Japan to crack down on Apple and Google app store monopolies(asia.nikkei.com)

508 points by mfiguiere 2 years ago | 267 comments

Nikkei Asia report that Japan plans antitrust rules requiring Apple and Google to allow third-party app stores and billing systems.

Japan law will require Apple to allow alternate iPhone app stores(appleinsider.com)

93 points by walterbell 3 years ago | 21 comments

Google faces antitrust probe in Japan for pushing search default(english.kyodonews.net)

68 points by anigbrowl 3 years ago | 13 comments

Japan to open up Apple and Google app stores to competition(japantimes.co.jp)

29 points by janandonly 3 years ago | 2 comments

Google agrees to pay $700M in antitrust settlement reached with states(apnews.com)

146 points by DocFeind 2 years ago | 127 comments

Japan city drafts ordinance to cap smartphone use at 2 hours per day(english.kyodonews.net)

98 points by Improvement 1 year ago | 74 comments

Japan to crack down on Apple and Google app store monopolies(asia.nikkei.com)

508 points by mfiguiere 2 years ago | 267 comments

Nikkei Asia report that Japan plans antitrust rules requiring Apple and Google to allow third-party app stores and billing systems.

Japan’s government will not enforce copyrights on data used in AI training(technomancers.ai)

412 points by version_five 3 years ago | 329 comments

Blog post reporting that Japan's government will not enforce copyright on data used for AI training.

Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners(aljazeera.com)

120 points by mikhael 29 days ago | 323 comments

Al Jazeera article on Japan raising requirements for permanent residency and tightening rules for foreigners amid a rightward political shift.

South Korea introduces universal basic mobile data access(theregister.com)

338 points by saikatsg 6 months ago | 95 comments

The Register article on South Korea's scheme giving mobile subscribers unlimited 400 Kbps data after allowances expire, agreed by SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus.

AI can't be listed as inventor on patent applications, Japan's top court rules(japannews.yomiuri.co.jp)

350 points by mushstory 3 months ago | 185 comments

Japan News report that Japan's Supreme Court dismissed an American engineer's appeal to have an AI named as inventor on a patent application.

Japan's push to make all research open access(nature.com)

612 points by sohkamyung 2 years ago | 92 comments

Nature news article on Japan allocating 10 billion yen to institutional repositories to make the nation's publicly funded research free to read.