Commentary / World Jul 11, 2020
Keep the geeks in charge of the internet
by Fadi Chehade
With internet censorship growing ever stronger, now might be the time to return control to the web’s founders.
Commentary / World | Geoeconomic Briefing Jul 3, 2020
Internet holds the key to the post-coronavirus era
by Jun Murai
Ability to put innovation into practice determines recovery of virus-hit economy
Business / Corporate Jun 30, 2020
Yahoo Japan operator and Line to delay merger planned for October
The SoftBank Corp. group company that controls Yahoo Japan Corp. and messaging app provider Line Corp. said Tuesday their merger planned for October will be delayed as antitrust screening in some countries is taking longer than expected due to the coronavirus pandemic. Yahoo Japan's operator ...
World Jun 30, 2020
Google stymies media companies from chipping away at its data dominance
by Paresh Dave
Alphabet Inc's Google upended plans by European media companies to block it from harvesting data about their readers and slash some of its dominance in online advertising, seven people involved in the talks said this month. Publishers had expected to use data privacy measures going ...
Business / Tech Jun 30, 2020
Tokyo mobile users pay highest fees for heavy mobile data usage
The monthly fee for heavy mobile data usage in Tokyo of ¥8,175 ($76) for 20 gigabytes was the highest charged by major carriers in six of the more connected cities in the world as of March, a communications ministry report showed Tuesday. The fee in ...
World / Politics Jun 30, 2020
Reddit bans 'The_Donald' forum amid broad social media crackdown
by Elizabeth Culliford and Katie Paul
Social media site Reddit on Monday shut down r/The_Donald, a forum which long served as a popular online home base for fans of President Donald Trump, saying it violated the site's hate speech rules. Other sites also conducted high-profile sweeps: Amazon.com Inc's live-streaming platform Twitch ...
National / Crime & Legal Jun 29, 2020
Tokyo High Court says Twitter need not delete tweets on arrest history
A lower court had ruled in favor of the man but Twitter Inc. appealed the ruling.
National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN Jun 27, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic has left us all feeling a little overwhelmed
by Michael Hoffman
When the internet sits in judgment on perceived violators of unwritten laws, its standards tend to be those of a technologized lynch mob.
Business / Corporate Jun 25, 2020
NTT to acquire ¥64 billion stake in NEC to collaborate on 5G
The two firms hope to catch up to global rivals Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Nokia and Huawei 5G in developing mobile networks and base stations.
Business / Tech Jun 20, 2020
Pandemic pushes Japan to accelerate development of fiber-optic broadband networks
Japan plans to complete its national fiber-optic networks by March 2022 to meet the urgent need for online education, medical and other services amid the coronavirus pandemic, government officials have said. It will bring forward an earlier plan by two years. The communications ministry has ...
Asia Pacific Jun 20, 2020
‘We lost our sight’: Life in Myanmar under world's longest internet shutdown
Since Myanmar shut off the internet in two states a year ago, lawyer Oo Twan Hla, who was once able to check online when his cases were scheduled, said he must now travel through a war zone to read a signboard. An aspiring medic, in ...
Asia Pacific | FOCUS Jun 17, 2020
China’s Great Firewall looms over Hong Kong as surveillance grows
by Jamie Tarabay
Residents and activists worry that proposed national security legislation will further encroach on civil liberties in the former British colony.