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In recent years, 10-minute delivery ¡ª popularly known as quick commerce ¡ª has upended online shopping in India and Amazon has largely failed to take advantage.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 4, 2026
Why Amazon has struggled to crack India
India, fast-growing and democratic, was supposed to be the ultimate proof that the Amazon model would succeed outside the U.S. and a handful of smaller industrialized countries.
Amazon is hoping that AI-powered answers will help keep shoppers from defecting to other sites or chatbots.
BUSINESS / Tech
May 14, 2026
Amazon puts Alexa inside the shopping search bar in AI push
Queries typed into Amazon¡¯s website and mobile app will soon reply, depending on the context, with product comparisons or suggestions generated by AI large language models.
Anthropic was founded in 2021 by several former employees of OpenAI.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 21, 2026
Amazon to invest an additional $5 billion in Anthropic
Amazon said it would provide Anthropic with chips ¡ª for general computing and AI accelerators ¡ª to reach about 5 gigawatts of power.
Amazon is using an experimental artificial intelligence tool to duplicate independent sellers' product listings, sometimes without their knowledge, then make purchases on behalf of Amazon customers.
BUSINESS
Jan 7, 2026
Amazon AI tool blindsides merchants by offering products without their knowledge
While Amazon¡¯s strategy could generate sales an independent seller might not otherwise get, it raises questions about who bears responsibility when something goes awry.
Amazon's AWS is the largest seller of rented computing power and data storage.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 3, 2025
Amazon rushes out latest AI chip to take on Nvidia and Google
The chip push is a key element of Amazon¡¯s strategy to stand out in AI.
Amazon packages at a distribution center in Washington
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 30, 2025
Amazon denies tariff label pivot after Trump called to complain
The administration¡¯s broadsides against Amazon on Tuesday highlighted the potential political risk for companies if they decide to break out the cost of tariffs for customers.
Employees place items into boxes and envelopes at an Amazon fulfillment center.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 16, 2024
Amazon workers say they struggle to afford food and rent
Amazon has long been criticized for its treatment of employees
A real estate sign advertises powered data center land for sale in Johnstown, Ohio, on March 23.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 29, 2024
Amazon?bets $150 billion on data centers required for AI boom
In addition to meeting demand for corporate services, they will provide the massive computing power needed for an expected boom in generative AI.
The Amazon.com logo on a laptop. The online retailer has announced the launch of its own AI chatbot, Q.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 29, 2023
Pursuing rivals, Amazon announces corporate AI chatbot
Last year¡¯s Amazon Web Services trade show was overshadowed by the release of OpenAI¡¯s ChatGPT, which quickly wowed users.
Dave Limp speaks during the Amazon Devices and Services event at the HQ2 campus in Arlington, Virginia, on Sept. 20.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 27, 2023
At Amazon, he launched Alexa. His new job is to launch rockets.
Jeff Bezos¡¯ Blue Origin has spent two decades trailing Elon Musk¡¯s SpaceX in the space-exploration race.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2022
Devices, retail and HR targeted by Amazon plans for largest-ever layoffs
CEO Andy Jassy has vowed to streamline operations amid slowing sales growth and economic uncertainty.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 17, 2022
Big Tech helps Big Oil pump more, belying climate pledges
The tech giants began courting oil companies several years ago, eager for business from a lucrative but technologically backward industry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 11, 2022
Amazon¡¯s drone delivery program is hit by crashes and safety concerns
An investigation based on internal documents, government reports and interviews with employees reveals a program beset by technical challenges, high turnover and safety concerns.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2021
Apple and Amazon results spark fears of an unhappy holiday season
As the economy emerges from the worst pandemic in a century, getting enough products to consumers is a daunting challenge for nearly everyone.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 27, 2020
Amazon unions around the world plan Black Friday protests
The company has a history of guarding against unions¡¯ influence, posting a job listing in September for an analyst to research ¡®labor organizing threats against the company.¡±
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
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