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Tim Hornyak

Tim Hornyak

special to CNBC.com

Tim Hornyak is a Tokyo-based author and journalist overing Japanese technology, business, and culture. Follow him on Twitter @robotopia

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How Canon and Nikon are fighting for survival in the smartphone era

Tim HornyakJuly 28, 2019

How Toyota is helping Japan with its multibillion-dollar push to create a hydrogen-fueled society

Tim HornyakFebruary 26, 2019

The world's first humanless warehouse is run only by robots and is a model for the future

Tim HornyakOctober 30, 2018

PlayStation creator backs start-up that uses 'theoretical neuroscience' for self-driving cars

Tim HornyakAugust 16, 2018

Your next coworker soon may be an avatar humanoid robot

Tim HornyakApril 18, 2018

Sony’s new robot dog Aibo barks, does tricks and charms animal lovers

Tim HornyakApril 9, 2018

Japan's big brands are trying to shake up its taxi industry

Tim HornyakApril 3, 2018

Japan's second-largest metro area aims for a slice of the start-up pie

Tim HornyakMarch 23, 2018

Japanese regulators raid Coincheck in wake of $530 million crypto heist

Tim HornyakFebruary 2, 2018

Shinzo Abe's 3rd act: Stability for investors, and a salve for Japan's scandal-battered companies

Tim HornyakOctober 22, 2017

$4 trillion needed to fix U.S. roads by 2020

Tim HornyakNovember 21, 2013

Why California's high-speed rail is off-track

Tim HornyakNovember 7, 2013