National / Crime & Legal Jul 18, 2019
The full-year crime figure has continued to drop from a peak in 2002.
Asia Pacific / Social Issues Mar 29, 2019
Huge number of spycam crimes puts pressure on South Korea hidden camera industry
Shin Jang-jin's shop in Incheon offers seemingly innocuous household items, from pens and lighters to watches and smoke detectors, but with a secret feature — a hidden 1 millimeter-wide lens that can shoot video. Over the past decade, Shin has sold thousands of gadgets. But ...
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 ...
Business Feb 2, 2018
Japan's digital camera shipments post first increase in seven years thanks to social media surge
by Reiji Yoshida
Japan's digital camera industry, which has been hit hard by the explosive growth of the camera-equipped smartphone market, may have finally found a ray of hope — thanks to Instagram users showing off their private lives online. According to statistics released Thursday by the Camera ...
Lifestyle | CHILD'S PLAY Aug 20, 2017
Learning to become snap happy with an instant camera in Japan
by Danielle Demetriou
My 5-year-old daughter has something precious in her hands. It's perfectly square, with a bright orange body, a black lens, a neck strap, a distinct red dot logo — and it's making me nervous. The object in question is an instant camera by Leica, the ...
Digital | ON: TECH Jan 14, 2017
Here's to a new age of 'reality'
by Chiho Komoriya
Feel the power of VR Everyone is now familiar with virtual-reality headsets, but what about other wearable VR equipment? Cerevo have announced an upcoming release of Taclim, which it says are the world's first VR shoes and VR gloves. This tech allow users to actually ...