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Japanese star fuels rumours on Manchester Utd. transfer

Fri, 18 May 2012 03:04:54 +0000

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 a possible move of the player to the English club. The information about the meeting was given by the Japanese player, who said that Ferguson [...]

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Waving – the new gadget interface shown in Japan [VIDEO]

Fri, 18 May 2012 01:41:50 +0000

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 be connected to the new virtual input device. The system is made of a camera that can analyse 3D-shapes and movements, combined with a projector [...]

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Japan enters lucrative satellite launch business

Fri, 18 May 2012 01:38:49 +0000

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 Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has already been launched 20 times since 2001, but now will for the first time carry a foreign satellite. The rocket [...]

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Japan, U.S. and S. Korea to discuss N. Korean threat

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:29:10 +0000

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 suspicions for a future launch. Shinsuke Sugiyama, Japan’s chief nuclear envoy, will meet Lim Sung-Nam, his South Korean counterpart, and a US special envoy on [...]

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Japan’s economy strongly rebounds

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:19:55 +0000

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 U.S. for the same period. Japan’s performance was also better than the numbers registered by Europe’s largest economies, Germany, Britain, France and Italy. “Consumer spending [...]

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Japan to make a larger screen for the next iPhone

Thu, 17 May 2012 08:34:07 +0000

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 gadget. The new screen will measure 4-inches, according to sources close to the matter. This would mean that, if Apple reshapes all the other parts [...]

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Rakuten to place $50 m. in Silicon Valley rising star

Thu, 17 May 2012 08:33:15 +0000

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 $50 million from a $100 million investment round which values Pinterest at $1.5 billion. While the other investors are still to be announced by Pinterest [...]

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Michael Jackson’s costume collection tours the world

Thu, 17 May 2012 01:10:38 +0000

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 China and Japan. The tour will be followed by an auction set in Beverly Hills, California, in early-December. The costumes were designed by Jackson’s long-term [...]

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Seattle school children raise money for tsunami victims

Wed, 16 May 2012 06:03:30 +0000

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 in the affected areas. Souma Yabuki (photo), from Tops school in Seattle, wanted to be part of the solution. “I just kind of look at [...]

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Kyocera greatly improves audio quality on mobile phones

Wed, 16 May 2012 05:53:42 +0000

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 which were already announced for the Japanese market contain the new technology. The Kyocera Urbano Progresso (photo) and the Kyocera K012 Simple Mobile Phone, which [...]

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