RSS Feed for Japan Today http://www.japantoday.com/feed Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:41:54 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/indian-engineers-becoming-backbone-of-japans-it Indian system engineers are making their presence felt in Japan's information technology industry. Around 22,000 Indians were living in Japan at the end of 2008,… Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:40:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/nec-unveils-eyewear-translator 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… Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:16:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/casio-to-team-up-with-toppan-to-develop-organic-el-displays 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… Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:43:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/nearly-70-of-japanese-families-have-digital-broadcasting-receivers 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… Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:01:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/microsoft-ceo-upbeat-about-initial-japanese-response-to-windows-7 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… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:04:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/elpida-posts-operating-profit-in-july-sept 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… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:39:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/rakuten-to-make-operator-of-edy-electronic-money-service-a-subsidiary 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… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:07:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/nikon-posts-group-net-loss-of-y177-bil 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… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:55:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/japans-1st-pluthermal-power-generation-begins-10-years-behind-schedule 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… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:06:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/japanese-internet-book-search-system-to-be-developed 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… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:40:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/jvc-kenwood-eyes-selling-music-software-unit-victor-entertainment 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… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:48:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/a-growing-paypal-could-soon-overshadow-parent-ebay Most people know eBay Inc for its online marketplace, where deals abound on everything from gadgets to antique furniture. But soon, eBay's biggest business will… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:11:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/1st-pluthermal-power-generation-to-start-at-genkai-plant Japan's first plutonium-thermal power generation will effectively start Thursday at Kyushu Electric Power Co's Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture, as the utility firm… Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:59:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/crossbow-introduces-energy-monitoring-ecowizard-system Crossbow Japan Ltd, a subsidiary of Crossbow Technology Inc, along with strategic partner Sumitomo Precision Products Co Ltd, has launched the EcoWizard Wireless Energy Monitoring… Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:13:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/pcs-shed-pounds-and-cd-drives-gain-touch-screens Personal computers are changing — and not just because of the recent launch of Windows 7. Visit an electronics store and you might also find… Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:37:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/japanese-cargo-vehicle-reenters-atmosphere Japan's first unmanned cargo vehicle for use in space, which separated from the International Space Station early Saturday, Japan time, reentered the atmosphere Monday morning,… Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:22:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/sanyo-electric-to-supply-batteries-for-peugeot-hybrid-cars Sanyo Electric Co plans to supply batteries for the PSA Peugeot Citroen group's diesel-electric hybrid cars, making the French automaker its fifth client in the… Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:51:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/purchases-of-all-solar-generated-electricity-could-start-in-fy-2010 The government launched Sunday a new program that enables power companies to purchase at higher rates surplus electricity produced by solar power generation systems installed… Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:50:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/panasonic-to-cut-stake-in-battery-joint-venture-with-toyota Panasonic Corp plans to reduce its equity stake in a battery joint venture with Toyota Motor Corp for hybrid vehicles to expedite its move to… Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:57:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/new-portable-nintendo-ds-console-meant-for-groups The newest version of Nintendo's popular handhold game console, with its large screen that's easier on the eyes and bigger stylus similar to an ordinary… Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:15:00 +0100