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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Jun 27, 2023
Competition growing over sales of energy-saving goods in Japan
Many consumers are buying new air conditioners to replace old ones as the hot and humid season gets underway.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Feb 24, 2020
Everything you need in one gadget
Whether old-school or state of the art, the more a gadget can do, the more you feel you need it.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Dec 2, 2019
Japan's end-of-year fashion ups and downs
As the year ends, Japan's fashion landscape finds itself facing big changes in street brands, department stores and sales tactics.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Jul 14, 2019
Small changes for big differences
New ways to take photos, shop online and get toothpicks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 15, 2019
Bus with technology that automatically stops vehicle after detecting health problems with driver to debut
Japanese truck and bus maker Hino Motors Ltd. said Friday it will roll out a bus with technology capable of automatically stopping the vehicle if it senses something is wrong with the driver, the first introduction of such a system for a commercial vehicle in the world.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 6, 2019
Airbnb listings in Japan rebound after regulatory freeze
Airbnb Inc. says it's back in business in Japan, a year after stricter short-term lodging regulations forced it to freeze a major portion of its listings in the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 4, 2019
Yodobashi to buy outdoor goods shop operator ICI Ishii-Sports
Major electronics retailer Yodobashi Holdings said Wednesday it will acquire outdoor goods shop operator ICI Ishii-Sports as early as the end of this month.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2019
JR East introduces system to send security camera images directly to police in emergencies
East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, said Tuesday it will introduce a system that can send images directly and automatically to police from its video surveillance cameras at stations in the event of an emergency, as Tokyo strengthens anti-terrorism measures in advance of the 2020 Summer Games.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2018
Rescue dogs equipped with cameras to search for survivors in western Japan's rain-hit areas
Rescue dogs tasked with finding survivors in disaster-hit areas of western Japan have a new gadget — a small camera with a built-in microphone that enables handlers to see clearly inside the collapsed houses that only canines can enter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 31, 2018
Canon ends film camera business after more than 80 years
Canon Inc. has put an end to more than 80 years of its film camera business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 17, 2018
Sharp's lens unit CEO sees path to defying smartphone slowdown
The mobile phone industry may be in a midst of a slump, but a unit of Sharp Corp. is forecasting growth thanks to the race by smartphone makers to wow customers with high-quality photos.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 17, 2018
Bargain-hunting Chinese make Japanese retail king Bic Camera a billionaire
Japanese retail tycoon Ryuji Arai can thank a growing flock of Chinese spenders for his swelling fortune.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 10, 2018
Casio withdraws from digital cameras as smartphones eat into sales
Casio Computer Co. said it will stop making digital compact cameras because demand is being eroded by the spread of smartphones with high-definition cameras.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 7, 2018
Hackers disable scores of Canon-made security cameras across Japan
More than 60 security cameras made by Canon Inc. have been hacked and rendered unusable at places including key waterways, a fish market and a care facility for people with disabilities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2018
Instant cameras growing popular with Japanese photo-sharing fans hungry for 'instagenic' shots
Instant cameras are making a comeback in Japan as the colorful, boxy film-based devices capture the hearts of young women.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 20, 2017
Rakuten and Bic Camera to join forces for online electronics store
Rakuten Inc. and consumer electronics retailer Bic Camera Inc. have signed an agreement to launch a joint venture and start operating an online store in April.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Oct 15, 2017
Keeping an eye on new gadgets
Haro, the cute robot mascot of the anime series 'Mobile Suit Gundam,' is about to get real.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 15, 2017
Who is keeping an eye on Japan's surveillance power?
Utopias and dystopias have this in common: surveillance. From Thomas More's "Utopia" (1516) to George Orwell's "1984" (1949), from Plato's "Republic" (c. 380 B.C.) to Yevgeny Zamyatin's "We" (1921), the view prevails that people behave better under scrutiny. Why conceal good deeds? For no reason. Therefore the deeds we do conceal are evil. Therefore concealment is evil. Therefore surveillance is good. As Eric Schmidt remarked in 2009, when he was Google CEO, "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place." Neither More nor Plato, Utopians both, would have found that objectionable, though Orwell and Zamyatin certainly would have.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2017
Security cameras to be installed on JR Yamanote Line trains
East Japan Railway Co. said Tuesday it will introduce security cameras on trains running on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line to enhance security.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2017
No shopping rush seen in Tokyo from 1,000-strong Saudi delegation
Despite expectations that a 1,000-strong delegation traveling with Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud Salman would go on a shopping spree during their four-day visit to Tokyo through Wednesday, shops reported low numbers of Saudi shoppers.

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Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores