Japanese companies are banking on cutting-edge technologies to stimulate popular interest in sports and underpin the market for athletic games and equipment, which has been shrinking amid the aging of society. Last autumn, NTT Corp. demonstrated its virtual reality computer technology before a match involving ...
The Minamisoma Municipal Government in Fukushima Prefecture said Thursday it has started remote medical care services at a city hospital using tablet computers. The hospital is located in the city's Odaka district, where an evacuation instruction issued following the March 2011 triple meltdown at Tokyo ...
Naoto Fukasawa is probably best known internationally for his designs for Muji, in particular for the wall-mounted CD player he created in 1999, which was featured in Gary Hustwit's popular 2009 documentary "Objectified." Now he remains a creative adviser for Muji, while still designing ...
Tired of waiting in a long line to use the bathroom? The internet may offer a solution. Major telecommunications carrier KDDI Corp. will launch a service to let people know how many cubicles are occupied through smartphones and computers. Sensors in the cubicles detect when the ...
New technological innovations have a tendency to create new business opportunities, and the latest craze, virtual reality, is no exception. With the debut of cutting-edge VR headsets this year, many firms from video game makers, 360-degree-video distributors, arcade operators and cellphone carriers are gearing up ...
A panel appointed by the communications ministry will call for bolstering guidelines aimed at preventing excessive discounts for smartphones, it has been learned. The proposal on Monday will stress that better standards are needed to check whether consumers are being charged legitimate fees, a draft ...
A new virtual reality service to be tested by KDDI Corp. may allow tourists to visit and shop at locations abroad without leaving Japan, the cellphone carrier said Thursday. The Sync Travel service will trial real-time remote overseas travel tours via VR headsets, with the ...
Japan's communications ministry imposed administrative penalties on three phone service providers on Friday for offering excessive discounts to customers buying smartphones. The ministry gave NTT Docomo Inc., KDDI Corp. and SoftBank Corp. until the end of this month to report measures to end the practice. According ...
IPhone fans lined up Friday as the water-resistant iPhone 7 and larger iPhone 7 Plus went on sale in Japan, promising to be the first of the popular smartphone series to allow mobile payments here. More than 100 people were waiting at an Apple store ...
In an apparent bid to prevent customers from jumping ship to budget mobile phone services, SoftBank Corp. said Thursday it will cut monthly rates for its smartphone data plans. A new plan dubbed the "Giga Monster" will offer 20 GB a month for ¥6,000 and ...
Wi-Fi is exploding in the capital thanks to an influx of tourism and the 2020 Games.
Toyota Motor Corp. and KDDI Corp. will establish a global communications platform to promote the spread of connected cars in Japan and elsewhere, the companies said Thursday. The automaker plans to develop a uniform data communication module that can be used globally by 2019, and ...
