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Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Nov 28, 2007

Online goes HD, palm PCs go green

Hail HD: Sony is out to worship at the altar of high-definition. Its eyeVio video-sharing site has started up an HD TV service, which will allow users to put their offerings on public display in the super-resolution of 1280x720 pixels from spring 2008. Sony is also marketing its new BRX-NT1 network set-top...
MORE SPORTS
Oct 28, 2007

Online chats set to debut Tuesday

The Japan Times invites the public to chat online about sports with staff writers Jack Gallagher, James Mulligan, Ed Odeven and Jason Coskrey each Tuesday at noon and ask questions about the Japanese pro sports scene and overseas pro leagues.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 27, 2007

Murofushi keeping online diary

Koji Murofushi, Japan's record-breaking hammer thrower, is writing an exclusive online diary for the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF). Read his insights by logging on to www.iaaf.org/. Here's a snippet from a recent diary: "Humans cannot hope to beat animals in running or jumping...
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Mar 11, 2007

Jimmy Wales: Power to the Wikipeople

An Internet search for almost anything these days will likely lead you straight to Wikipedia, the worldwide online encyclopedia.
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2006

Odor recorder may bring smells online

People stopping to smell the roses can now take that sweet fragrance home with them or even send it to a friend far away -- thanks to a new Japanese gadget that records and replicates odors.
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2006

Miracle fruit tablets can be bought online

Tablets made from miracle fruit, which makes sour food taste sweet, are now for sale on the Internet, the developer of the technology said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 22, 2004

Online matchmakers hand ailing truckers a lifeline

Yasunori Fujikura knows the nuts and bolts of the trucking business -- as well as the pain of being behind the wheel in these tough times.
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2003

Rakuten to buy online brokerage

The nation's largest Internet shopping mall operator has agreed to acquire online brokerage DLJdirect SFG Securities Inc. by the end of the year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2003

Online group united by anger

In an age of increasing disenchantment with political parties, both among voters and electoral candidates, there is one group whose level of support is still growing.
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2003

TSE planning online voting system

The Tokyo Stock Exchange will create an online system that will allow domestic and overseas investors to exercise their voting rights in Japanese companies, exchange officials said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jul 17, 2003

Market rally aids online brokers' quarterly earnings

Online brokerage houses Monex Inc. and kabu.com Securities Co. said Wednesday their first-quarter earnings surged in line with an increase in trading volume among individual investors following the recent stock market rally.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2003

Diet outlaws online solicitation for sex with minors

A law that bans people from soliciting sex from minors or minors from soliciting adults via Internet dating sites was enacted Friday after being approved by the House of Councilors.
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2002

LDP to form new panel to discuss online copying

In an attempt to define fair use in cyberspace, the LDP will form a panel on intellectual property rights that will propose tougher laws against online copying of animation and game software.
JAPAN
May 29, 2002

Day-care centers' online cameras keep tots in view

Sakura Kindergarten in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, is one of a growing number of day-care centers hoping to use the Internet and other information technology to keep parents happy and worry-free.
LIFE / Language
Apr 12, 2002

Online tournament aiming to take haiku global

Last week, The World Haiku Club kicked off a global haiku tournament. For the first time, haiku enthusiasts from more than 10 countries are gathering online to watch and participate in this three-month contest which runs through June.
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2002

Online music service to shut down

The Tokyo District Court has ordered an online music file-swapping service to shut down. It is the first legal decision in Japan against such a service, which record companies claim infringe on copyrights.
BUSINESS
Feb 21, 2002

Noevir to sell cosmetic goods online

Cosmetics maker Noevir Co. said Wednesday it will begin selling products over the Internet in April.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2001

Justice Ministry plans online foreigner-screening system

The Justice Ministry plans to introduce an online computer network to speed up the processing of information on foreigners arriving in Japan and facilitate the tracking of suspected terrorists, ministry sources said Friday.
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2001

ETFs proving darling of online traders

Having long shunned investment trust funds, online investors have reacted positively to the launch of exchange traded funds. There is good reason.
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2001

Nation scrambles to catch up in online education

In a belated attempt to get up to speed in the field of e-learning, Japan's educational institutes and companies are scrambling to offer online education programs and cash in on the burgeoning field.
BUSINESS
May 11, 2001

Sony Bank to go online June 11

Sony Bank, an Internet bank owned 80 percent by Sony Corp., said Thursday it will open for business on June 11 in hopes of luring deposits of 1 trillion yen in five years.
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2001

Elementary school kids test online educational, cultural waters

Pupils of Nankadai Higashi Elementary School near Osaka are learning firsthand the significance of communicating with their counterparts in other countries via the Internet.
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2001

Joint venture plans online bank

Japan Electronic Settlement Planning Inc. has concluded a tieup agreement with U.S. online payment service provider PayPal for an electronic bank it plans to establish in April, the company has said.
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2001

Joint venture plans online bank

Japan Electronic Settlement Planning Inc. has concluded a tieup agreement with U.S. online payment service provider PayPal for an electronic bank it plans to establish in April, the company has said.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2001

Mazda opens online auto shop to market built-to-order cars

Mazda Motor Corp. today will open an Internet site that will allow Japanese customers to custom-build their own cars.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
Polls open for key Upper House election that could shake Japanese politics
People vote during Japan's Upper House election at a polling station in Tokyo on Sunday.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

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The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
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