When Hiroyuki Kubota’s boat party for Japanese government bond traders and strategists restarted last autumn after a pause of several years, there was reason to celebrate. The veteran group was…
The billions of dollars flowing from Japan to the likes of Apple, Amazon and Microsoft might eventually be more of a positive than a negative. “The digital deficit has grown…
Google made major changes to its search algorithm and spam filters earlier this year to get rid of low-quality content -- but the effects have proved devastating to some smaller…
SkyDrive Inc., a Japanese air taxi startup, on Thursday cited persistent challenges in addressing safety and other technological development issues as the reason for abandoning its plan to offer commercial…
Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and NATO are considering boosting their cooperation in countering disinformation, government sources said Friday, in response to increasingly severe security challenges posed by China…
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 surged Thursday to a record close of 40,913.65, while most other major world markets also advanced. Investors worldwide are keen to see the Federal Reserve cut…
Voters in Tokyo cast ballots Sunday to decide whether to reelect conservative Yuriko Koike as governor of Japan’s influential capital for a third four-year term. The vote was also seen…
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has won re-election to a third term on Sunday, fending off challenges from dozens of candidates vying to unseat the ruling Liberal Democratic Party-backed incumbent, according…
China's AI sector showed confidence this week at a major fair in Shanghai that it would overcome restrictions imposed by the West, with companies rolling out cutting-edge products developed by…
The number of bankruptcies among nursing care providers in Japan for the first six months of 2024 jumped 50 percent from a year earlier to reach a record 81, amid…