News tagged with japanese market

Panasonic posts loss, forecasts full year red ink

(AP) -- Panasonic Corp. stayed in the red in the latest quarter and projected a huge annual loss due to slumping TV sales and a strong yen.

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Eyeing Asian market, LinkedIn launches in Japanese

(AP) -- LinkedIn Corp. on Thursday launched its online professional networking service in Japanese, the first Asian language platform for the rapidly growing company as it pushes to expand in the region.

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created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Japan's Sharp to stop sales of Galapagos tablets

Japan's Sharp Corp. said Thursday it will stop production and sales of the original editions of its "Galapagos" tablet computer, just nine months after it was launched.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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Nokia abandons Japan market

Nokia Corp., battered by the popularity of smartphones, is abandoning the Japanese market, after a brief foray with luxury cell phones costing as much as 20 million yen ($250,000).

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Alibaba.com to help Japan firms crack China market

China's e-commerce giant Alibaba has launched a service to help Japanese manufacturers crack into the fast-growing Chinese market, the group's Japanese unit said Tuesday.

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Lenovo targets German market with bid for Medion

Chinese computer maker Lenovo said Wednesday that it would buy the electronics group Medion of Germany to double Lenovo's share of Europe's biggest personal computer market.

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$138 million in funding for Gilt Groupe

Online private sales company Gilt Groupe said Monday that it has raised $138 million in new funding led by Japan's Softbank Group.

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Japan iPhone craze attracts global app developers

(AP) -- The iPhone's popularity in Japan is cracking open an industry long thought inaccessible to outsiders.

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created Nov 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan's solar cell market more than tripled in 2009

Japan's solar cell market more than tripled in the year to March, as government incentives spurred households to purchase the eco-friendly technology, industry data showed Tuesday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Walkman outsells iPod in Japan: survey

The Walkman outsold the iPod in Japan last week for the first time in four years, handing Japanese electronics giant Sony a rare victory over arch-rival Apple, a survey showed.

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created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Japan's Sharp reports 1.3 bln dollar annual loss

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

RIM rules out battery flaw with Blackberry Bold

Canada's Research In Motion said Friday it has ruled out faulty batteries as the likely cause of keyboards heating up during recharging of its BlackBerry Bold smart phones sold in Japan.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 28, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

BlackBerry Bold sales suspended in Japan

Japanese mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo said it suspended domestic sales Friday of the smart phone BlackBerry Bold after about 30 users reported the keyboards heated up during recharging.

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created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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