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Sharp posts biggest ever annual loss amid another executive reshuffle

By Matt Brian on May 14, 2013 04:35 am + 4 comments

Sharp's journey to profitability has taken another hit after it recorded the biggest annual net loss Continue reading…
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SoftBank CEO calls Dish bid for Sprint 'incomplete and illusory'

By Sam Byford on April 30, 2013 04:27 am + 26 comments

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son has come out swinging against the rival bid for Sprint from Dish Network. Continue reading…
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A photographer's quest to appreciate (and catalog) the best escalators in the world

By Dante D'Orazio on April 27, 2013 11:37 am + 29 comments

It's easy for city-dwellers to overlook the escalator, but Japanese photographer Miha Tamura is Continue reading…
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Japan gives Boeing 787 clearance to return to service once battery fixes are implemented

By Nathan Ingraham on April 26, 2013 12:30 pm + 17 comments

Japan's transportation minster has announced that the country will allow the troubled 787 Dreamliner Continue reading…
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Transform Tokyo into your own musical light show

By Aaron Souppouris on April 24, 2013 06:35 am + 11 comments

The Tokyo City Symphony is like nothing we've seen before. Using an incredible 1:1000 scale model of Continue reading…
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New strain of avian flu in China is deadlier to humans than birds, researchers report

By Carl Franzen on April 18, 2013 04:50 pm + 19 comments

Researchers in Japan and the US have analyzed the genes of a new strain of avian (bird) flu that's k Continue reading…
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Sony to sell camera mount for extreme dogs

By Sam Byford on April 18, 2013 04:31 am + 18 comments

Last year, Sony tried to take a chunk out of the GoPro-style wearable camera market with its own Continue reading…
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Microsoft to pay Japanese Xbox owners with Points for a million hours of playtime

By Tom Warren on April 17, 2013 06:11 am + 42 comments

Microsoft has failed to gain ground in the Japanese gaming market with its Xbox and Xbox 360 Continue reading…
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Google fined in Japan over uncensored autocomplete results

By Matt Brian on April 16, 2013 04:08 am + 23 comments

Google has been asked to amend its search algorithm for the first time in Japan, after its Continue reading…
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Japanese internet provider offers twice the speed of Google Fiber for less money

By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 15, 2013 12:27 pm + 145 comments

A Japanese internet service provider has begun offering broadband plans with 2Gbps downloads and Continue reading…