Business / Corporate Sep 7, 2022
Daiwa Securities creates virtual moon-landing for staffers
by Takashi Nakamichi
While it’s partly a way to learn about the so-called metaverse, the company’s main goal is to encourage workers to bond more.
Commentary / Japan | Geoeconomic Briefing Sep 1, 2022
Japan’s policy on China is critically lacking a military perspective
by Sadamasa Oue
While Japan has researchers, much of their innovations are not being applied to national security.
Business / Tech Sep 1, 2022
U.S. officials order Nvidia to halt sales of top AI chips to China
The company said the ban, which affects its A100 and H100 chips designed to speed up machine learning tasks, could interfere with completion of developing the H100, the firm's flagship chip.
Business Sep 1, 2022
Taiwan says it looks forward to producing 'democracy chips' with U.S.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., a major Apple supplier and the world's largest contract chipmaker, is constructing a $12 billion plant in Arizona.
Business / Corporate Aug 30, 2022
Charismatic business leader Kazuo Inamori, founder of Kyocera, dies at 90
by Kazuaki Nagata
Inamori, one of Japan's most influential and respected business leaders, died of natural causes, the company said.
Business / Tech Aug 30, 2022
Ericsson and Nokia join ranks of Western tech firms set to exit Russia
by Supantha Mukherjee and Alexander Marrow
Dell announced last week that it would leave, and Logitech International has also said it will wind down its remaining activities in the country.
Tech Aug 24, 2022
Saudi Arabia's 'surveillance city': Would you sell your data to The Line?
by Menna A. Farouk
The country's poor human rights record does not bode well for responsible data usage or the safeguarding of individual privacy, digital rights experts say.
Business / Tech Aug 23, 2022
Zoom stocks slump as video-conferencing company fails to grow in line with estimates
by Brody Ford
The firm's latest financial results show that its transition from an essential pandemic-era tool to an enterprise business platform is going to take longer than expected.
Business / Tech Aug 22, 2022
Cargo.one finds a simpler way to get started in Japan
by David Mcelhinney
The head of cargo.one's expansion efforts stresses that you'll need to do your homework before coming to Japan.
Business Aug 17, 2022
Tencent unveils first sales fall as economy sinks
by Zheping Huang
Tencent Holdings' sales fall has underscored the extent to which China’s worsening economy is hurting its biggest corporations.
Business / Tech Aug 16, 2022
Peloton, Calm and LinkedIn add to growing list of tech layoffs
by Martine Paris
According to Layoffs.fyi, a website tracking job cuts at startups and recently public companies, more than 37,000 positions were eliminated at 467 firms globally in the second quarter.
Business Aug 15, 2022
Caste in California: Tech giants confront ancient Indian hierarchy
by Paresh Dave
In June 2020, California's employment regulator sued Cisco Systems on behalf of a low-caste engineer who accused two higher-caste bosses of blocking his career.