Three of Japan's biggest electronics companies are to join forces in a chip-making venture, according to reports, days after a swathe of dire results from a sector struggling to compete globally.
Business
Feb 8, 2012
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Japanese manufacturer's greenhouse gas emissions are rising after the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, hurting the country's carbon reduction goals, a report said Sunday.
Environment
Jan 29, 2012
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Japan's Tokyo Electric Power plans to install about 17 million "smart meters" in customer households by March 2019 in a bid to increase efficiency, a report said Sunday.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 22, 2012
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Howard Stringer, the Welsh-born American head of Japanese games, music and electronics giant Sony, is to step down as the firm's president, reports said Saturday, while remaining CEO and chairman.
Business
Jan 7, 2012
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US online giant Amazon will start a Japanese-language ebook business as early as this year, the Nikkei business daily and Jiji press said Thursday.
Business
Oct 20, 2011
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Japan will seek to extract natural gas from seabed deposits of methane hydrate, also known as "burning ice", in the world's first such offshore experiment, a news report said Monday.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 25, 2011
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Japan is considering a plan that would make it compulsory for all new buildings and houses to come fitted with solar panels by 2030, a business daily said Sunday.
Energy & Green Tech
May 22, 2011
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Japan's top carrier NTT DoCoMo is to launch a tablet computer running Google software to challenge Apple's hot-selling iPad, a report said Saturday.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 2, 2011
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Japanese telecom giant NTT's data communications unit plans to buy US IT firm Keane for 1.2 billion dollars as a strong yen and good earnings back Japanese firms' acquisitions, a report said Thursday.
Business
Oct 21, 2010
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