Japan to limit foreign ownership of firms in its IT, telecom sectors
Japan's government says that high-tech industries will be added to a list of businesses for which foreign ownership of Japanese firms is restricted.
Japan's government says that high-tech industries will be added to a list of businesses for which foreign ownership of Japanese firms is restricted.
Robots have already invaded the operating room in some hospitals, but in Belgium they will soon be taking on the potentially more difficult task -- for robots, at least -- of greeting patients and giving them directions.
Japanese telco NTT Communications has lofty ambitions: it wants to be Australia’s top provider of network, cloud, data centre and other ICT services, according to a director with the company.
Australian and New Zealand CIOs can expect minor supply restrictions from Japanese technology brands as a result of the Tohoku Pacific Ocean Earthquake, which hit north-eastern Japan on March 11, according to analyst, IDC.
It may be weeks before the full impact of the Japanese quake and resulting tsunamis is on the flow if ICT between the disaster-affected country and Australia is known, IDC has warned.
Japan's biggest electronics companies are trying to ensure that employees in disaster areas are safe and facilities remain intact.
Kiwi IT security specialist John McDonald, who works for Symantec in Tokyo, says he and most of his colleagues are working from home following the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and 10-metre high tsunami off the coast of Japan. McDonald describes the situation as follows:
Apple’s new Leopard operating system accounted for over half of all sales of packaged operating system software in Japan in October — despite being on sale for only the last six days of the month.
While Japan is ahead of the West in terms of consumer IT, it lags in business computing, Microsoft’s Japan president says.
Researchers in Japan have developed new circuit technology they say could be the vital next step towards the development of a practical quantum computer.
A wide-ranging government policy on broadband and healthy competition among providers gives Japanese customers greater speeds at a much cheaper price than US customers pay, says NTT executive Takashi Ebihara.
The trial of Takafumi Horie, founder and former chief of Japanese internet portal Livedoor, has begun with Horie pleading not guilty to violations of Japan’s securities law.
Picture this. Summer, 30-35°C, extreme humidity, crowds, congestion, a smoggy haze, endless high-rises, $12 for a coffee, $16 for a beer, 14-hour work days. Plus locals with a strange culture and even stranger language.