London midwifery students use augmented tech to improve clinical skills
Midwifery students in London are learning to bring new life into the world in a radically new way with the help of augmented reality (AR) technology. Using AR headsets and lifelike models of full-term mothers, trainee midwives at Middlesex University can take part in fully ...
Nagoya-based firm develops tech to let autonomous cars know if driver is holding the wheel
Sumitomo Riko Co., a Nagoya-based auto parts maker, has developed a system that can determine whether a driver is holding the steering wheel, a piece of technology that could prove to be indispensable for semi-automated cars. The firm aims to start commercial production of the ...
G20 to seek stricter taxation rules for digital giants at Fukuoka meeting, draft statement shows
Finance ministers and central bank governors are also set to warn that the world economy continues to face risks from trade conflicts between leading economies.
A Japanese startup is betting that its "touchable" 3D technology will have a vast array of applications, potentially allowing smartphone shoppers to evaluate the fabric of clothes they want to buy online and gamers to feel virtual objects. Founded in 2014 as a technology transfer ...
G7 to cooperate in regulating global tech giants to protect competition, Japan sources say
Group of Seven nations will work together to boost the regulation of global information technology giants as criticism mounts that they are taking advantage of smaller companies by restricting entry to the market, Japanese government sources said Thursday. Antitrust regulators from G7 member nations have ...
As Japan moves toward Society 5.0, there is a need for a much more transparent accounting of the possible downsides surrounding this transition, and further consideration of how some of the risks can be minimized.
Japan eyes legislation to regulate global and domestic tech giants
The government said Wednesday it plans to submit a bill to the Diet next year to regulate global and domestic technology giants amid concerns some are stifling fair competition due to their overwhelming market share. The bill to enhance transparency in the business transactions of ...
NEC shows how facial recognition could speed up boarding at Japan's Narita airport hub
NEC Corp. demonstrates its facial recognition system that it says will help passengers board planes faster without having to present passports or boarding passes.
Google suspends some business with Huawei after Trump's blacklisting, source says
In a blow to the Chinese technology company that the U.S. government has sought to blacklist around the world, Alphabet Inc.'s Google has suspended business with Huawei that requires the transfer of hardware, software and technical services except those publicly available via open source ...
Huawei ban seen clouding U.S.-China trade talks and tech sector
A U.S. bid to block China's Huawei Technologies from buying vital American technology threw into question prospects for sales at some of the largest tech companies and drew a sharp rebuke from Beijing, further ratcheting up tensions over trade. Shares of Huawei's U.S. suppliers fell ...
Japanese courts to use web meetings to connect judges and lawyers in suit preparations
District courts in Tokyo and seven other cities will begin using web meetings in February 2020 to connect judges and lawyers online to help make necessary preparations for lawsuits easier, according to judicial sources. The new system is designed to allow those involved in civil ...
Ant Financial Services Group, the operator of Chinese mobile payment service Alipay, hopes to make it possible for users of its partner apps in Asia to make cashless payments in Japan, the company's top executive has said. The fintech company, an affiliate of e-commerce giant ...
