Business / Corporate Apr 6, 2021
Mizuho says Hitachi hardware behind March banking system failure
The spate of glitches between Feb. 28 and March 12 has undermined confidence in Mizuho Bank, one of the country's three megabanks.
Business | FOCUS Apr 6, 2021
Why shortages of a $1 chip sparked crisis in the global economy
by Debby Wu and Takashi Mochizuki
The trouble for the chip industry — and increasingly companies beyond tech, like automakers — is that there aren’t enough display drivers to go around.
Business / Tech Apr 4, 2021
Cosmic rays causing 30,000 network malfunctions in Japan each year
Most of the temporary malfunctions in NTT's hardware are automatically corrected via safety devices, but experts said in some cases they may have led to disruptions.
Business Apr 4, 2021
NFT price crash stirs debate on whether stimulus-led fad is over
by Joanna Ossinger
While some are skeptical, others who study the technology argue the use of blockchain to create scarcity for digital collectibles is a lasting innovation.
Business / Corporate Mar 24, 2021
Messaging app Line to transfer users' data to Japan for security
"The company has blocked access from China to its database," Line President and CEO Takeshi Idezawa said in a news conference.
World Mar 4, 2021
The video, by digital artist Beeple, was authenticated by blockchain, which serves as a digital signature to certify who owns it and that it is the original work.
Commentary / World Jan 18, 2021
Tech censorship is the real gift to Putin
by Leonid Bershidsky
Authoritarians these days have to pay lip service to freedom of speech; what the social media platforms have done takes that concern out of the equation.
Commentary / World | Geoeconomic Briefing Dec 22, 2020
Beijing’s strong sense of crisis in Ant IPO postponement
by Tatsuhito Tokuchi
Amid the rapid growth of the nation's digital economy, Jack Ma’s dream was very different from China's.
Business / Corporate Nov 27, 2020
Amazon unions around the world plan Black Friday protests
by Amy Thomson and Matt Day
The company has a history of guarding against unions’ influence, posting a job listing in September for an analyst to research "labor organizing threats against the company.”
Editorials Nov 12, 2020
The $37 billion initial public offering would have been the world’s largest and conferred a value of $316 billion on the Chinese financial giant.
Business / Tech Sep 22, 2020
Japan's robots fill the void as social distancing becomes the norm
by Donican Lam
Robots are being deployed in various roles, helping to navigate awkward social distancing issues.