Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:40 AM EST
Sony's new online service connecting the whole range of its gadgets to downloadable content like movies and games should help build brand loyalty, a top executive said Friday.
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:06 AM EST
Asia's four-day stock market rally petered out Thursday as investors turned cautious.
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Thu Nov 5, 2009 2:26 AM EST
Toyota Motor Corp. announced Thursday a surprise profit last quarter and trimmed its projected red ink for the year, underlining the gradual recovery under way for Japan's giant automakers.
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:07 AM EDT
Asia's technology giants are showing mixed signs of recovery, with Japan's electronics makers set to languish in the red this year while South Korean companies rebound sharply from a global industry slump.
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Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:43 AM EDT
Brandname Japanese technology companies, including Nintendo, reported dismal earnings Thursday with Sharp emerging an exception in doubling profits on brisk sales of flat-panel TVs in China, Japan and the U.S.
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Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:01 AM EDT
Nintendo's first-half profit plunged as sales of its hit Wii home console fizzled, forcing the maker of Super Mario and Pokemon games to forecast annual earnings would fall for the first time in six years.
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Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:32 AM EDT
Japanese automakers are experiencing a production boom in China with Toyota, Honda and Nissan setting records for September — the latest signs of an emerging recovery for Japan's auto industry.
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Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:30 AM EDT
Nomura Holdings Inc. stayed in the black for a second straight quarter, helped by a recovery in financial markets and the broadening of its business overseas through the acquisition of parts of Lehman Brothers.
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Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:28 AM EDT
Japanese government incentives for green cars and strong sales in China helped Honda Motor Co. avoid red ink for the first half and raise its full year profit forecast.
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Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:33 AM EDT
The director of a secretly filmed documentary that shows the annual dolphin hunt of a Japanese town said Tuesday he'll give the town the profits from screenings in Japan — if they end the hunt.
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Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:56 AM EDT
Toyota Motor Corp. has unveiled a more expensive and bigger hybrid-only model than its hit Prius, underlining the Japanese automaker's ambitions to make green technology more widespread.
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Thu Oct 8, 2009 3:49 AM EDT
Two years before the fatal accident that prompted Toyota to warn 3.8 million American car owners to take out floor mats, Troy Johnson died in a crash also suspected of being caused by a floor mat jamming an accelerator.
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Thu Oct 8, 2009 12:28 AM EDT
Nissan's Land Glider electric vehicle tilts from side to side, sashaying into curves by up to a 17-degree angle, as though showing off in a fashion statement that it's zero-emissions.
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Tue Oct 6, 2009 6:28 AM EDT
Besides showing off its well-known hybrids, Toyota will take a slightly different tack at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show to display a green sportscar with a special kind of gasoline engine.
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Mon Oct 5, 2009 6:34 AM EDT
Japanese automaker Mazda now expects about half the red ink it previously forecast for the fiscal year, crediting a rise in demand from "green" car incentives, and said it will raise $1.1 billion to fund research and development.
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Fri Oct 2, 2009 5:16 AM EDT
Toyota's president said it was "extremely regrettable" an American family died in a crash in which a floor mat in one of the Japanese automaker's vehicles is suspected as the cause.
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Thu Oct 1, 2009 4:24 AM EDT
Honda's chief executive said Thursday the dollar's recent plunge was sending the automaker into a "danger zone," threatening efforts to keep Japan's manufacturing strong.
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Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:00 AM EDT
Jarno Trulli was too ill join Toyota teammate Timo Glock at a Tokyo media event ahead of Sunday's Formula One Japan Grand Prix.
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Thu Sep 24, 2009 1:23 AM EDT
Honda's new "personal mobility" device looks like a unicycle, but all you need to do to zip around on it — sideways as well as forward and back — is lean your weight into the direction you want to go.
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Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:53 AM EDT
The director of an award-winning documentary about Japan's dolphin slaughter said Friday that he plans to attend the screening of "The Cove" at the Tokyo film festival even though he could be arrested.
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Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:32 AM EDT
The Tokyo International Film Festival will show "The Cove," a documentary that depicts the slaughter of dolphins in Japan. But the decision was so last-minute the movie didn't make it into the official press package.
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Thu Sep 3, 2009 11:36 AM EDT
Now that the Japanese have overthrown the old guard, worries are growing the new leaders lack a long-term vision to turn around the hobbled economy.
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Wed Sep 2, 2009 1:07 PM EDT
All Ric O'Barry wants is to stop the killing, so the dolphin trainer for the 1960s "Flipper" TV series figured the natural place to start was in this seaside Japanese town.
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Thu Aug 27, 2009 4:04 AM EDT
Japan is one of the world's most Internet-savvy nations — except when it comes to politics. Decades-old rules have effectively banned campaigning on the Web.
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Fri Aug 21, 2009 2:16 AM EDT
"Titanic" director James Cameron has signed on with Panasonic Corp. to promote new 3-D TVs.
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