asks Taiwan manufacturers to cooperate in chip production
The move comes after a chip plant owned by Renesas Electronic Corp. was hit by a fire earlier this month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 25, 2021
Samsung unveils next-gen memory for data-hungry AI and computers
DDR5 memory will be twice as fast as the current DDR4 while reducing leakage and using about 13% less power, the company wrote in its announcement.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Mar 24, 2021
Line data scandal highlights perils of storing information across borders
Concerns over Japan's national security have arisen because of the obligations of a Chinese affiliate under that country's National Intelligence Law.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 24, 2021
Nintendo to use faster Nvidia chips in new 2021 Switch model
The new version will support Deep Learning Super Sampling, a novel rendering technology that uses AI to deliver higher-fidelity graphics more efficiently.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 23, 2021
Nintendo teams up with Pokemon Go studio Niantic on AR apps
They will start by releasing a Pikmin app in 2021, based on the puzzle-solving series created by Nintendo's creative fellow Shigeru Miyamoto in 2001.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 18, 2021
Activist Toshiba shareholders score win with vote for independent probe
The landmark vote for an investigation into allegations of investors being pressured marks only the fourth time that a shareholder motion has won approval in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 17, 2021
Clubhouse’s founder is in a state of perpetual motion
Over the past 15 years in Silicon Valley, the Clubhouse chief executive officer has explored the depths of how technology can be used to connect people in new ways.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2021
Xi warns against tech excess in sign crackdown will widen
China’s top leader warned that Beijing will go after so-called "platform” companies that have amassed data and market power, a sign that the monthslong crackdown on the country’s internet sector is only just beginning.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 15, 2021
Rakuten sees biggest surge in 18 years after Tencent and Japan Post invest
The e-commerce pioneer is looking to expand its capabilities in artificial intelligence, financial technology and mobile networks.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 13, 2021
Hackers rushed in as Microsoft raced to avert cyberattack
Microsoft is now investigating the possibility of a leak that may have triggered a mass compromise of its popular Exchange email system ahead of a patch release.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 12, 2021
Digital piece by Beeple sells for $69 million, blasting crypto art records
The price tag isn't just an unprecedented price for a so-called non-fungible token, it's an unprecedented price for a new artist.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 12, 2021
In Japan, there are some winners from the global chip shortage
Suppliers for the back-end manufacturing of chips are expected to see orders pick up in the second half of the upcoming fiscal year.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
New satellite images suggest 'mass graves' in Sudan's El-Fasher
A general view of a berm construction in Kinin Village near El-Fasher.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
SoftBank is said to have explored potential takeover of Marvell
SoftBank explored a potential takeover of U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology earlier this year, in what would have been the semiconductor industry's largest-ever deal.
These are the hottest lower-division rikishi to watch right now
Fukazaki (right) grapples with Enho at the IG Arena in Nagoya on July 13.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
By Alex K.T. Martin

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