Tag - glasses

 
 

GLASSES

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 12, 2021
Smart glasses made Google look dumb. Now Facebook is giving them a try.
The company has teamed up with Ray-Ban to create glasses that can take photos, record video, answer phone calls and play podcasts.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 9, 2019
Barred from wearing glasses, Japan's working women take to Twitter
Many Japanese women are fighting for the right to wear eyeglasses to work, a new front in the growing movement that demands an end to the prescriptive beauty standards faced by female employees.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Taking the Lead
Oct 10, 2018
Jins' new vision: Glasses as wearable smart devices
When he senses a business opportunity, Hitoshi Tanaka bets big and does everything he can do to make sure the initiative bears fruit.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 24, 2018
As kids spend more time indoors, their vision suffers
One factor associated with higher rates of myopia turns out to be education. The rise is especially stark in Asia.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jun 25, 2017
Fashion veterans make new moves
They may be newcomers to Tokyo, but behind the fashion names picking up traction this summer is a wealth of experience combined with honed artisanal skills.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2016
Tomioka Silk Mill tours using smart glasses to look back in time
The Tomioka Silk Mill, a UNESCO World Heritage site, rolled out a new tour this month featuring smart glasses technology.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 22, 2014
Software maker's glasses-type info device is one of world's lightest
Software maker Westunitis Co. said Monday it will launch one of the world's lightest glasses-type information devices in July.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2013
Adjusting to stay in the frame game
In Sabae, Fukui Prefecture, the nation's center of eyeglass frame production, manufacturers are trying new business avenues to survive, such as tying merchandise to an animated film or producing medical equipment.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Sep 21, 2012
J!NS eyeglasses vending machine at TGS
Tokyo Game Show sees a novel new vending machine.

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