Japan schedules August launch for 'Moon Sniper' lander Nifty XRISM plasma-spotting scope to ride the same Mitsubishi Science12 Jul 2023 | 1
LockBit louts unload ransomware at Japan’s most prolific cargo port Nagoya Harbor hit the rocks yesterday but looks to be afloat once more Black Hat and DEF CON06 Jul 2023 | 1
Boss such a tyrant you need a job quitting agent? It works in Japan Here come the taishoku daiko to tell your boss to do one... in a polite but unequivocal way Offbeat05 Jul 2023 | 59
Fujitsu admits it fluffed the fix for Japan’s flaky ID card scheme Yet another snafu for digital services push Security30 Jun 2023 | 27
Japan kind-of nationalizes key chipmaking material-maker JSR If the US or Europe dare criticize this deal, it would be rank hypocrisy On-Prem27 Jun 2023 | 9
Japan's digital ID card gets emergency review amid data leaks PM wants response as urgent as that mustered for COVID-19 Security22 Jun 2023 | 12
Japan unleashes regulation Kaiju on Apple's and Google's app store monopolies Digital Competition Conf wants rift in markets to allow new app-slingers to spawn Legal19 Jun 2023 | 14
Japan's revised space security plan reportedly considers counterstrike capability What happened to 'for all mankind'? Fear of Russia and China, for starters The Reg in Space14 Jun 2023 | 10
China seeks space cargo launches well below prices NASA pays SpaceX Asia In Brief Plus: ChatGPT hallucinates Japan's PM; Infosys scores huge BP deal; Grab on the way to becoming a bank; and more Science22 May 2023 | 8
UK and Japan ink agreement for semiconductor and security cooperation Hiroshima Accord promises 'ambitious joint research and development collaboration' On-Prem19 May 2023 | 8
Micron, Kyocera, Samsung bet billions on Japan chip plants Meanwhile, Fujifilm pursues photolithography interests in Taiwan Systems18 May 2023 | 3
Japan's ubiquitous convenience stores now serving up privacy breaches Fujitsu in the frame for foul up with government document dispersal app Security10 May 2023 | 10
GlobalFoundries sues IBM for flogging 'chip secrets to Intel, Rapidus' When it rains, it pours, huh, Pat? Systems19 Apr 2023 | 9
China reportedly let AI control a satellite, which then observed rivals India and Japan Asia in Brief Plus: Warren Buffett’s TSMC worries; CHIPS Act bits China; Japan’s quantum investment; and more AI + ML16 Apr 2023 | 2
India flies – and lands – reusable autonomous spaceplane Asia In Brief PLUS Japanese PM grilled by ChatGPT; Singapore slams bank outage; WeChat adds paid tier; and more Science02 Apr 2023 | 8
Japan joins US, Netherlands in chipmaking tech export crackdown Latest rules stop short of naming you-know-who Systems02 Apr 2023 | 8
Toshiba board supports – without recommending – $15 billion takeover bid It's probably going to happen, but final approval depends on 'circumstances' Legal24 Mar 2023 | 6
Japanese outfit's private Moon mission enters Lunar orbit Now all it has to do is land Science23 Mar 2023 | 16
TikTok cannot be considered a private company, says Australian report Asia In Brief ALSO: Japan ends chip supply crimp on South Korea, APAC infosec spending surges; Philippines SIM registration stalls Security19 Mar 2023 | 19
Japan Post closer to replacing snail mail with autonomous drones As Alphabet's Wing wants to fly millions of small packages by 2024 AI + ML14 Mar 2023 | 11
Silicon supply chain players plot exodus from China in wake of ASML's exit Vietnam, Malyasia, and Singapore roll out the welcome mat Legal13 Mar 2023 | 23
South Korea moves to resolve WWII dispute with Japan that troubles tech supply chains Nations edge closer to an acceptable settlement on reparations for forced labor Legal07 Mar 2023 | 24
SambaNova’s AI paired with Fugaku supercomputer to develop 'digital twins' All part of the Japan's Society 5.0 project HPC01 Mar 2023 |
Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, pals proclaim 'Japan Metaverse Economic Zone' Updating the nation through the power of games. And ads. Lots of ads Software28 Feb 2023 | 9
Infosys founder slams working from home, side hustles, as slowing India's growth Asia in brief PLUS: Australia to appoint cyber-coordinator; FTX Japan resumes operations; India's PC market bucks trend with growth; and more Off-Prem27 Feb 2023 | 29
Japanese balloon startup wants to 'democratize space' – with $180,000 ticket price Aim is to bring entry fee down to tens of thousands of dollars, if you have that lying around Offbeat23 Feb 2023 | 21
FTX is back in Japan, where users can withdraw fiat and crypto System back online with money still there, thanks to Japanese regulations Software21 Feb 2023 | 33
Toshiba COO dumped over entertainment expenses scandal Asia In Brief PLUS: Chinese province to buy four million servers; Google Cloud's nine-day APAC network glitch; and more Legal19 Feb 2023 | 1
Chinese semiconductor industry: This Western chip ban alliance stinks Trade org claims restrictions will 'cause serious harm' globally Systems16 Feb 2023 | 21
India's IT minister denies targeting Chinese apps for bans Asia In Brief PLUS: Toshiba acknowledges buyout bid; BTS member Jungkook's hat lands online seller in strife; and more Software13 Feb 2023 |
Japan joins ranks of nations plotting smackdown for Apple, Google Regulator wants to bust the oligopoly in mobile OS and app markets Software10 Feb 2023 |
Japan may go easy on China over export bans on chipmaking equipment Report suggests lawmakers are struggling to balance strategic and economic impacts Systems09 Feb 2023 | 2
