Information & Communications Technology

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. plans to put its original digital currency into practical use by the end of this year, according to President Kanetsugu Mike.

Standardized specifications for QR codes used in cashless payments could be put into practice as early as this summer.

The nation’s automotive industry is in fierce competition over acquiring information technology professionals.

Computer programming will become a mandatory subject in Japan's elementary schools from April 2020, as the country seeks to train a new generation in highly sought information technology skills.

Less than a decade after stunning workers at his tech giant with an edict to learn English, billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani wants to do the same with computer programming.

Ask any group of children in Japan what they want to be when they grow up and one answer in particular is sure to feature.

Companies in Japan have a little more than six weeks to revamp their computer software to respond to the country’s first era change in the digital age when a new Emperor is enthroned on May 1.

The head of Instagram says its first development team outside the United States will set up shop in Tokyo this summer to bolster the photo- and video-sharing platform’s services and functions.

The cryptocurrency boom appears to be alive and well for Binance, the world’s largest digital-asset exchange by trading volume.

LOS ANGELES - Google LLC said Thursday that a team led by engineer Emma Haruka Iwao from Japan has broken a Guinness World Record by calculating pi to the 31.4 trillionth digit, around 9 trillion more than the previous record set in 2016.