10+ hour, 2+ min ago   (115+ words) By HIKARI MARUYAMA/ Staff Writer September 12, 2026 at 07:00 JST Tadao Kikumoto, a former president of Roland Corp., shows off the drum machine TR-808 on July 14 in Hamamatsu, as the product, whose development was led by Kikumoto, is still fully taken advantage…...

14+ hour, 24+ min ago   (1071+ words) By TAKESHI OWADA/ Staff Writer September 14, 2026 at 07:00 JST An authenticator uses an AI-based system to examine whether a brand-name bag is fake. (Provided by Komehyo Holdings Co.) NAGOYA--Reseller Komehyo Holdings Co. has been accelerating its overseas expansion, seeing a…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (62+ words) September 8, 2026 at 16:15 JST BANGKOK—Asian shares and U.S. futures skidded Tuesday as flaring conflict in the Middle East pushed oil prices higher. [Read More] INTERVIEW/ Roland 808 developer: Success of the drum machine possible due to ‘happy accident’ Team uses AI…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (105+ words) September 10, 2026 at 07:05 JST This image provided by Planet Labs PBC shows a plume of black smoke rising from a Saudi Aramco oil refinery, on top, north of Abha, Saudi Arabia, on Sept. 8. (Planet Labs PBC via AP) NEW YORK—Oil…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (528+ words) September 11, 2026 at 14:04 JST AI-generated and misleading posts related to the Okinawa gubernatorial election are displayed on X on Sept. 10. (Taichi Higa) AI-generated videos and images targeting the two leading candidates in Okinawa’s gubernatorial election have circulated on social media ahead…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1042+ words) September 10, 2026 at 12:25 JST An engineer works among Tiangong Omni humanoid robots in the research and testing area of the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, also known as X-Humanoid, in Beijing on Sept. 4. (Reuters) BEIJING—A week after his robot outran…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (57+ words) September 9, 2026 at 16:16 JST The race to develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence has entered a new stage and prompted a higher level of worry. [Read More] Team uses AI to study colors seen when black-and-white top is spun Fire destroys shopping street…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (772+ words) September 10, 2026 at 16:35 JST BANGKOK—Asian shares skidded Thursday following a retreat on Wall Street as the price of crude oil again traded above $100 a barrel. U.S. futures were modestly higher. The price of Brent crude jumped 3.4% on Wednesday, surging above…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1226+ words) September 10, 2026 at 16:23 JST Japan intends to replace aging nuclear reactors to reduce the country’s dependence on fossil fuels, a vulnerability exposed by the Middle East crisis, but electric utilities remain cautious about the plan. The companies are worried that the…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (759+ words) September 10, 2026 at 12:30 JST Exchange rates of Japanese Yen to the U.S. dollar and several other foreign currencies are displayed at a money exchange shop in Tokyo on July 27. (Reuters) NEW YORK—The dollar traded near a seven-month low ‌against the yen…...