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Despite Donald Trump¡¯s celebratory claims that TikTok¡¯s U.S. odyssey is over, the formerly Chinese-owned app now faces mounting challenges around growth, competition, governance, user trust and execution that could quickly erode its immense value.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 30, 2026
The TikTok U.S. saga isn¡¯t over ¡ª it¡¯s just beginning
To call the saga over ¡ª as many headlines did ¡ª would be unwise. Its challenges are only just beginning.
A Samsung Electronics sign at the IFA Consumer Electronics and Home Appliances trade fair in Berlin on Sept. 5, 2024. Investors are increasingly asking if we¡¯re living through another financial bubble that¡¯s destined to burst.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 5, 2026
Is the AI boom a bubble waiting to pop? Here¡¯s what history says.
Investors are increasingly asking if we¡¯re living through another financial bubble that¡¯s destined to burst.
Oracle is among some of the firms expected to thrive in an artificial intelligence future.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 29, 2025
Magnificent Seven is passe, but what can take its place?
Wall Street¡¯s most powerful collection of stocks is missing some of the firms that are also expected to thrive in an artificial intelligence future.
Media mogul Lachlan Murdoch (L) and his wife Sarah at the White House in 2019. U.S. President Donald Trump says that Murdoch and business leaders Larry Ellison and Michael Dell will be involved in an upcoming deal to keep TikTok operating in the U.S.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 22, 2025
Lachlan Murdoch, Michael Dell, Ellison involved in TikTok deal, Trump says
The proposed investors would give Trump influence over an app that helps shape public discourse on politics and culture with its 170 million U.S. users.
SoftBank Group has emerged as the unnamed buyer of Foxconn Technology Group¡¯s electric vehicle plant in Ohio and plans to incorporate the facility into its $500 billion Stargate data center project with OpenAI and Oracle.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 12, 2025
SoftBank shares surge on AI hope and sign of Stargate progress
The firm¡¯s emergence as the unnamed buyer of Foxconn¡¯s electric vehicle plant in Ohio is spurring optimism that it may be able to kick-start its stalled endeavor.
The U.S. head office of TikTok in Culver City, California
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 26, 2025
White House in talks to have Oracle and U.S. investors take over TikTok
Under the deal, ByteDance would retain a stake in the company, but data collection and software updates would be overseen by Oracle.
Oracle plans to spend $6.5 billion building a cloud services center in Malaysia, becoming the latest global tech name to invest in Southeast Asian AI infrastructure.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 2, 2024
Oracle to invest $6.5 billion to set up cloud facilities in Malaysia
Oracle¡¯s venture is set to be one of the largest single tech investments in Malaysia so far.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 22, 2020
China unlikely to approve Oracle and Walmart¡¯s TikTok deal, state media says
Beijing is unlikely to approve an ¡°unfair¡± deal Oracle Corp. and Walmart Inc. said they have struck with ByteDance over the future of video-streaming app TikTok, state-backed newspaper Global Times said in an editorial.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 19, 2020
Oracle¡¯s TikTok deal pours Trump toxin into capitalism
The idea a country¡¯s leader decides which deals get done ¡ª and that it¡¯s contingent on how friendly the company is with the leader ¡ª is how it works in Putin¡¯s Russia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 17, 2020
Trump raises questions about TikTok-Oracle deal if ByteDance ties remain
U.S. President Donald Trump raised questions on Wednesday about plans by China¡¯s ByteDance to keep a majority stake in the U.S. operations of popular social media platform TikTok after six Republican lawmakers urged him to reject the proposal.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 11, 2020
ByteDance poised to miss U.S. deadline for TikTok sale as China intervenes
New regulations Beijing posted in late August prohibit the export of certain artificial intelligence technologies that TikTok uses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 17, 2020
Oracle expects flat sales on fewer corporate software deals
Oracle¡¯s software for managing data, corporate finances, employees and customers require elaborate and often expensive installations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 16, 2019
U.S. Supreme Court could reshape industry with ruling on Google, Oracle
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear an appeal from Alphabet Inc.¡¯s Google in a multibillion-dollar clash that has divided Silicon Valley, agreeing to decide whether the company improperly used copyrighted programming code owned by Oracle Corp. in the Android operating system.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 5, 2019
New U.S. defense chief insists he wasn¡¯t told to review $10 billion JEDI cloud-computing contract
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he heard questions from people in the White House about a Pentagon cloud-computing contract valued at as much as $10 billion, but wasn¡¯t directed to order the review that¡¯s under way.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 24, 2015
Japan set to enter team in 2017 America¡¯s Cup
Japan will return to the America¡¯s Cup competition for the first time in 17 years when it vies for the prestigious sailing trophy in Bermuda in 2017.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 19, 2014
Wall St. gains sharply for second day; Oracle drives tech shares
U.S. stocks climbed more than 1 percent on Thursday, extending a rally from the previous session as tech shares gained with upbeat results from Oracle.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Low-income families in Japan cut food and air conditioning during summer break
Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan¡¯s landscape that they often go unnoticed.
Why Japan¡¯s utility poles won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon
By Alex K.T. Martin

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