Japan articles

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  Chumby co-founder designs open-source Geiger counter

  By Bryan Bishop on March 17, 2012 11:06 am + 1 comments

  When Andrew "Bunnie" Huang, Chumby co-founder and author of Hacking the Xbox: An Introduction to Continue reading…

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  'Evangelion' fans rejoice: NTT Docomo releasing NERV edition SH-06D Android phone

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 14, 2012 07:49 am + 13 comments

  We like to imagine we're hunkered down in a bunker waiting for the next Angel attack whenever we Continue reading…

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  US, EU, and Japan file trade complaint against China's rare earth metals export rules

  By Ryan Heise on March 14, 2012 02:29 am + 23 comments

  The US, Japan, and the European Union have banded together in an effort to break China's seemingly Continue reading…

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  Canon looking to reduce costs by using industrial robots, says Nikkei

  By Andrew Webster on March 13, 2012 06:16 pm + 7 comments

  With a surging yen and a struggling Europe, Canon is looking to cut costs — and it's doing it with Continue reading…

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  A look at Siri's performance in Japanese (hands-on video)

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 13, 2012 08:10 am + 23 comments

  Apple added Japanese support for Siri in its most recent software update, iOS 5.1, but it appears Continue reading…

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  Siri in Japanese

  on March 13, 2012 05:42 am + 6 comments

  A quick look at how Siri performs when set to Japanese. Continue reading…

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  Square Enix releases 'Final Fantasy III' for Android, but only in Japan

  By Sam Byford on March 12, 2012 11:58 pm + 12 comments

  Remember that Japan-only app store for Android that monolithic RPG publisher Square Enix announced Continue reading…

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  Updated Google Maps satellite images show Japan one year after the earthquake

  By Dante D'Orazio on March 11, 2012 01:49 pm + 28 comments

  It was a year ago today that a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunami destroyed a large swath Continue reading…

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  Apple the number one mobile phone vendor in Japan for Q4 2011

  By Sam Byford on March 10, 2012 11:28 am + 114 comments

  Apple's been top of the smartphone table in Japan for a while, but the company's success doesn't end Continue reading…

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  Autonomous robot's navigational skills are based on slime mold

  By Adi Robertson on March 9, 2012 05:36 pm + 6 comments

  Self-directing robots are common, but most commercial versions are given the equivalent of a central Continue reading…