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Singtel’s cross-border payments system expands to Japan

The Via cross-border payments system has expanded into Japan thanks to a partnership with Netstars.

March 17, 2019 by Corinne Reichert

NTT DoCoMo to trial remote-monitoring technology for aged care

It will monitor the way people living in aged care facilities and homes move, from when they walk to whether they fall.

March 14, 2019 by Campbell Kwan

Japanese firms to trial location-tracking car loans in Indonesia

The device will be attached to vehicles to allow for remote engine control in the case of loan defaults.

March 3, 2019 by Chris Duckett

Fujitsu and Sony think blockchain is the best way to store education records

Learning data of students will be stored and managed as 'unfalsifiable data on a blockchain', in lieu of a paper certificate with pretty gold embossing.

February 26, 2019 by Asha McLean

NEC and E.Sun create ATM with facial recognition

Japanese conglomerate NEC has provided its facial recognition system for use in E.Sun bank's ATMs.

February 25, 2019 by Campbell Kwan

SoftBank sells off Nvidia and Flipkart stakes to bank $5.6 billion in exits for 2018

The Japanese conglomerate claims to have had a 450 percent return on its $0.7 billion equity investment in Nvidia.

February 6, 2019 by Chris Duckett

Alibaba Cloud opens second data centre in Japan

Chinese cloud vendor launches another data centre that will more than double its current capacity in Japan, where it says there is growing demand for big data analytics with machine learning capabilities.

January 29, 2019 by Eileen Yu

NTT and NEC use 5G to stream 8K footage of a steam locomotive to its passengers

Good news for Japanese steampunks that have a 5G handset from the future.

January 13, 2019 by Chris Duckett

Microsoft pulls buggy Office 2010 January updates

Microsoft's preparations for a new Japanese era coming later this year break Excel.

January 7, 2019 by Liam Tung

Japan makes visitors pay for their biometric info to be collected

The 1,000 yen tax will be charged on plane and boat tickets and used to fund facial recognition initiatives at airports.

January 6, 2019 by Asha McLean

Japan is desperate for Indian techies, but will they bite?

As the US clamps down on Indian H1Bs, Japan emerges as a potential savior for this beleaguered cohort. Yet, a cultural chasm between the two countries could upend this golden opportunity.

December 21, 2018 by Rajiv Rao

Apple restarting iPhone X production, cutting XS price over slow sales?

Apple is said to be ready to offer subsidies to operators to discount the iPhone XR in Japan.

November 23, 2018 by Liam Tung

Japanese cybersecurity minister finds computers a mystery

The man in charge of cybersecurity not only said he does not use a PC but seemed stumped when asked about risks associated with USB drives.

November 15, 2018 by Charlie Osborne

Researchers develop optical fibre capable of over 1 petabit per second

Boffins claim new fibre can transmit 12 times as much data as existing optic fibres.

November 14, 2018 by Chris Duckett

Passengers to clear customs using facial recognition tech at Japan's busiest airport

Those clearing customs at Japan's Narita International Airport will soon be able to use their face to prove their identity thanks to the rollout of facial recognition technology.

November 6, 2018 by Asha McLean

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10 awesome handheld computers from yesteryear

Mobile tech has advanced so fast in the last few years that it is easy to forget how long companies have been pushing the envelope in preparation of today's powerful gadgetry. Join us in a trip down memory lane as we look at early gadgets that changed the landscape forever.

April 22, 2013 by James Kendrick

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