Business / Corporate Jun 25, 2021
Buddhist monk who built popular Tokyo startup seeks IPO in 2021
by Min Jeong Lee and Gearoid Reidy
Campfire's Kazuma Ieiri is one of a growing number of CEOs in Japan who have followed an atypical path to success.
Asia Pacific Jun 24, 2021
Pacific island turns to Australia for undersea cable after spurning China
by Jonathan Barrett
The United States and its Pacific allies have concerns that cables laid by China could compromise regional security.
World / Social Issues | FOCUS Jun 22, 2021
Can we be friends? Dating apps say sex isn't everything in a post-pandemic world
Amorous entanglements aren't uppermost in the minds of many people emerging from long periods of pandemic isolation. Instead, they crave the friendships and social groups.
National / Crime & Legal Jun 21, 2021
In first, Chiba man arrested for defamation over obscene video of female athlete
It was the first time Japanese police have applied the charge of defamation to the sharing online of sexualized photos and videos taken of athletes nonconsensually.
National / Crime & Legal Jun 18, 2021
Female worker being held hostage at internet cafe near Tokyo
The worker, who is believed to be unharmed, has been held hostage since Thursday afternoon at an establishment in Saitama.
Business / Corporate | FOCUS Jun 16, 2021
How Trump’s trade war built China’s first global fashion giant
Partly due to the trade war, Shein pays neither export taxes on most of its products nor U.S. import taxes, an advantage that tilts the playing field heavily against its rivals.
Business / Tech Jun 15, 2021
In El Salvador's Bitcoin beach town, digital divide slows uptake
by Nelson Renteria
The tropical surfing spot's basic infrastructure offers a glimpse of the potential pitfalls to popularizing Bitcoin nationally for payments and savings.
Business Jun 9, 2021
Fastly failure: Why a slew of major websites went offline
by Nate Lanxon and Jackie Davalos
The cascade of failures across the web turned a mere "service configuration” into a global outage that hit large companies and small users alike.
World Jun 8, 2021
High traffic websites including Reddit, Amazon, CNN, Paypal, Spotify and the New York Times were listed as experiencing problems by outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
World / Politics Jun 5, 2021
Facebook suspends Trump until 2023 and shifts rules for world leaders
The social media platform had suspended Trump's account the day after the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot, determining he had incited violence.
Asia Pacific Jun 5, 2021
Microsoft says error led to no matching Bing images for Tiananmen 'tank man'
Microsoft said the issue was "due to an accidental human error and we are actively working to resolve this."
Commentary / World Jun 3, 2021
Don’t let autocrats run the internet after COVID-19
by Lionel Laurent
Lukashenko’s government blocked much of the internet during protests last summer with the help of technology from U.S.-based Sandvine Inc.