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Kazuaki Nagata
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2012
Visiting finance officials inspect Panasonic eco tech
Nine delegates from three countries at the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank checked out cutting-edge developments by one of Japan's electronics giants Wednesday, including energy-saving and environmentally friendly technologies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2012
Softbank feels the need for speed
Softbank Corp. unveiled on Tuesday its new product lineup for this winter and spring, putting more focus on a fast network and entertainment-related services.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2012
DoCoMo shows off smartphone robot technology at CEATEC show
Everywhere a visitor turns at this year's CEATEC, Japan's biggest high-tech exhibition, smartphones are being used to connect to everything from TVs and microwaves to air conditioners and automobiles.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2012
Monstrous robotic behemoth brings anime fantasies to life
It's hard to say whether technology will ever catch up with sci-fi anime and realize an era when giant robots roam the earth, but for artist Kogoro Kurata and student Wataru Yoshizaki the future can't come soon enough.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2012
Google launches tablet, e-book service in Japan
Google Inc. launched its latest tablet device in Japan on Tuesday, with the price more than 50 percent cheaper than Apple Inc.'s popular iPad.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 21, 2012
Game show highlights smartphone offerings
Producing more quality social games will be a key to succeeding in the growing smartphone video game market as devices become more powerful and high-speed networks spread, according to Yoshikazu Tanaka, the president of game site operator Gree Inc.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 18, 2012
Vicious nuclear fuel cycle proving difficult to break
Under the government's new energy strategy, announced last week, Japan will aim to end its reliance on nuclear energy during the 2030s. But the public was quick to spot a contradiction, as the strategy states that the nation's contentious nuclear fuel cycle policy will remain intact.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2012
Hosono denies nuke disposal report
Environment Minister Goshi Hosono denied on Friday a media report that the government has asked the town of Minamiosumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, to be the host for final disposal of radiation-contaminated soil and other waste generated by the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2012
Appliances get smartphone link
Panasonic Corp. unveiled a new lineup of "smart" home appliances Tuesday that can be connected to smartphones, hoping to sell 2.6 million of the products and rake in ¥200 billion nationwide in fiscal 2014.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2012
Softbank bets on credit card tieup
In an attempt to change the deep-rooted cash culture in Japan, Softbank Corp. is hoping to create a business opportunity here by teaming up with U.S.-based PayPal Inc.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2012
Specs fight eye damage from gadget screens
Whether at home, at work or outdoors, people spend a lot of time looking at electronic devices with screens, including computers, TVs and smartphones.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2012
Tepco workers face mental health crisis after cost cuts: counselor
After toiling under hazardous conditions for 17 months to contain the crisis at Fukushima No. 1, the nuclear plant's workers are suffering from work-related stress and unable to get proper counseling due to lack of funding, a communications counselor warned Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2012
IAEA only finds light damage at Onagawa
Although the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami wrecked the Fukushima No. 1 plant in Fukushima Prefecture, the younger Onagawa plant in neighboring in Miyagi was "remarkably undamaged" by the violent temblor and tsunami and safely shut down, experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency said...
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2012
Tepco airs internal crisis footage
Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Monday began allowing journalists to view 150 hours of teleconferencing footage between its headquarters and the Fukushima No. 1 plant, showing how executives interacted with workers in the first five days of the meltdown crisis that erupted on March 11, 2011.
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2012
Antinuclear demonstrators meet with lawmakers, seek talks with Noda
Organizers of the growing weekly antinuclear demonstrations outside the prime minister's office asked a group of lawmakers Tuesday to help them arrange a meeting with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda so they can make a direct appeal to end Japan's use of nuclear power.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2012
DoCoMo net profit increases 3.5%
NTT DoCoMo Inc. on Friday posted a net profit of ¥164.2 billion for the April-June quarter, 3.5 percent better than the same period last year, and ¥1.07 trillion in sales, up 2.4 percent.
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2012
Consumer panel tells Tepco to cut pay 30%
Tokyo Electric Power Co. should cut salaries by at least 30 percent instead of 20 percent for regular employees and 25 percent for management before trying to push an electricity rate hike on households, a Consumer Affairs Agency panel said Tuesday.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jul 17, 2012
Should Tepco customers foot bill for nuclear fiasco?
Tokyo Electric Power Co. is desperately trying to raise prices to cover the drastic rise in thermal fuel costs caused by its triple-meltdown disaster at the poorly protected Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2012
Rakuten readies kobo e-book reader
Rakuten Inc. announced Monday that it will release an e-book reader and open a new e-book store this month, aiming to energize Japan's publication and reading culture.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2012
Tepco lashes prime minister's office
Top politicians in the prime minister's office interfered too much in the early stages of the nuclear crisis, only deepening the chaos at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. claims in its final report on the disaster.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
3D printer used to construct train station building in Japan
A train station building (front) is assembled from parts printed using 3D printer technology, in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Japan’s leader didn’t read the job description
Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba is facing a political funding scandal that has damaged his reputation and sparked speculation that internal efforts to remove him are underway.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Tokyo’s KK Line to close for decadelong overhaul as public greenway
People enjoy running and yoga on Tokyo Expressway’s KK Line, a 2-kilometer elevated expressway cutting through the capital’s commercial Ginza district, when it was opened as a pedestrian space in May last year.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

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