Juro Osawa, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 3 at 4:30 am PT
Panasonic Corp. said Friday that it now expects to post a loss of more than $10 billion for the fiscal year ending March 31, and cited a write-down related to its acquisition of a rival and hefty restructuring costs in its loss-making television business.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on July 14, 2011 at 5:34 am PT
Big Blue brings its SmartCloud to Japan, and also launches a second data center devoted to LotusLive.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on March 17, 2011 at 4:03 pm PT
Ever heard of Mosaid Technology? No? If you’re in the business of selling anything with a Wi-Fi connection, you either got sued today or are going to get sued eventually over patents claimed by this Canadian chip designer.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on March 11, 2011 at 10:50 am PT
So far, Internet service in Japan seems to be running at or near normal. However, wireless phone networks have been disrupted, some undersea cables in the region have been damaged and some factories have been closed.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 26, 2011 at 3:15 am PT
I’m not quite sure how to view this list of tablets that debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month–as a monument to competitive spirit and move-the-story-forward innovation or as a memorial to vaporware. Either way, this canonical categorizing of the multiplicity of slates and e-readers by CEA Chief Economist and Director of Research Shawn DuBravac is pretty stunning.
Daisuke Wakabayashi, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 7, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
Panasonic said it is working closely with the Japanese government to establish an international set of rules to govern healthy approaches to displaying 3-D images, a move aimed at assuaging concerns about potential negative side effects of the technology.
Yukari Iwatani Kane, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 6, 2011 at 12:00 am PT
AmTran Technology, a contract manufacturer of monitors and televisions, is making a bold bet. It licensed the rights to make, distribute and market TVs in North America under the brand of JVC, the long-troubled Japanese consumer-electronics maker, and it promises to offer affordable but high-end TVs by the end of the third quarter.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on December 16, 2010 at 3:16 am PT
A metric for skeptics who predicted the iPhone would fail in Japan: Apple’s handset is now the fifth-best-selling phone in the country.
Daisuke Wakabayashi, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 16, 2010 at 8:59 am PT
Step aside Energizer Bunny, make-way for Evolta-kun. The miniature green robot, standing a full 17 centimeters (6.7-inch) tall, is pulling his cart along a 500-kilometer (300-mile) route connecting Tokyo to Kyoto.
Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on November 9, 2010 at 2:26 pm PT
Katie compares digital cameras for potential buyers as they begin their search for gifts during the holiday season.
