TOKYO -- Some of the middlemen that cryptocurrencies were designed to cut out are getting into the virtual mining business, anyway. With Japanese eagerly buying into bitcoin and similar currencies, SBI Holdings, GMO Internet and other online securities ... ( read original story ...)
Sharp to aggressively pursue patent royalties amid focus on ultra-HD TVs, ‘smart home’ devices
Osaka-based Sharp plans to be more assertive when it comes ... according to figures compiled by the Intellectual Property Owners Association. “We want to protect that innovation and not have just another company misappropriate it,” Roque said. ( read original story ...)
Panasonic Solar Grows Solar Installer Program, Promoting Three New Authorized Installers to Premium Level
The company is the principal North American subsidiary of Osaka, Japan-based Panasonic Corporation, and leverages its strengths in immersive entertainment, sustainable energy, automated supply chains and connected mobility to provide integrated solutions ... ( read original story ...)
The horrific cost to human life if North Korea launched nuclear weapons
The Seoul/Incheon metropolitan region has a population of 24.1 million while the Tokyo/Yokohama region is home to 37.9 million people. Writing on the 38 North website, spacial database specialist Michael J. Zagurek wrote: "The US carrying out any military ... ( read original story ...)
New Chelsea commercial chief reveals plans turn club into European superpower – by following Arsenal’s lead
However, the Blues do boast some of the Premier League's biggest-grossing deals, including its 15 year, £900m deal with Nike and the £50million yearly figure they're paid by shirt sponsor Yokohama tyres. Now Townsend plans on increasing the number of ... ( read original story ...)
Happy 25th Birthday ThinkPad!
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK & YOKOHAMA – October 5, 2017 – Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) today proudly announced, at an exclusive event at the Yamato Labs in Japan, the birthplace of ThinkPad, a limited-edition model to celebrate twenty-five years of ... ( read original story ...)
Inside Lenovo’s Yamato Labs, where laptops become Thinkpads
In celebration of ThinkPad’s 25th anniversary, Lenovo allowed Digital Trends a peek inside its Yamato Labs, located in Yokohama, Japan. The lab is responsible for a huge range of tests, from resilience against static electricity, to hinge durability ... ( read original story ...)
Woman in Japan dies from ‘overwork,’ a common cause of death in the nation
"I want to die," Takahashi posted on social media, according to the news site. "I'm physically and mentally shattered." In response to her death, Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, and the government have proposed a monthly overtime cap at 100 hours and ... ( read original story ...)
Kazuo Ishiguro, Japan-born British novelist, wins Nobel Prize
BREAKING NEWS The 2017 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the ... Although Ishiguro did not return to Japan until his mid-30s, his first two novels, A Pale View of Hills and An Artist of the Floating World both centered on Japanese characters. ( read original story ...)
Citizens invited to join Mayor’s delegation to visit Sister City Hekinan, Japan in 2018
Founded in 1948, Hekinan is a city of 73,000 people and is an hour’s train ride south of Nagoya in central Japan. Like Edmonds, it is a waterfront city, surrounded by a lake, a river and two bays. With more than 400 factories in the automobile ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese Ships Reportedly Enter Japanese Waters Near Disputed Senkaku Islands
... Guard claim that four China's patrol ships entered Japan's territorial waters near disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, local media reported Thursday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The NHK news agency reported, citing the Japanese Coast Guard ... ( read original story ...)
Amazon opening pop-up liquor bar in Tokyo’s Ginza district
Amazon.com Inc. is opening a bar. For 10 days, the Web retailer is going to sell beer, wine, sake and cocktails in Tokyo's glitzy Ginza district to promote alcoholic products sold on its website in Japan. While Amazon has opened physical bookstores ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese woman ‘dies from overwork’ after logging 159 hours of overtime in a month
Japan’s employees used, on average ... Masahiko Yamauchi, a senior official in NHK’s news department, conceded that Sado’s death reflected a “problem for our organisation as a whole, including the labour system and how elections are covered”. ( read original story ...)
Green fingers: Japan sending garden-repair teams abroad
Tokyo (AFP) - Tokyo plans to send green fingers to every corner of the world on a mission to spruce up Japanese-style gardens that have fallen into disrepair. There are some 500 traditional gardens scattered across the globe -- from France to the United ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei swings to slight gains as other Asian markets rise
TOKYO — Japanese equities struggled for direction early Thursday despite a weaker yen, even as other markets in the region were broadly higher. The Nikkei Stock Average NIK, +0.03% was nearly unchanged in morning trade at 20,619, with the market ... ( read original story ...)
Square Enix Café Osaka, Square Enix Café Tokyo, and ARTNIA to hold campaigns for the Kingdom Hearts 15th Anniversary
Square Enix Café Osaka will be holding a Kingdom Hearts 15th Anniversary Commemorative Campaign Preview Night for its grand opening in Japan. It's grand opening will be on October 14th, 2017, and the Preview Night will be on October 13th, 2017 (Friday ... ( read original story ...)