Business Series
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Economic Security Issues / China Gives Preferential Treatment to Foreign Company Only to Obtain Technology
This is the second installment of a series exploring how Beijing’s actions are affecting firms doing...
July 14, 2023
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Economic Security Issues / China Pushing Domestic Production for Key Technologies
In China, President Xi Jinping’s administration is intensifying moves to fully domesticate and insul...
July 13, 2023
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Tech Regulation / Government Faces Challenge to Keep Up with Advances in IT Sector
Experts on a government council have raised concerns about the surge in popularity of ChatGPT since ...
June 25, 2023
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Nations Work Together to Counter Influence of Apple, Google
The Japanese government has drawn up a set of regulations targeting tech giants in Japan. The follow...
June 22, 2023
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Tech Regulation / Apple ‘Respectfully Disagrees’ with Japanese Proposals
The Japanese government has drawn up a set of regulations targeting tech giants in Japan. The follow...
June 20, 2023
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Tech firms in Japan touting services for digital education
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Major technology companies in Japan are touting their services at a time when s...
May 7, 2022
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Japan cosmetics makers accelerating plastic reduction efforts
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Cosmetics makers in Japan are accelerating their efforts to reduce plastic use ...
May 7, 2022
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Tsukuba venture offers space burial service
A start-up in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, has launched a new funeral business: space burial. In ear...
May 7, 2022
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Leaders: Satoshi Onoda, President, Representative Director, JERA Co., Inc. / Aiming to achieve high-efficiency thermal power generation toward decarbonization
JERA Co., Inc. is a joint venture between Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings and Chubu Electric P...
December 18, 2021
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Road to Decarbonization 3 / Carbon pricing a challenge for many countries
The European Union’s emissions trading market, which covers more than 10,000 facilities including po...
November 21, 2021
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Road to Decarbonization 2 / Inconsistent nature of renewable energy cause for concern
About one hour’s drive from New Orleans is a district filled with petroleum and natural gas plants. ...
November 20, 2021
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Road to Decarbonization 1 / COP26 highlighted challenges faced by different nations
Following the conclusion of the U.N. climate summit, where measures to combat climate change were ce...
November 18, 2021
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Car dealerships target the elderly with loans, electric wheelchairs
OSAKA — Car dealerships are focusing on the elderly after business has become more difficult due to ...
October 29, 2021
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In S. Korea, digitization of personal information takes the pain out of administrative paperwork
Countries around the world have been tapping into technology to make daily life more convenient for ...
September 14, 2021
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Business Reboot / Technical solutions eyed in Japan to revive trucking industry
In the full scope of logistics, only 10% of all orders are placed by individuals, while 90% are plac...
August 14, 2021
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