Commercial quantum computer debuts in Japan An ultra-high-speed computer, known as a “quantum computer,” has started operating for commercial use in Japan. The computer was developed by IBM. It is only the second one outside the US, following one in Germany. The IBM Quantum System One is what is known as a gate-model quantum computer….
Tesla posts record quarterly profit The electric-car maker Tesla has posted record net profit for the latest business quarter. Sales jumped as drivers made the shift to EVs out of concern for the environment. Tesla says net income topped 1.1 billion dollars in the April-to-June quarter. That was almost 11 times more than the…
Media: Israeli spyware used to hack mobile phones Western media say a spyware program developed by an Israeli cyber-surveillance firm has been used to collect information from journalists and human rights activists around the world. Media outlets from 10 countries including the Washington Post, reported on Sunday that Pegasus spyware developed by NSO Group…
A Tokyo court handed down prison terms for the American father and son accused of helping Nissan’s former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, escape to Lebanon while awaiting trial in Japan. Michael Taylor was sentenced Monday to two years in prison, while his son Peter was sentenced to one year and eight months. They were charged with…
Giant puppet from Tohoku arrives in Tokyo A giant puppet named Mocco has arrived in Tokyo carrying messages from the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan. The puppet which is about 10 meters tall has toured the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima. They were hit hard by the earthquakes and tsunami in 2011. Mocco collected…
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledged Friday to work toward a safe and secure Tokyo Olympics later this month after organizers said the global sporting event will be held mostly without spectators amid a resurgence in COVID-19 infections. “I will give my utmost in achieving safety and security, including taking border control measures,” Suga told reporters….
Japan will have more clarity on the design of its central bank digital currency no earlier than late 2022, according to a ruling party official. Hideki Murai, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s panel on digital currencies, said that the Bank of Japan is still working on sorting out the key functions of…
Tokyo has ranked the fourth most expensive city for expatriates in an annual cost of living survey by a U.S. consulting firm, dropping one spot from last year. Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat topped the list, up from second, while Hong Kong slid to second after being last year’s costliest city, Mercer’s Cost of Living Survey showed,…
The contract will allow Drax, already the largest decarbonization project in Europe, to use Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd’s (a subsidiary of MHI) patented carbon capture technology, the Advanced KM CDR Process. The technology involves using an amine-based adsorbent, KS-21, to help capture carbon. Already adopted at 13 commercial plants, the solvent is expected…
TOKYO — Despite an ongoing slump in the apparel sector, Zozo — operator of clothing retail website Zozotown — is doing well, with transaction value hitting a new high for the Japanese company. President Kotaro Sawada, who took over from charismatic founder Yusaku Maezawa, is turning the company into a rock-solid fashion platform. Instead…
