RSS Feed for Japan Today http://www.japantoday.com/feed Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:23:01 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/panasonic-begins-delivery-of-p-01b-handsets-to-docomo Panasonic Mobile Communications Co on Friday began shipment of its docomo PRIME series P-01B mobile phones to NTT DoCoMo Inc. The P-01B adopts Panasonic’s unique… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:47:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/astronaut-wakata-to-be-given-prime-ministers-award Astronaut Koichi Wakata will receive a prime minister's award for his contribution to the completion of Japan's first manned space laboratory at the International Space… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:22:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/sony-chief-executive-outlines-turnaround-plan Sony said it aims to be profitable in gaming and flat-panel TVs by the fiscal year ending March 2011 as it slashes costs to turn… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:49:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/mbishi-chemical-agrees-to-acquire-mbishi-rayon Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp, Japan's largest chemical company, said Thursday it aims to turn major synthetic fiber maker Mitsubishi Rayon Co into a wholly owned… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:14:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/japan-to-send-energy-conservation-mission-to-qatar-in-2010 Japan will dispatch a mission to help establish energy-efficient technologies in Qatar next January in a move also designed to ensure a stable energy supply… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:27:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/mazda-i-stop-wins-2010-rjc-technology-of-the-year-award Mazda Motor Corp announced Wednesday that its unique idling stop system, i-stop, has won the 2009 Automotive Researchers’ and Journalists’ Conference of Japan (RJC) Technology… Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:14:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/sony-ericsson-closes-world-sites-as-hq-moves Cell phone handset maker Sony Ericsson will move its North American headquarters from North Carolina to Atlanta and close a half-dozen sites worldwide as it… Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:44:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/xbox-360-playstation-3-friend-facebook Users of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles can now brag about their achievements on Facebook as both systems integrate the social… Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:29:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/govt-agency-approves-scrapping-nuclear-reactors A nuclear safety body affiliated with the economy ministry Wednesday approved Chubu Electric Power Co's plan to demolish obsolete nuclear reactors at its Hamaoka power… Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:12:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/sanyo-to-quadruple-photovoltaic-cell-production-capacity Sanyo Electric Co said Tuesday it plans to more than quadruple its photovoltaic cell production capacity in six years to 1.5 million kilowatts in fiscal… Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:57:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/global-semiconductor-shipment-estimate-revised-up Global shipments of semiconductors in 2009 will fall 11.5% from a year earlier to $220.1 billion, or around 20.82 trillion yen, instead of plummeting 21.6%… Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/twitter-to-scrap-controversial-suggested-user-list Social-media site Twitter plans to scrap its hand-picked list of "suggested users" to follow after controversy erupted over the selection of people on the list,… Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:16:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/canon-to-acquire-biggest-european-printer-maker-oce-of-netherlands Canon Inc said Monday it will acquire Oce NV of the Netherlands, the biggest printer maker in Europe, through a takeover bid worth about 730… Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:53:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/pioneer-files-complaint-against-garmin-over-patent-infringement Pioneer Corp said Monday it has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission claiming that Garmin International Inc is infringing upon the Japanese… Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:45:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/toyota-worlds-biggest-investor-in-rd-in-2008-eu-report Toyota Motor Corp was the world's biggest single investor in research and development in 2008, according to an annual report released Monday by the European… Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:24:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/kddi-to-acquire-50-stake-in-bangladeshi-internet-service-firm KDDI Corp will acquire a 50% stake in BRAC BD Mail Networks Ltd of Bangladesh through a third-party allotment of new shares by the Dhaka-based… Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:19:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/nissan-miyazaki-pref-to-promote-electric-vehicles Nissan Motor Co and the Miyazaki prefectural government agreed Friday to cooperate in promoting electric vehicles through such means as creating a network of charging… Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:46:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/google-makes-concessions-on-digital-book-deal Google Inc will loosen its control over millions of copyright-protected books that will be added to its digital library if a federal judge approves a… Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:20:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/development-of-supercomputer-to-be-frozen A key government panel on cutting wasteful spending on Friday sought to drastically curtail expenses for a project to develop the world's fastest next-generation supercomputer,… Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:45:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/japan-us-to-cooperate-on-smart-power-grids Japan and the United States will cooperate in developing smart power grids that save excess clean energy and release it when needed, a draft of… Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:10:00 +0100