Editorials Jan 21, 2018
Research shows that technology — and the cellphone in particular — has an increasingly powerful pull and exhibits increasingly worrisome effects on human behavior.
National Oct 21, 2016
NPO offers online Japanese-language classes for resident children from abroad
A Tokyo-based nonprofit organization will begin offering online Japanese-language classes this month to children from abroad who need help to keep up in class at Japanese elementary and junior high schools. Youth Support Center's YSC Global School in Fussa, western Tokyo, is set to offer ...
National Aug 4, 2016
Japan Inc. hiring grads via online interviews
by Anna Masui
Corporate Japan is looking to conduct job interviews online in a move that could benefit both companies and job seekers. For job-hunting college students in rural areas, going to interviews in Tokyo, where the major companies are concentrated, is not easy: the transportation and accommodation ...
Commentary / World Apr 28, 2016
ICTs, broadband key to sustainable development
by Houlin Zhao
To achieve global connectivity for all people and communities, governments and industry need to come together in ever more innovative public-private partnerships.
World Nov 28, 2015
Police in China, where gun possession by ordinary people is illegal, have busted an online gun selling operation, seizing 1,180 guns and more than 6 million bullets, the state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday. A seven-month investigation that started when police happened across suspected ...
National Sep 22, 2015
19 million households reply to online census amid criticism over handling of personal data
by Shusuke Murai
The response to the first national census allowing people across the country to answer online exceeds expectations while also raising fresh worries over sloppy handling of information.
National Aug 24, 2015
Nihon TV takes down rugby videos amid flap over scantily clad women
Nihon TV said Sunday it decided to take down two online videos that explained the rules of rugby, after fans of the sport complained that they inappropriately featured scantily clad women. The two videos, featured on a website for September's Rugby World Cup, received numerous ...
Entertainment News Dec 30, 2014
Sony Pictures' "The Interview" is the top-grossing movie of the year for Google Inc., after earning $15 million in online sales and rentals from all sources through Saturday. The tally on Google's Play and YouTube outlets, Xbox and other Web sources, dwarfs the $2.84 million ...
Business Dec 25, 2014
U.S. retailers likely to just meet holiday sales forecasts, experts say
U.S. consumers have not turned out in force for the final shopping days before Christmas, suggesting that traditional retailers will just meet industry sales forecasts in a season marked by deep discounts and growing encroachment from online rivals led by Amazon.com Inc. Super Saturday — ...
National Jul 4, 2014
China's propaganda team orders media to take tough stance on Japan
China's propaganda authorities have ordered its online media firms to take a tough stance on Japan following Tokyo's historic decision this week to allow greater use of its armed forces in defending other countries, sources familiar with the situation said Friday. The directive says that ...
Editorials Mar 28, 2014
Parents must take precautions when vetting potential babysitters, including insisting on recommendations and other verifiable evidence of suitable childcare qualifications.
National Nov 6, 2013
The government says that under rules taking effect next spring, online sales of 23 drugs will be banned for three years after they move from prescription to over-the-counter status.