New communications minister Sanae Takaichi backs 5G networks for Japan's rural areas
Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Sanae Takaichi has expressed her eagerness to promote active use of fifth-generation, or 5G, communications networks for rural areas. "I want to fully utilize the 5G technology ... in order for people to live safely and get high-quality welfare and ...
Bill Gates defends Big Tech, says firms shouldn't be broken up
Bill Gates, who knows a thing or two about antitrust investigations, doesn't think it's a good idea to break up the biggest U.S. tech companies, as some politicians have suggested. The Microsoft Corp. co-founder and former chief executive officer battled the Justice Department for years ...
Japan Display to extend Ishikawa plant closure on soft iPhone sales as it mulls next-gen OLED plan
Japan Display Inc. said Friday it will extend the closure of its plant in Ishikawa Prefecture due partly to Apple Inc.'s weak iPhone sales as it considers a plan to make new organic light-emitting diode displays there instead. The struggling panel maker said in June ...
South Korea lodges complaint with WTO over Japan's export controls
Seoul files a complaint with the WTO over Tokyo’s tightening of export controls, alleging the measures are retaliation for a court ruling against Japanese firms over wartime forced labor.
Apple may spark upgrade rush with new iPhones and tight pricing
Apple Inc. could sell as many as 200 million of its latest iPhones from existing users upgrading their older devices and much of that demand will come from China despite the ongoing trade war with the U.S., several Wall Street analysts said Monday. The company ...
Mike Pompeo looking forward to completed U.S.-Japan trade deal at U.N. General Assembly
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday he was looking forward to a completed U.S.-Japan trade agreement at the United Nations General Assembly in New York later this month. In a posting on Twitter, Pompeo said, "Progress made on the U.S.-#Japan trade deal ...
How Japan can win in the ongoing AI war
It is time to reshape the conversation about the country's 21st century technologies away from niche technologies and toward a narrative of global leadership.
Sony unveils 40th anniversary Walkman with retro screensaver, but no Japan release planned yet
Sony Corp. unveiled Thursday a 40th anniversary Walkman featuring a case and a screensaver that give it the appearance of the original cassette tape music player. The screensaver, which features a cassette tape image, is displayed while music is being played so that the anniversary ...
U.S. and Japan rush to finish trade deal by Trump's tight deadline
The U.S. and Japan are still thrashing out details of a trade deal that President Donald Trump wants to sign this month, including the crucial issue of whether he'll refrain from imposing higher tariffs on imported cars, according to people familiar with the matter. At ...
Women hold 1 in 5 top jobs in science, technology, maths and engineering globally, which slows down innovation, a study of research institutions said on Thursday. While women made up more than 50 percent of higher education students in those subjects — known collectively as ...
Elite Ushio lights the way to next-gen computer chips in Japan
Chipmakers have spent two decades pouring investment into a revolutionary new technique to push the limits of physics and cram more transistors onto slices of silicon. Now that technology is on the cusp of going mainstream, thanks to a secretive Japanese company that's mastered ...
5G stocks among rare winners in Japan's sluggish market
Even with an ongoing trade war between the world's two biggest economies, and a weak domestic market, some Japanese investors suggest going long on next-generation technology stocks. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management Co.'s Next Generation Connectivity Fund has seen its total net assets surge more ...
