Japanese office goods-makers boosting small firms’ teleworking skills
Major makers of office equipment are boosting services for Japan's small businesses to help them promote teleworking during the fight against the new coronavirus. Ricoh Co. launched in May a service for small and midsize companies to help their employees use black-and-white printers and wireless ...
Ricoh starts face shield production in Japan for virus front lines
Office equipment manufacturer Ricoh Co. said Monday it has started making face shields for medical personnel dealing with the coronavirus. Ricoh plans to manufacture 1,000 shields this month and 7,000 in May, supplying them free of charge to Japan's medical institutions that have been designated ...
Letter bombs explode in ABN Amro and Ricoh offices in Netherlands alleged bitcoin extortion
Two letter bombs exploded on Wednesday at two separate locations in the Netherlands but nobody was hurt in the incidents, which police blamed on an extortionist who had demanded payment in bitcoin. Both explosions were minor, one at an ABN Amro bank mail-sorting office in ...
Corporate culture remains obstacle to Japan adopting telework
The government has been actively promoting telecommuting, touting its many merits from easing traffic congestion and enhancing disaster preparedness to helping recruit and retain talent amid Japan's chronic labor shortage. Yet it seems there is a long way to go before large numbers of employees ...
Japan firms join exodus from China's factories as tariffs bite
Top Japanese companies including Sony Corp., Ricoh Co. and Asics Corp. are orchestrating shifts in production away from China, joining manufacturers from other countries seeking to sidestep U.S. tariffs. Sony said last week that trade-war levies may cause it to raise prices or move production ...
Often, it's the little things that count
These small gadgets have the big jobs of controlling home appliances, keeping kids safe and printing on virtually anything.
Line takes on Instagram with Moments app
Anyone looking for an application to record, edit and share video clips since Vine announced its imminent closure might be interested in checking out Line Moments, a video-sharing app that was released by the communications entity in October. Line Moments allows users to shoot 10-second ...
Head-turning camera puts new spin on Tokyo tourist sites
Talk about revolutionary. Ricoh's Theta S camera shoots 360 degrees and turns out head-spinning spherical images when paired with an image-processing app. The camera, which has two lenses, can be hand-held or triggered by remote control. It turns well-known Tokyo tourist sites into scenes of ...
Tech world wraps head around 360-degree photography
As virtual reality makes strides in the tech world, the next big thing is tipped to be a visual technology that can capture and show what people see in 360 degrees. "It's like in the 1920s with Hollywood and film: There was just the brand ...
Canon Inc. and Ricoh Co. are warning that their network-connected copiers capable of scanning and faxing documents could be vulnerable to data leaks if they haven't been set up correctly. The government's National Information Security Center plans to examine such copiers from various manufacturers used ...
