CHIBA (Kyodo) Asia's largest annual exhibition of information technology and consumer electronics opened Tuesday for a five-day run at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba.
Next-generation DVD products of two rival camps, led by Toshiba Corp. and Sony Corp., as well as the newest flat-screen TVs are expected to attract the most attention at the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies Japan 2006.
Under the theme "Digital Convergence Changing Society, Lifestyles and Business," organizers said a record 807 companies and institutions have set up 2,936 booths.