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An employee works at a solar cells and modules manufacturing facility in India. The nation is electrifying faster than China did when it was at similar levels of economic development, according to a new report from the think tank Ember.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Jan 23, 2026
India is using cheap green tech to electrify faster than China
The nation is electrifying faster and using fewer fossil fuels per capita than China did when it was at similar levels of economic development, a think tank says.
Sony is leaning on color and style to differentiate its new LinkBuds Clip earbuds from Apple’s all-white AirPods line.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 22, 2026
Sony unveils clip-on earbuds, joining a growing trend
Sony’s LinkBuds Clip, around ¥30,000, join a subcategory of open-style earbuds that sit outside the ear canal, promising better situational awareness than regular buds.
A Mos Food Services employee places an order via a microphone at an artificial intelligence drive-thru facility, which was unveiled to members of the media in Yoshikawa City, Saitama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 21, 2026
Mos Food unveils AI system for drive-thru orders
In the hamburger industry, the use of mobile and touchscreen ordering systems is spreading, but the adoption of AI has been slow.
Cartoonist Mitsuru Yaku (center) and other executives of Freelance League of Japan announces their survey to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Society
Jan 21, 2026
One in 10 Japanese creatives see income fall due to generative AI
Survey respondents cited being asked to accept shorter deadlines and lower fees, or losing commissions altogether.
Sony Group is spinning off control of its home entertainment business to Chinese rival TCL Electronics.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 21, 2026
Sony to cede control of Bravia TVs to China’s TCL
The PlayStation-maker said Tuesday it will sell a 51% stake in its home entertainment arm to TCL.
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia, speaks at the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 6.
BUSINESS
Jan 21, 2026
Nvidia’s Huang plans to visit China as he works to reopen market
The U.S. is loosening export restrictions on AI processors, but on the Chinese side, government officials are deciding how many of the chips to let in.
OpenAI and others firms are launching AI tools in health care, but their success may depend on transparency about reliability and accuracy, an issue that has already caused Google to fail in the sector.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 20, 2026
ChatGPT’s AI health care push has a fatal flaw
Health advice is where generative artificial intelligence has some of its most exciting potential.
Visitors try out Naver Cloud’s AI at South Korea’s Independent AI Foundation Model competition in Seoul, on Dec. 30. Naver Cloud was later eliminated from the competition.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 20, 2026
South Korea kicks off ‘AI Squid Game’ in bid to compete with U.S. and China
The event, designed to identify the leaders in the country’s bid to become an AI powerhouse, is ruthless, like the Netflix show.
Japan's content industry — which includes anime, manga and video games — is a major export the country. Such exports were valued at ¥6 trillion ($38 billion) in 2024.
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Jan 19, 2026
AI-driven pirated manga is booming. Can AI also help curb it?
While artificial intelligence is driving the spread of pirated manga online, Japanese government officials are hoping AI can also help rein it in.
The Nasdaq MarketSite during Aktis Oncology's initial public offering (IPO) in New York on Jan. 9.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 19, 2026
‘No reasons to own’: Software stocks sink on fear of new AI tool
The new year was supposed to bring opportunities for beaten-down software stocks. Instead, the group is off to its worst start in years.
Mickey Mikitani, chief executive officer of Rakuten Group, speaks at the company's AI Optimism business conference in Yokohama in July. Japan’s optimism about artificial intelligence, driven by collaboration, supportive policies and regulatory openness contrasts with global pessimism.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 19, 2026
Will Japan become the world’s next leader in AI?
Japan believes AI will help the country overcome acute labor shortages, improve people’s daily lives and recover global tech leadership.
Elon Musk is seeking between $79 billion and $134 billion in damages over his claims that OpenAI defrauded him by abandoning its nonprofit roots and partnering with Microsoft.
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2026
Musk seeks up to $134 billion damages from OpenAI and Microsoft
Musk left OpenAI’s board in 2018, launched his own artificial intelligence company in 2023 and began legal proceedings in 2024.
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (center) rides a subway train in New Delhi on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 18, 2026
Motegi inspects Japan-backed subway system in New Delhi
Opened in 2002, the Delhi Metro is one of the world’s largest subway systems.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at Ritan Park, part of the first visit by a Canadian prime minister to China since 2017, in Beijing on Friday
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Jan 18, 2026
Carney rattles Canada auto firms in break with U.S. on Chinese EVs
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to open the way for imports of Chinese electric vehicles has rattled Canadian auto executives and raised concerns about how far he is willing to go in diverging from U.S. strategy.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with oil and gas executives and senior U.S. officials in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Friday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 18, 2026
Trump is pushing gas to power AI boom, but building plants could take years
Building the kind of power plants that the Trump administration prefers has become extremely difficult.
Puppies rest next to a Starlink terminal near the town of Lyman, in Ukraine, amid Russia's attack on the country in October 2022.
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Jan 17, 2026
Musk’s Starlink faces high-profile security test in Iran crackdown
How SpaceX withstands Iranian attacks on its most lucrative line of business ​is expected to be closely watched by the U.S., China and intelligence agencies.
Elon Musk in June 2023
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 16, 2026
OpenAI and Microsoft lose last chance to avoid trial with Elon Musk
A federal judge rejected requests by OpenAI and Microsoft to dismiss claims by Musk and ordered the case to proceed to a jury trial set for April.
A man rides a scooter past shipping containers at the Port of Keelung on Friday. The United States said on Thursday that it has signed a deal with Taiwan to reduce tariffs on goods from the democratic island, while increasing Taiwanese semiconductor and tech companies' investments in America.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 16, 2026
U.S. and Taiwan clinch deal to cut tariffs and boost chip investment
Duties on Taiwanese shipments would fall to 15%, and Taiwan’s tech industry would increase financing for American operations by $500 billion.
Japanese internal affairs minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (center) poses for a photo with ministers from ASEAN member states in Hanoi on Thursday.
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2026
Japan and ASEAN agree to cooperate on AI development
Japan and ASEAN aim to join hands at a time when the United States and China are boosting their presence in the artificial intelligence sector.
Smartphone apps that help prevent fraud by blocking international calls and alerting users to potential scams could be endorsed by the National Police Agency under new plans.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 15, 2026
Police in Japan to endorse fraud prevention apps
As of the end of November, losses from so-called special fraud cases, including telephone scams, had reached about ¥121.3 billion, the worst on record.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Why is the yen so weak and what can Japan do about it?
Japan spent ¥11.7 trillion ($73 billion) between late April and late May to prop up the weak yen.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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