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NEC unveils eyewear translator

NEC unveils eyewear translator

Technology › Saturday 07th November, 07:16 AM JST

TOKYO — Most eyewear improves vision or cuts through solar glare, but a new gadget from Japan may soon sharpen linguistic skills and cut down language barriers…

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Casio to team up with Toppan to develop organic EL displays

Technology › 06:43 AM JST - 7th November

TOKYO — Casio Computer Co said Friday it will form a joint venture with Toppan Printing Co next year to develop and produce organic electroluminescent displays. The…

Nearly 70% of Japanese families have digital broadcasting receivers

Technology › 04:01 AM JST - 7th November

TOKYO — The government said Friday an estimated 69.5% of Japanese families had acquired televisions or tuners to receive terrestrial digital broadcasting signals in September, up 8.8…

Microsoft CEO calls Japanese response to Windows 7 'fantastic'

Technology › 07:04 AM JST - 6th November

TOKYO — Sales of Microsoft Corp's new Windows 7 operating system have been "fantastic" in Japan since its launch last month, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday. He…

Elpida posts operating profit in July-Sept

Technology › 04:39 AM JST - 6th November

TOKYO — Elpida Memory Inc said Thursday it posted an operating profit in the July-September quarter for the first time in eight quarters on increased demand for…

Rakuten to make operator of Edy electronic money service a subsidiary

Technology › 04:07 AM JST - 6th November

TOKYO — Japan's largest Net shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc said Thursday it has agreed to invest 3 billion yen in bitWallet Inc., the operator of the…

Nikon posts group net loss of Y17.7 bil

Technology › 02:55 AM JST - 6th November

TOKYO — Nikon Corp said Thursday it posted a consolidated group net loss of 17.67 billion yen for the six months through September partly due to sluggish…

Japan's 1st pluthermal power generation begins 10 years behind schedule

Technology › 02:06 AM JST - 6th November

FUKUOKA — Japan began operating a nuclear power reactor Thursday using plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) as fuel for the first time in the country, about 10 years…

Japanese Internet book search system to be developed

Technology › 06:40 AM JST - 5th November

TOKYO — Japan's writers guild and the national library teamed up Wednesday to create an Internet book search system to counter U.S. search engine Google Inc's similar…

JVC Kenwood eyes selling music software unit Victor Entertainment

Technology › 05:48 AM JST - 5th November

TOKYO — JVC Kenwood Holdings Inc is considering selling its music software group company Victor Entertainment Inc as part of efforts to rehabilitate its struggling businesses, sources…