In the grand scheme of things, the fact that the Internet has, by and large, kept working in Japan despite earthquakes, tsunami, and potential nuclear reactor meltdowns, is very small. But perhaps it ...

Japan is belatedly addressing an issue described as critically urgent: how to protect undersea cables used for internet ...

Four of Japan's largest Internet provider organizations have come to an agreement with copyright holders on how to tackle the illegal file trading on P2P (Peer to Peer) networks. Comprised of about ...

Japanese telco KDDI has acquired a stake in local operator Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ). Around 18 million shares in IIJ owned by NTT are to be acquired by KKDI in an off-market deal. The ...

(Bloomberg) -- Masayoshi Son, after backing startups around the world, is engineering a complex deal on his home turf to create a national champion that can more effectively compete with global rivals ...

GMO Internet Group is working to launch a stablecoin by 2019. In an announcement released on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, the Japanese IT conglomerate said it is putting all gears in place to begin ...

Online gamers will soon be eligible to receive in-game rewards in Bitcoin, as Japan’s GMO plans new platform release for August. The application, called CryptoChips, acts as a method of rewarding ...

Japan researchers pushed the internet speed limit via optical fiber connection, beating the former world record of 178 terabits per second or Tbps. Just when you thought that an internet seamlessly ...

Japanese prosecutors charged the former president of Internet services company Livedoor with securities laws violations Monday, Kyodo News agency reported. Tokyo prosecutors, who arrested Takafumi ...

“Takaichi has not promised mass deportations,” Jeffrey Hall, a lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies in Chiba ...