Commentary

National / Social Issues | Commentary Feb 13, 2020

Can Japan kick-start paternity leave among workaholic dads?

by Thisanka Siripala

In January, Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi received worldwide attention after surprising the public with his plan to take parental leave shortly before the birth of his first child. As the son of a former prime minister, Koizumi, 38, is a high-profile politician described as the ...

Business / Tech | Commentary Feb 5, 2020

Robots, including one by Sony, are coming for fund management jobs

by Mark Gilbert

Remember Aibo, the computerized dog Sony Corp. started selling in 1999 as the first personal robot? Hiro Mizuno, the chief investment officer of the Government Pension Investment Fund, does. So he asked Sony's computer science lab unit to build him a cyberhound using artificial ...