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The California State Capitol building in Sacramento. A pressure campaign waged by tech companies, spearheaded by the California Chamber of Commerce and the big tech trade group Chamber of Progress, has quashed a California legislative measure that pitted giants such as Apple and Google against smaller rivals.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 28, 2026
Apple and Google crushed California bill helping smaller rivals
The bill had sought to stop major technology platforms from favoring their own products over those of competitors in places such as Apple¡¯s App Store.
Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2024
Microsoft executive warns of meddling in final days of U.S. election
Brad Smith said lessons should be learned from certain other elections that have seen fake information circulated.
TikTok has deployed Washington power brokers and $1,500-an-hour attorneys to fend off a new law barring the app unless its Beijing-based parent, ByteDance, divests.
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Jul 27, 2024
TikTok¡¯s survival is at stake in all-out fight against U.S. ban
TikTok has deployed Washington power brokers and $1,500-an-hour attorneys to fend off a new law barring the app unless ByteDance divests.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 25, 2024
What the ¡®extreme¡¯ Project 2025 says and who wrote it
Recent polling shows there has been a dramatic uptick in awareness and negative views of Project 2025 since late June, when U.S. Democrats began emphasizing it.
Voters cast ballots for the U.S. presidential election at a polling station in Portland, Maine, on Nov. 3, 2020.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 7, 2024
Trump ballot removals reflect efforts of liberal-funded groups
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and Free Speech for People have been catalysts for the yearslong campaign.
The Internal Revenue Service headquarters in Washington. A conservative group's charge that a liberal network is abusing its tax-exempt status mirrors similar allegations made against a right-wing activist.
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2023
U.S. ¡®dark money¡¯ donor groups trade accusations of tax evasion
Though the allegations by both sides are partisan, legal experts say the concerns they raise have been taken seriously by the IRS in the past.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 12, 2023
AI is making politics easier, cheaper and more dangerous
Deepfakes have plagued politics for years, but with AI, savvy editing skills are no longer required to create them.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 26, 2023
TikTok ban gains steam in Congress, dialing up pressure on Biden
The attention on TikTok underscores concerns in Congress that TikTok and its parent comapny, ByteDance, could share information on U.S. users with Chinese authorities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Dec 17, 2022
Biden¡¯s China tech crackdown leaves Xi with few ways to hit back
Beijing¡¯s lack of good options is precisely why the U.S. is striking hard and fast now with export controls, experts say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 14, 2022
TikTok U.S. security deal¡¯s prospects clouded by FBI doubts and state bans
A congressional panel is seeking a way to let TikTok keep operating in the U.S. while also preventing the possibility that the Chinese government could access user data.
¡®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.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Strong wind and heavy rain forecast as tropical storm approaches Japan
Tropical Storm Chan-hom is expected to make landfall in northern Kanto between late Tuesday and early Wednesday.
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.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.

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