Japan articles

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  LG Optimus G official: quad-core flagship hits Korea next month, global launch to follow

  By Sam Byford on August 28, 2012 12:50 am + 113 comments

  We've heard a lot about LG's new flagship LTE phone over the past week or so, and now it's official: Continue reading…

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  Premium public smoking rooms with contactless payments opening in Tokyo

  By Sam Byford on August 23, 2012 09:57 pm + 42 comments

  Japan is one of the more tobacco-friendly countries in the world; there are no laws restricting Continue reading…

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  Sony Mobile moving headquarters to Japan, cutting a thousand jobs

  By Vlad Savov on August 23, 2012 03:40 am + 38 comments

  Sony Mobile, the entity that resulted from Sony's buyout of Ericsson from the famed Sony Ericsson Continue reading…

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  Panasonic Lumix G5 out in Japan on September 16th with new 45-150mm telephoto lens

  By Sam Byford on August 23, 2012 01:37 am + 4 comments

  Panasonic announced the Lumix G5 Micro Four Thirds camera over a month ago, but since then we Continue reading…

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  Inside Comiket

  on August 21, 2012 10:14 am

  Comic Market or Comiket is the largest comic book convention in the world. Held twice annually in Continue reading…

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  Comiket: shopping for underground manga at the world's biggest comic book event

  By Jeff Blagdon on August 21, 2012 09:54 am + 49 comments

  A little over a week ago, I and 550,000 others took the train to Tokyo’s Big Sight convention Continue reading…

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  'Art Space Tokyo' relaunch provides a model for cross-platform digital publishing

  By Sam Byford on August 21, 2012 08:13 am + 6 comments

  Today sees the digital launch of Ashley Rawlings and Craig Mod's Art Space Tokyo, a guide to 12 Continue reading…

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  Japanese tech companies struggle to recapture the smartphone zeitgeist

  By Adi Robertson on August 16, 2012 02:44 pm + 58 comments

  When the iPhone launched in 2007, some Japanese phone makers didn't think it would be a problem. Continue reading…

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  Fans turn to mobile devices for Olympic searches, says Google

  By Louis Goddard on August 7, 2012 07:03 am + 14 comments

  Fans have been turning to smartphones and tablets for Olympics-related information in record Continue reading…

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  Sony's Xperia SX and GX hitting Japan next week

  By Jeff Blagdon on July 31, 2012 12:13 am + 10 comments

  NTT Docomo is announcing release dates for its pair of summer Sony LTE phones: the 4.6-inch Xperia Continue reading…