Japanese star fuels rumours on Manchester Utd. transfer
Japanese football midfielder Shinji Kagawa, who plays in Germany for Borussia Dortmund, met Sir Alex Ferguson, the boss of Manchester United, for a two hour discussion which fuels rumours for…
Waving – the new gadget interface shown in Japan [VIDEO]
![Waving – the new gadget interface shown in Japan [VIDEO]](http://www.tokyotimes.co.jp/site/wp-content/themes/advanced-newspaper/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tokyotimes.co.jp%2Fsite%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F05%2Fhand-gadget.jpg&q=90&w=80&h=66&zc=1 "Waving – the new gadget interface shown in Japan [VIDEO]")
Japan technology producer NEC has presented a new interface, which allows users to control their gadgets with the movements of their hand. The TV, mobile phone or tablet computer can…
Japan enters lucrative satellite launch business
Japan enters on Friday a new business, the commercial launching of satellites, hoping to tap into a market so-far dominated by Europe and Russia. The H-IIA rocket, developed by Japan…
Japan, U.S. and S. Korea to discuss N. Korean threat
Japanese officials will meet with U.S. and S. Korea counterparts in Seoul next week to analyze the developments in N. Korea, after the failed rocket launch last month and amid…
Japan’s economy strongly rebounds
Japan’s economy scored a whooping 4.1 percent annual growth in the first quarter, higher than the 3.5 percent expected by analysts and better than the 2.2 percent reported by the…
Japan to make a larger screen for the next iPhone
Apple’s suppliers in Japan and South Korea received orders from the U.S.-based maker of the iPhone for a new, larger display to be installed in the future version of the…
Rakuten to place $50 m. in Silicon Valley rising star
Rakuten, Japan’s biggest e-commerce site, may lead a consortium that will place the next investment in Pinterest, the much-hyped social bookmarking company based in Silicon Valley, U.S. Rakuten may place…
Michael Jackson’s costume collection tours the world
About 50 to 100 costumes worn by pop-star Michael Jackson will go on a global tour starting this weekend in Chile, and will reach cities in Europe and Asia, including…
Seattle school children raise money for tsunami victims
A 3rd grade school boy in Seattle and his colleagues were impressed by the images from the Japanese tsunami and decided to start a fund raising project to help people…
Kyocera greatly improves audio quality on mobile phones
Japanese maker Kyocera presented a new technology which greatly improves sound quality during phone conversations. Kyocera showed the tissue conduction technology last week at the CTIA2012 conference. Two phone models…
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