Japan testing sandwiches that discount themselves as they age
Snacks will ID themselves using RFID and an app will tell punters when there's cheap chow to be chomped
30 Oct 2020
Articles about Japan
Tokyo Stock Exchange breaks new record. Sadly, not a good one... its longest ever outage
Fujtisu kit on the floor tho bourse takes the blame for day-long dead zone
02 Oct 2020
Japan unveils new scheme to speed up adoption of cashless payments
Already curiously slow to get into e-payments, nation hopes avoiding a certain virus will prove an impetus
29 Sep 2020
Japan’s new PM makes e-government a key plank of his platform
And fancies giving mobile carriers a kicking to bust cosy triumvirate and make number-porting less of a nightmare
17 Sep 2020
UK and Japan agree to free trade deal that excludes data localisation requirements
Template for post-Brexit bilateral deals excludes algorithmic disclosures too
14 Sep 2020
What the world needs now is socially-distant robots, says Japan
Takes its domestic standard for human/robot interactions to the ISO to get moving machines working with humans in hospitals and beyond
03 Sep 2020
Tired: Cheap space launch outfits. Wired: Software-and-data-as-a-service for cheap space launch outfits
Japan’s iSpace has put itself in the second column but also plans lunar landers of its own
21 Aug 2020
We Kana believe it! Raspberry Pi Foundation launches Japanese keyboard
Hiragana love this new peripheral after it created all sorts of firmware fun
06 Aug 2020
Japan starts work on global quantum crypto network
Toshiba leads effort that aspires to run 100 quantum cryptographic devices for 10,000 users by 2024
29 Jul 2020
Japan plans massive national tech modernisation program
Land of the bureaucratic stamp wants to be ready if plague and natural disasters coincide
20 Jul 2020
South Korea joins the ‘we’re going to be self-sufficient in more tech and then export bucketloads’ club
President chooses chip factory to expands program aimed at reducing dependence on Japan
10 Jul 2020
DBA locked in police-guarded COVID-19-quarantine hotel for the last week shares his story with The Register
Holiday did not go as planned, but he’s working remotely, participating in agile rituals and happy at the half-way mark of a two-week stretch
11 May 2020
Yahoo! Japan! shares! user! location! data! with! government! to! track! coronavirus! clusters!
As LINE named nation's preferred telemedicine tool
14 Apr 2020
Japanese airline ANA spins out telepresence-bot startup for virus-avoiding medicos and fearful tourists
Imagine an iPad running FaceTime clamped to a post stuck into a Roomba and you'll get the idea
02 Apr 2020
Japan would like to offer 5G firms cheap loans – because subsidies are only bad when Huawei gets them
Look over here! Mmmmm, tax breaks
18 Feb 2020
Tokyo Olympics, US tariffs Trump Europe's Brexit shakes as global PC shipments balloon to fattest figure in 7 years
Extra $37bn levy on notebooks, slabs pushes American retailers to panic buy, buy, buy
11 Oct 2019
Seoul cycle, rinse and repeat: South Korea kicks Japan off white list
Or why My Chemical Romance broke up
12 Aug 2019
Who's for another trade war? Japan hits South Korea, Seoul survivor promises to retaliate
Movement of LEDs and chipmaking gubbins to be slowed
02 Aug 2019
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