CHIBA, Japan — The Japanese video game industry is finding its way out of the doldrums by adapting new technology for decades-old titles. And that energy was evident at the annual Tokyo Game Show, which opened to media Thursday before opening to the ... ( read original story ...)
AP Interview: Japan’s emoji creator saw nuance in pictures
TOKYO — The Japanese creator of the first emoji wanted to add nuance to mobile phone messages and never imagined what he created in 1998 would become a global phenomenon. Shigetaka Kurita says he was rushing to meet a deadline at his phone company when ... ( read original story ...)
Amazon takes on Japan’s business-to-business market
TOKYO -- Amazon.com has launched its business-to-business operation in Japan, where the U.S. tech giant is expected to carve out space against long-established rivals well-versed in this country's corporate norms. All-in-one solution Debuting in April 2015 ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Gov Koike’s allies seek to repeat local success in Japan national poll
TOKYO, Sept 21 (Reuters) - With no platform, no party leader and not even a formal name, a nascent political party linked to popular Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is preparing for a snap election that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to call ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo shares flat, Nintendo rallies on Switch hopes
TOKYO: Tokyo shares ended little changed Wednesday after hitting a more than two-year high, but Nintendo surged on hopes for strong sales of its Switch games console. The Super Mario maker jumped 4.73 percent to 42,890 yen, adding to a more than seven ... ( read original story ...)
Toshiba selects Bain group as buyer of its prized chip business: sources
and the Development Bank of Japan - to invest in the business only after any arbitration with Western Digital is settled. But sources familiar with the talks have said it remains unclear if INCJ will commit to joining the consortium even when the legal ... ( read original story ...)
Japan wants to roll back regulations for financial technology startups — here’s why it could be bad for the US
Inaki Berenguer, the CEO of CoverWallet, a New York-based fintech company, told Business Insider that the proposed sandbox in Japan would help foster an environment in which entrepreneurs have more leeway to innovate. While such an environment is ... ( read original story ...)
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake has struck Japan 175 miles from the Fukushima nuclear plant
Less than 24 hours after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake pummeled Mexico City, another tremor has struck off the east coast of Japan. The 6.1-magnitude quake struck roughly 175 miles east of the shuttered Fukushima nuclear plant — at roughly 2:30 a.m. local ... ( read original story ...)
Japan earthquake: A strong quake has hit the Asian island not far from the Fukushima nuclear power station
AN earthquake has struck off the east coast of Japan — just 320 kilometres east of Fukushima nuclear plant. The tremor is said to have had a magnitude of 6.1, according to the US Geological Society (USGS). The American scientific agency, which tracks ... ( read original story ...)
Japan earthquake strikes east coast of country – just 200 miles from Fukushima nuclear plant
AN earthquake has struck off the east coast of Japan - just 200 miles east of Fukushima nuclear plant. The tremor is said to have measured above 6.1 on the Richter scale, according to the US Geographical Society (USGS). An earthquake has struck off the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan earthquake: Large 6.1 quake strikes off coast near Fukushima
The Japan earthquake has registered 6.1 magnitude on the Richter scale. The US Geological Society (USGS) said it struck at a depth of 10km. It occurred 281 miles east of Kamaishi. The quake struck at around 2.27am local time (6.27pm BST). No tsunami ... ( read original story ...)
Which country has the most earthquakes and where and when was the biggest quake ever recorded?
Which country has the most earthquakes? Japan has the most recorded earthquakes in the world as it sits on a highly active seismic area, but research by the US Geological Survey suggests the answer is not quite as straightforward as it may seem. ( read original story ...)
BREAKING NEWS: Powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Japan near Fukushima
A powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Japan near Fukushima. Details of the extent of the damage have not yet emerged regarding the quake which hit 281km South East of Kamaishi. A similar earthquake back in 2011 killed 15,894 ... ( read original story ...)
Rebuilding from 2011 Earthquake, Japanese Towns Choose to Go Off the Grid
Many of the cities in northern Japan damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami are building back their electric grids with renewable energy and micro-grids — bucking the nation’s old, centralized utility system by making communities in the region self ... ( read original story ...)
Shallow M5.9 earthquake hits off the coast of Honshu, Japan
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the JMA as M5.9 hit off the east coast of Honshu, Japan at 16:37 UTC on September 20, 2017 (01:37 JST, September 21). The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). USGS is reporting M6.1 at a depth of ... ( read original story ...)
Quiet energy revolution underway in Japan as dozens of towns go off the grid
TOKYO/HIGASHI MATSUSHIMA, JAPAN (Reuters) - A northern Japanese city’s efforts to rebuild its electric power system after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami mark a quiet shift away from the country’s old utility model toward self-reliant, local generation ... ( read original story ...)