Japan, a country known for its technological innovations in robotics and manufacturing, has surprisingly lagged behind when it comes to digital transformation. According to the 2022 IMD World Digital ...

TOKYO — Japan’s communications ministry on Thursday outlined its plan for smoothing the transition to digital terrestrial broadcasting over the coming three years. Analog broadcasts are skedded to end ...

Japan plans to implement a flat 20% tax on crypto gains in 2026 to lower the tax burden and stimulate domestic crypto trading ...

Japan has stepped up its push to catch up on digitization by telling a reluctant public they have to sign up for digital IDs or possibly lose access to their public health insurance. As the naming ...

Japan's Digital Minister Taro Kono, center, speaks during a parliamentary session in Tokyo, on July 5, 2023. The minister charged with an overhaul of Japan's digitized system to assign a number to ...

TOKYO — It’s been a rough and costly road, but digital terrestrial television (DTT) arrived in Japan on Dec. 1. Pubcaster NHK and the five national commercial networks, as well as 11 regional ...

Japanese companies have been slow to adopt digital operating models. Here’s how local business leaders are stepping up. “Digital defeat.” That’s how Takuya Hirai, Japan’s former digital transformation ...

Japan’s government entities and regulators are too deeply embedded in the digital industry’s fixed structure — which lacks digital literacy, client responsibility and close connections with ...

Industry observers state that Japan will experience a wave of crypto adoption among retail investors after changes in the ...

SoftBank is in talks to acquire digital infrastructure firm DigitalBridge , a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on ...

The proposed tax change, supported by the government, will categorize crypto profits under a separate-taxation framework.