Tokyo articles

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  Meet the men designing Sony's mobile future

  By Jeff Blagdon on September 18, 2012 10:00 am + 166 comments

  Every day, like thousands of other men and women, Ippei Tambata and Shigeaki Suzuki head in to work Continue reading…

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  Tokyo Metro posters implore passengers to 'please do it at home'

  By Sam Byford on September 12, 2012 02:03 am + 81 comments

  Japan is well-known for its polite populace, but that doesn't mean everyone follows the rules. Continue reading…

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  Apple loses Samsung patent case in Japan (update)

  By Sam Byford on August 31, 2012 01:14 am + 99 comments

  Samsung may have lost its war with Apple in California, but it's winning small battles elsewhere. 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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  '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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  Anonymous in Tokyo: OpJapan cleans up the streets

  By Jeff Blagdon on July 8, 2012 11:47 am + 46 comments

  Anonymous is branching out. This rainy morning in Tokyo, 50 or so masked men and women are Continue reading…

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  Anonymous in Tokyo

  on July 8, 2012 11:47 am + 1 comments

  Photos from the Anonymous gathering in Tokyo, Japan on June 7, 2012. Continue reading…

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  Strappy NFC reader brings interactive smartphone ads to Tokyo subway cars

  By Amar Toor on June 4, 2012 06:41 am + 5 comments

  For the past few weeks, commuters on some Tokyo subway lines have been seeing a steady stream of Continue reading…

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  Tokyo Hotaru: Panasonic floats 100,000 LED 'fireflies' down the Sumida River

  By Jeff Blagdon on May 13, 2012 12:46 am + 17 comments

  Beginning at 6:30 PM last Sunday night, 100,000 glowing blue orbs were poured into Tokyo’s Sumida Continue reading…