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Japanese electronics giant Sharp Corp. announced an annual net loss of 125.82 billion yen (1.3 billion dollars)

Japan's Sharp reports 1.3 bln dollar annual loss

Technology / Business

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japanese electronics giant Sharp Corp. announced an annual net loss of 1.3 billion dollars, its first ever, due to a slump in sales, but it forecast a return to profit this year.





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Japan plans WTO complaint on SKorea battery rule

Technology / Business

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Japan is set to complain to the WTO this week over a South Korean plan to tighten safety regulations on lithium-ion batteries, accusing Seoul of protectionism, a report has said.


NEC, Casio, Hitachi to merge handset businesses

Technology / Business

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Japanese electronics makers NEC Corp., Casio Computer Co. and Hitachi said Monday they will combine their mobile phone handset-manufacturing operations by April next year in a bid to boost their competitiveness at ...


A Masunaga Optical employee displays the blinking "Wink Glasses"

New Japanese glasses bring tears to the eyes

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

The Japanese eyewear company behind Sarah Palin's designer glasses has come up with a high-tech solution for obsessive video-gamers and bookworms whose eyes dry out from lack of blinking.


Japan falls behind in chip manufacturing

Technology / Semiconductors

created May 16, 2006 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A university study suggests Japan is falling behind other nations in the production of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) chips for personal computers.


Toshiba to join rival Blu-ray camp, plans products

Technology / Business

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Having lost the video format war, Toshiba Corp. said Monday it will make Blu-ray disc products and plans to join the once-rival camp, the Blu-ray Disc Association.


Headquarters of German luxury car maker BMW in Munich

BMW, Mazda lead the way as auto emissions fall: survey

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

BMW and Mazda lead the way in cutting auto emissions, well ahead of their rivals in the hunt for cleaner cars as new European Union targets begin to bear green fruit, a report showed Tuesday.


Japan creates Asimov-like robotic laws

Technology / Engineering

created May 31, 2006 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (34) | comments 0

Japan is creating "robotic laws" along the lines envisioned by scientist Isaac Asimov in the Laws of Robotics he presented in a 1940 science fiction novel.


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Japanese firm plans zero-emission ferry

Technology / Energy

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A Japanese shipmaker said Thursday it planned to launch the world's first large electric ferry -- the latest innovation aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.


Driving on the wrong side of the road -- the myth of Japanese efficiency in car manufacturing

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 19, 2007 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (11) | comments 0

The real culprit for the collapse of Rover Group under the ownership of BMW was a misconceived attempt to emulate Japanese production methods that pre-dated ownership by the German car giant, a new book shows. Based on research ...


A new explanation of 'Asian paradox'

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

There is abundant evidence of an association between Helicobacter pylori chronic infection and gastric cancer. The incidence of gastric cancer is much higher in Japan than Indonesia. A research from Indonesia and Japan found ...



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