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Sharp to Launch Content Delivery Service for E-book Readers
Sharp Corp announced that it will start content delivery service called "Galapagos" in Japan. For a starter, the ....
29 Sep 10:07 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tokyo Landlords Lose Century-Old ‘Gift Money’ as Rents Slump
After viewing almost 100 Tokyo apartments, banker Damien Cambon was happy to discover that a Japanese tradition dating back....
29 Sep 7:04 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
China lifts rare earth export ban to Japan
China has ended a de facto ban on exports to Japan of rare earth minerals, a Japanese trading firm source said on Wednesday....
29 Sep 12:42 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Model Sugawara Sings!
Fashion model Saki Sugawara (24) is making her CD debut next week as part of a new project by the magazine With. On October....
29 Sep 12:20 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan eyes PM talks with China to defuse row
Japan stuck to its guns Tuesday in a row with China over a disputed island chain but also said it was open to high-level ta....
29 Sep 12:00 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Lap Pillow for the lonely and napping
Single or lonely Japanese men may get lucky this Christmas. One popular item for holiday shoppers is the “lap pillow,” ....
27 Sep 9:44 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Splitting up the Housework for Married Couples with Dual Careers
First of all, this column has been publishing opinions from leading researchers, so, just a regular researcher like me feel....
27 Sep 6:45 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tension Continues – Kan Rejects China’s Demand for Apology
Tensions between China and Japan over the arrest of a Chinese trawler captain took another turn for the worse Sunday as Pri....
27 Sep 1:51 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Do As Infinity to stream anniversary concert on Nico Nico Douga
Pop band Do As Infinity has decided to broadcast their next concert online, it has been learned. They are scheduled to perf....
27 Sep 1:43 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Big in Japan: Pokemon Black and White dominates video game sales
Enterbrain already confirmed what many would have assumed: The Japanese DS debut for Pokemon Black and White was hugely suc....
27 Sep 1:43 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Ichiro ties Pete Rose’s record for most 200-hit seasons
Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki extended his major league record for consecutive 200-hit seasons to 10 after goin....
26 Sep 12:31 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Kan makes Japan’s pitch for U.N. Security Council seat
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Friday made Japan’s pitch for permanent membership of the U.N. Security Council, say....
26 Sep 10:29 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Paris Hilton cancels Asian tour after being denied entry to Japan
Paris Hilton’s publicist says the U.S. socialite has canceled her Asian tour after she wasn’t allowed into Japan due to....
26 Sep 8:42 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
China arrests 4 Japanese Nationals
Four Japanese nationals have been arrested in China, and are being investigated for entering a military zone without author....
26 Sep 8:29 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
China strikes back at Japan after boat captain freed
China on Saturday demanded Japan apologize for holding a Chinese boat captain, showing few outward signs of softening in a ....
25 Sep 12:23 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan iPad competitor – The LuvPad – runs on Android 2.2
It’s certainly very exciting to see an Android-based competitor for Apple’s "revolutionary" iPad coming out o....
24 Sep 9:20 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tepco nuclear power plant starts power output with MOX fuel
FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) Power generation using plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel started at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushi....
24 Sep 5:18 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
China blocks rare earths exports to Japan – Electronics will suffer
China has blocked all exports of rare earths to Japan, stepping up the pressure on Tokyo to release a Chinese boat captain ....
24 Sep 1:06 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Intel Plans to Equip Chips With USB 3.0 in 2012
,P>Intel Corp disclosed that the company will equip its PC chipsets with the function of a USB 3.0 host controller in 20....
21 Sep 7:58 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
NEC Develops Biomass Plastic BLAH BLAH better than PLA
NEC Corp developed a biomass plastic whose mass ratio of plant-derived materials (plant ratio) is as high as 70%. The prope....
21 Sep 12:54 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
SMAP’s Shanghai concerts in danger of cancellation
Kyodo News is reporting that SMAP’s concerts at Shanghai Stadium on October 9-10 may get canceled due to an escalating in....
21 Sep 12:13 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan suffers as Chinese tourists stay home
Japan has been counting on an influx of Chinese tourists to boost its economy, but a tiff with China over the detention of ....
21 Sep 11:53 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
China suspends senior bilateral exchanges with Japan over fishing boat seizure
China on Sunday said it had suspended senior bilateral exchanges with Japan over an incident in disputed waters and warned ....
20 Sep 12:38 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Manabu Oshio receives 30 month sentence
The trial of Manabu Oshio (32) ended on Friday with a partial guilty verdict. Prosecutors demanded a six-year prison senten....
19 Sep 10:00 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
No antibiotic candidates for killing superbugs
Japan’s pharmaceutical industry doesn’t have even a single candidate for new antibiotics to counter multidrug-resistant....
19 Sep 9:53 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Motion sensors, 3-D games steal the show at Tokyo Game Show
Japan’s biggest video game show kicked off Thursday at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, with motion-sensor ....
19 Sep 9:43 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan readying their robot workers
The replacement of humans by machines in the workplace took another step forward on Wednesday, as Japanese researchers unve....
16 Sep 11:57 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan Acts to Weaken the Yen
Japan moved on Wednesday to prop up the dollar and weaken the yen in a bid to protect its export-led economy, intervening i....
15 Sep 12:51 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Largest forest reserve in Japan announced
A forest reserve area of about 240,000 hectares will be established in national forests extending from the Daisetsu to Hida....
15 Sep 9:47 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Countdown to Fujiko F. Fujio’s Doraemon Museum begins
A countdown signboard was set up at a railway station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, in early September to begin countin....
14 Sep 11:48 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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