Information & Communications Technology

U.S. cloud service company Salesforce.com is scaling up its operation in Japan, seeing the country as an "incubator in many ways," said Co-CEO Keith Block, who was in Tokyo for Nikkei's Global Digital Summit 2019 on Monday.

NEC Corp. has entered the competition to lead Malaysia’s digital identification project, as the government prepares to introduce biometric identities for all of its 32 million citizens.

A coalition of 14 global corporations including Toyota Motor and IBM has called for free and secure data flows across borders, in line with efforts by the Group of 20 to set up international standards on data transfers.

A customer in Japan who chooses to terminate a wireless contract prematurely would pay a penalty of no more than 1,000 yen ($9.24) under a proposed government mandate, down from the current 9,500 yen walkaway fee.

Mitsubishi Chemical announced Tuesday that it acquired Advanced Polymer Technologies, a California-based supplier of specialty plastic materials for such industries as semiconductors and aerospace.

Sony will increase salaries by up to 20% for new recruits with high-tech skills in fields such as artificial intelligence, moving away from the traditional Japanese emphasis on seniority to better compete in a battle for talent that crosses industries and international borders.

Japan's government will allow NTT Docomo and its three major mobile rivals to set up 5G base stations on traffic signals, hoping to reduce the cost and time it takes to roll out the ultrafast networks by taking advantage of the nation's high density of traffic lights.

Rakuten Mobile Inc. said Wednesday that it will work together with NEC Corp. to build a fifth-generation, or 5G, wireless communications network across Japan.

The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and Sky Perfect JSAT Corp. have successfully conducted a test to detect a missing person in mountain areas using a drone operated via satellite communications.

NEC Corp. gave a demonstration of its facial recognition system at its headquarters in Tokyo on Friday that it says will help passengers board planes faster without having to present passports or boarding passes.