Yahoo seen cutting cost corners with security tech discredited long before massive hack
In the summer of 2013, Yahoo Inc. launched a project to better secure the passwords of its customers, abandoning the use of a discredited technology for encrypting data known as MD5. It was too late. In August of that year, hackers got hold of more ...
Neurosurgery theater in Japan embraces cutting-edge 'smart' tech, robotics
Even in the highly technical world of brain surgery, the success of an operation still depends largely on the experience and ability of surgeons. But this may change dramatically with the introduction of "smart" surgical care units, in which everything from computer monitors and robotic ...
Government panel supports use of digital textbooks in Japan's schools from 2020
An education ministry panel urges the government to allow schools to use digital textbooks from fiscal 2020.
Canon offers ¥700 billion for Toshiba medical unit, report says
Canon Inc. is the leading contender to win the bidding for Toshiba Corp.'s medical unit with an offer exceeding ¥700 billion ($6.2 billion), sources said Wednesday. The offer puts it ahead of rival bids from Fujifilm Holdings Corp. and a grouping of Konica Minolta Inc. ...
Toshiba eyes thousands of job cuts and sale of Toshiba Tec in major restructuring
Toshiba Corp. is considering slashing several thousands of jobs worldwide as it aims to restructure its loss-making, television, personal computer and white goods businesses, sources close to the matter said Tuesday. The scandal-hit conglomerate is expected to solicit early retirements and to transfer workers, the ...
Legions of diplomats are huddled right now in Paris trying to hash out a historic climate accord. Legions of entrepreneurs and investors aren't waiting on a treaty. Bill Gates and other wealthy benefactors this week pledged $2 billion for investments in clean-technology research. Twenty of ...
Japan's rich: acutely aware of their wealth and not flashy with it
It's often said that in Japan you may live right next door to a millionaire and not know it, because his house looks just like yours.
Struggling Toshiba Corp. may cut jobs as part of its restructuring of loss-making businesses such as semiconductors and home appliances, President Masashi Muromachi indicated Thursday, as the electronics-maker continues to reel from an accounting scandal. "When it comes to employment, we need to talk with ...
Reappearance of old faces on Toshiba board questions commitment to reform
Scandal-hit Toshiba Corp. appointed new board members at an extraordinary shareholders meeting, vowing to improve its corporate culture and governance.
Toshiba logs first-quarter net loss; sales at lowest since December 2012
Toshiba Corp. posted a net loss for the first quarter as sales of televisions and personal computers slumped and profit fell at its division that makes chips. The net loss was ¥12.3 billion for the three months ended June, the Tokyo-based industrial group reported Monday ...
Shareholder demands Toshiba sue execs over accounting scandal
An individual shareholder of Toshiba Corp. has demanded that the company file a ¥1 billion damages suit against 28 current and former executives for ruining the firm's credibility by turning a blind eye to widespread mis-accounting. If the Tokyo-based industrial conglomerate fails to do so ...
Toshiba may book ¥100 billion loss in fiscal 2014 amid accounting scandal
Toshiba Corp. may book a loss of over ¥100 billion for the business year through March 2015 as it grapples with a sweeping accounting scandal, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The recording of the loss would be necessary as Toshiba revaluates its production ...