Mitsubishi gives up on Japan's first domestically manufactured passenger jet Lessons learned could be applied to a next-gen fighter, says company Systems07 Feb 2023 | 37
Fujitsu re-org sparks alphabet soup splatter: GSBG splits into GTSBG and GBSBG Turns out the single brand ‘Uvance’ plan needs two groups to pull it off Software06 Feb 2023 | 4
Australian government doxxed citizens who criticized illegal 'Robodebt' scheme Asia In Brief PLUS: India is the new China for Apple; Sushi licking vid scandalizes Japan; Chinese spy balloon shot down; India's new Amazon tax Legal05 Feb 2023 | 40
Amid FTX's burning wreckage, Japan outpost promises asset withdrawals in February Well what do you know – plenty of hard-nosed regulation by central authorities actually protected investors Cyber-crime31 Jan 2023 | 10
Japan, Netherlands reportedly join US in China tech export ban But the first rule of Chip Fight Club must be observed. Meanwhile Beijing may have its own shadow bans Systems30 Jan 2023 | 28
US in talks with critical chip tech countries Netherlands, Japan. Topic? China sanctions Uncle Sam well aware of strategic importance of lithography industry crucial to production nodes Systems27 Jan 2023 | 14
AWS adds Superapp Grab's Asia-centric maps to its cloudy location service Asia In Brief PLUS ServiceNow makes Japan a discrete region; Alibaba Cloud’s Singapore hub; US snipes at Korean network policy; and more Software16 Jan 2023 | 1
Microsoft fumbles zero trust upgrade for some Asian customers Enhanced access privileges for partners choke on double-byte characters, contribute to global delays Security13 Jan 2023 | 4
Health insurer Aflac blames US partner for leak of Japanese cancer policy info Zurich’s Japanese outpost also leaks a couple of million records Cyber-crime11 Jan 2023 | 2
US pressures Asian allies to join crusade against Chinese chipmakers American ambassador to Japan wants a unified front against the Middle Kingdom Government Tech Week09 Jan 2023 | 12
Tributes flow as Creative CEO Sim Wong Hoo - the mind behind Sound Blaster - passes aged 68 Asia In Brief PLUS Tesla China price cuts spark protests; Japan boosts cyber-defences; Google can’t overturn Indian fine Personal Tech09 Jan 2023 | 33
Japan lacks the expertise for renewed nuclear power after Fukushima No staff and no equipment ready after over a decade of nuclear denial Science04 Jan 2023 | 43
Risk-averse Kyocera gambles nearly $10b of own shares on semiconductor growth When the chips are down, bet the farm Systems28 Dec 2022 | 13
Toshiba breaks its silence on sales rumors, to quash them Asia In Brief PLUS: FTX may be sold in Japan and Singapore; Binance busted in Australia; India won’t limit gaming time Legal18 Dec 2022 |
IBM to help Japan’s government-funded chipmaker produce 2nm CPUs, GPUs Just as Tokyo reportedly agrees to back US chip sanctions against China Systems14 Dec 2022 | 4
As one mission returns to Earth, three more make for the Moon Japan and the United Arab Emirates launched landers, while JPL has a boring old satellite Science12 Dec 2022 | 18
Japan, Australia to bolster cyber-defenses, maybe offensive capacity too Asia In Brief FTX Japan payment promise evaporates; VR/AR to boom across APAC; Google wins privacy case Security11 Dec 2022 | 2
Italy, Japan, UK to jointly launch sixth-gen fighter jet by 2035 Warplane project may include AI in the cockpit, and comes as tensions rise with China and Russia Security09 Dec 2022 | 95
FTX Japan would let customers withdraw funds … if only anyone could log in Add a busted tech platform to the list of the company's sins Software06 Dec 2022 | 7
NTT Data adopting datacenter inspection robots to relieve humans of some chores Will also offer them as-a-service to other bit barn operators On-Prem01 Dec 2022 | 2
JAXA: Research simulating life onboard ISS contained fabrications Space agency releases report alleging falsified data, researchers who weren’t there, and improper data management Science29 Nov 2022 | 8
Japan's LINE shutters crypto exchange to focus on less controversial blockbiz Decision is unrelated to recent crypto crashes, presages pivot to some kind of tokenised chat Software29 Nov 2022 | 3
Japanese convenience store chain opens outlet staffed by avatars and robots Like Clippy, but for snacks, booze, and cigarettes AI + ML29 Nov 2022 | 55
Country that still uses fax machines wants to lead the world on data standards at G7 Aiming for somewhere between US 'Wild West' and EU's strict GDPR Security15 Nov 2022 | 37
Softbank boss Masayoshi Son devotes himself to growing Arm for the next few years Speech did not mention IPO, did say CEO's close involvement is good for humanity On-Prem14 Nov 2022 | 4
Japan to set up new semiconductor outfit with IBM's help 2nm and beyond: Interesting time to get into bed with American chip giant Systems11 Nov 2022 | 8
US to Japan: We'll help you make chips. Now about that China ban... The two not explicitly linked together but USA still working hard to hurt China semiconductor imports Systems07 Nov 2022 | 4
Japan officially joins NATO's cyber defense center Already red-teaming and blue teaming in the international Locked Shields contest every year Cyber-crime07 Nov 2022 | 4
Japan to citizens: Get a digital ID or health insurance gets harder Risk of death is certainly one way to get the populace on board Security27 Oct 2022 | 11
Sony, Honda collaborate on 'premium' electric vehicles that are born in the USA Get your own Playstation-on-wheels beginning in 2026, and be prepared to pay subscription fees Personal Tech13 Oct 2022 | 31