Business / Corporate May 19, 2020
Sony and Microsoft strike deal on tiny AI chip with huge potential
Potential uses include optimizing warehouse and factory automation and making cars smarter about their drivers and environment.
Business / Tech Feb 25, 2020
Sony focuses on professional photo features with new Xperia handsets
Sony Corp., lagging behind its South Korean and Chinese rivals in smartphone sales, unveiled on Monday its first 5G handset, a model that also features advanced camera technology to boost its appeal for video and film professionals. Speaking via web streaming from Tokyo, Sony Mobile ...
National Jan 12, 2020
Exograph home-watching project challenges the value of privacy
by Dave Hueston
Some people will shudder at Hiroki Enno's idea of a "social experiment," yet he believes the project could someday benefit society as a whole. The 28-year-old CEO of Plasma Inc., a Tokyo-based IT company, is paying participants in exchange for allowing him to film their ...
Business / Corporate Oct 28, 2019
Canon cuts profit estimates for third time on weak China sales
Canon Inc. on Monday lowered its earnings estimates for 2019 for the third time due to weak demand for cameras and printers in China and Europe. Canon now expects its group net profit to fall 44.6 percent from the previous year to ¥140 billion ($1.3 ...
National / Crime & Legal Jul 18, 2019
The full-year crime figure has continued to drop from a peak in 2002.
Business / Tech Dec 28, 2018
Sony bumps ups 3D camera sensor output as smartphone-makers show interest
by Yuji Nakamura and Yuki Furukawa
Sony Corp., the biggest maker of camera chips used in smartphones, is boosting production of next-generation 3D sensors after garnering interest from customers including Apple Inc. The chips will power front- and rear-facing 3D cameras of models from several smartphone-makers in 2019, with Sony kicking ...
Business / Tech Sep 6, 2018
Canon joins Sony and Nikon in battle for pro-grade mirrorless camera market
Canon Inc. is finally entering the full-frame mirrorless camera market, joining Sony Corp. and Nikon Corp. in a new battleground for professional-grade camera equipment. The electronics giant will begin selling in late October the EOS R for ¥237,500, a price tag targeted at professionals and ...
Business / Corporate Aug 23, 2018
Threatened by emerging technologies, Nikon unveils full-frame mirrorless cameras to keep Sony at bay
by Reiji Yoshida
In a long-awaited event livestreamed worldwide, Nikon Corp. unveiled its first full-frame mirrorless camera system Thursday, finally entering a segment that is still growing despite the explosive proliferation of camera-equipped smartphones. Nikon's Z7 weighs only 675 grams and is equipped with a 45.75 million-pixel sensor ...
Business / Corporate Aug 15, 2018
Sony's catch-up plan to break into pro camera market
by Yuji Nakamura and Yuki Furukawa
Eight seconds — that's how long a cowboy needs to stay on a bucking bronco to qualify for a rodeo score. For photographers, that's barely enough time to take just a few blurry, often unusable pictures. "In the past, these images would have been made ...
Business / Corporate Aug 13, 2018
Nikon to debut first full-frame mirrorless camera as SLR leaders face threat of changing technology
by Reiji Yoshida
Camera buffs and those involved in the camera industry around the world are anxiously awaiting Aug. 23, when Nikon Corp. will debut a camera model representing one of the most drastic changes in the firm's 101-year history. Nikon, which along with Canon Inc. has long ...
National Jul 3, 2018
East Japan Railway Co. said Tuesday it will accelerate and expand its plan to install security cameras on shinkansen and local trains in the wake of a recent deadly knife attack on passengers and increasing vandalism. The operator aims to equip 8,300 Tokyo area commuter ...
National Mar 29, 2018
Sophia University student's camera found on Taiwan beach after being lost at sea for two years
by Ko Shu-Ling
The owner of a camera lost at sea for over two years — which turned up on a beach in Taiwan this week — has been identified as a university student in Tokyo after an online search. The last photo on the camera, which was ...