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For Apple, the new home ecosystem and devices will mark a formal reboot of HomeKit, a platform it launched in 2014.
BUSINESS
Oct 7, 2026
Apple’s smart home push includes doorbell, lock and thermostat codeveloped with LG
The arrangement allows Apple to expand its ecosystem without shouldering the full cost and complexity of producing and supporting such accessories.
Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group, speaks during the SoftBank World event in Tokyo on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 3, 2024
SoftBank’s Son envisions AI running households in the next few years
Masayoshi Son’s rosy view of AI’s potential often comes with a warning to skeptics that they may be left behind if they do not embrace the technology.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 10. The governor has signed a law that aims to prevent instances of stalking and harassment using sophisticated car features such as location tracking and remote control.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 1, 2024
California enacts car data privacy law to curb domestic violence
The move aims to prevent stalking and harassment using features such as location tracking and remote control as automakers add more sophisticated tech to their cars.
A worker at Nakamatsu Meat speaks to an Alexa-powered device at its factory in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, in November. At the factory, workers give production updates to Alexa, which then converts this into data that is compiled in the company's computer.
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Mar 11, 2024
Okinawa meat shop uses tech to improve efficiency and raise wages
Nakamatsu Meat’s digitalization enabled it to cut its factory operating time and optimize raw material purchases.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 20, 2020
Pandemic forces CEATEC tech show to go completely virtual
Organizers and exhibitors have had to find innovative ways to effectively demonstrate their physical products when “visitors” won’t get the chance to touch or see them.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 3, 2020
SoftBank’s super-fast 5G network isn’t very useful just yet
SoftBank Corp.’s fifth-generation wireless service in Japan is living up to the hype in at least one respect — internet speeds that are blazingly fast even by the standards of one of the most connected countries in the world.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 27, 2020
As world’s wildfires worsen, firefighters go high-tech to stay healthy
As flames and smoke from burning bushes billowed toward them, Catalan firefighters calmly controlled the progress of a planned fire on a forested hillside — an exercise aimed at reducing the danger of blazes breaking out later in the summer heat.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 19, 2019
Apple, Google and Amazon seek standard for smart devices
Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Amazon.com Inc. — three of the biggest providers of smart-home and voice-assistant technology — are joining forces to make internet-connected homes easier to set up and safer to use.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 26, 2019
Amazon developing longer-range wireless network for ‘internet of things’ devices
Amazon.com Inc. said on Wednesday it is developing a longer-range equivalent to Bluetooth and Wi-Fi wireless protocols that the largest U.S. online retailer hopes third parties will eventually use in smart devices.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 5, 2019
Security in ‘Society 5.0’
As Japan moves toward Society 5.0, there is a need for a much more transparent accounting of the possible downsides surrounding this transition, and further consideration of how some of the risks can be minimized.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 15, 2019
Japan plans to create 10 billion 14-digit phone numbers as 5G era nears
The communications ministry plans to create for assignment some 10 billion 14-digit phone numbers starting with the code “020.”
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Dec 16, 2018
Tech keeps it smart for 2019
A lot of new gadgets aren’t essential to life, but they can help make daily living a little more fun, easier and convenient.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Nov 18, 2018
Crowdfunding crowd pleasers
In the past, crowdfunding sites were primarily platforms for startups and individuals short of development funds. Now larger companies are seeing the benefits of allowing consumers to participate in the research and development of new products. Here are a couple of crowdfunded ideas that caught the eye.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 5, 2018
New Tokyo research center aims to boost 91AV原创 ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’
Technology today is advancing — often so fast that society fails to take full advantage of some great innovations due to outdated regulations, says the head of a new research center in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 16, 2018
Next-generation technology tipped to reboot Asian economies after smartphones peak
The technology boom powering Asia’s economies is about to get a reboot.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 12, 2018
Hon Hai’s Terry Gou plots move beyond iPhone assembly to AI and big data
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Chairman Terry Gou says that over the next few years he plans to focus the company’s direction on artificial intelligence and big data.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Sep 17, 2017
New ways to find your voice
Sing on key with Yamaha
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Aug 6, 2017
Keeping design pure and simple
Why make life complicated, when the simplest of designs can be even more effective?
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jul 10, 2017
Smart speakers powered by voice agents seen ushering in era of AI
Major tech firms have been keen to sell speakers equipped with voice-based artificial intelligence agents recently.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
Apr 5, 2017
AI will never replace human interaction, forum speakers say
Will there be a time in the not-so-distant future when people won’t need to learn a second language — instead relying on machine translation powered by artificial intelligence to interpret real-time conversations?
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month's World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.

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