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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 19, 2018
Apple's 'secret' project: Replacing Samsung screens with in-house microLED displays
Apple Inc. is designing and producing its own device displays for the first time, using a secret manufacturing facility near its California headquarters to make small numbers of the screens for testing purposes, according to people familiar with the situation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 16, 2018
Mitsubishi Electric shines spotlight on new AI technology at R&D event
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. launched a research and development open house event in Tokyo this week to showcase their latest advanced research products. The main focus of the event was the company's new array of AI technology.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 18, 2018
Japan's NTT Communications expanding data center capacity in Malaysia
NTT Communications Corp. has launched a refurbished data center in Malaysia, equipping it with additional facilities and boosting its capacity by about 40 percent to meet growing demand for internet and cloud computing services in the country.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 15, 2018
AI-based story-summarizing system to debut at Japanese newspaper
Fujitsu Ltd. will provide the Shinano Mainichi Shimbun with a system that automatically summarizes articles using artificial intelligence.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 11, 2018
After 12-year wait, Sony relaunches robot dog Aibo to much fanfare
Sony Corp. relaunched the Aibo on Thursday, with fans expressing excitement at the second unleashing of the robot dog.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 23, 2017
Sharp to add three co-CEOs on Jan. 1
Sharp Corp. said Saturday it will appoint three co-CEOs on Jan. 1 to lead the electronics maker alongside its sole CEO and President Tai Jeng-wu.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 21, 2017
Toshiba to invest ¥7 billion to obtain land in Iwate Prefecture for new flash memory plant
Toshiba Corp. said Thursday it will invest some ¥7 billion ($61.7 million) in the current fiscal year to procure and prepare land in Iwate Prefecture to build a new flash memory plant amid rising demand.
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
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 19, 2017
China officials reportedly concerned with Hynix role in Toshiba memory chip deal
Antitrust officials in China's Ministry of Commerce are concerned about the role SK Hynix Inc. will play in the sale of Toshiba Corp.'s memory chip business as the country commences a review of the deal, according to sources.
Japan Times
JAPAN / OBITUARY
Dec 10, 2017
Ex-Toshiba President Nishida, who played key role in success of Dynabook notebook computers, dies at age 73
Former Toshiba Corp. President and Chairman Atsutoshi Nishida died of acute cardiac infarction at Toshiba General Hospital in Tokyo on Friday afternoon. He was 73.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 22, 2017
Cash-strapped Toshiba bids farewell to Times Square and 'Sazae-san'
Toshiba Corp. will remove its corporate logo from its prominent position atop the One Times Square building overlooking New York's iconic tourist hub as part of cost-cutting efforts, sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Nov 19, 2017
Home comforts, the tech way
Wrapped up in the sound system
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 9, 2017
Toshiba rides memory chip unit to 28-year high in operating profit
The electronics giant posts a half-year operating profit that topped a 28-year high, driven by performance from its memory chip business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 9, 2017
Apple seen eying 2018 iPad revamp to add facial recognition, but OLED screen unlikely
Apple Inc. is working on a redesigned, high-end iPad for as early as 2018 that incorporates key iPhone X features such as slimmer edges and facial recognition, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 2, 2017
Lenovo to acquire Fujitsu's PC business via joint venture in 2018
China's Lenovo Group will take over Fujitsu's personal computer business by taking a 51 percent stake in a formed joint venture.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 31, 2017
Sony expecting record ¥630 billion group operating profit
Sony Corp. said Tuesday it is now expecting a record group operating profit of ¥630 billion for the current fiscal year through next March, topping its target of over ¥500 billion on its brisk music and semiconductor businesses and the weaker yen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 24, 2017
Bain says Western Digital legal protest threatens Toshiba joint venture
The Bain Capital-led consortium that's buying Toshiba Corp.'s chip unit warned Western Digital Corp. to give up attempts to overturn the deal and settle its legal claims if it wants the relationship to continue.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 23, 2017
Toshiba forecasts ¥110 billion annual loss from tax impact of chip unit sale to Bain consortium
Toshiba Corp. forecast an annual net loss of ¥110 billion ($968 million) after calculating the tax impact of selling its memory chip division to a group led by Bain Capital.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 5, 2017
Sharp to aggressively pursue patent royalties amid focus on ultra-HD TVs, 'smart home' devices
Sharp Corp.'s U.S. legal battle with Hisense Electric Co. marks the start of an aggressive new campaign by the Japanese electronics company to obtain royalties on its patents as the company focuses on ultra-high-resolution televisions and "smart home" devices.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 29, 2017
Asahi Glass eyes India's mobile market, anticipating a shift to locally-made smartphone components
In India, a country that is emerging as a mobile manufacturing hub, Asahi Glass Co. is looking to tap growing demand for advanced glass products to be used in smartphones and other electronic devices, according to company officials.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.

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