Apple-backed group to buy Toshiba chip business for $18 billion

Toshiba is selling its prized memory chip business for $18 billion to a group of buyers that includes Apple. The Japanese conglomerate is offloading major assets to try to deal with a crippling financial crisis. The memory chip business is its crown jewel ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese video gaming adapting new tech for familiar titles

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 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 ...)

Tokyo’s Nikkei tops 20,000 at break on weaker yen

TOKYO: Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei index on Tuesday morning rose past 20,000 for the first time in six weeks after Wall Street saw another record close and a weak yen lifted exporters. The bellwether Nikkei 225 index climbed 1.45 percent, or 288.06 points, to ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Steel says to raise product prices for second month

TOKYO, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co Ltd , Japan's top electric-arc furnace steelmaker, said on Tuesday it would raise its product prices for a second month in October due to higher overseas prices and a tight domestic market. The ... ( read original story ...)

Money20/20 Asia invites attendees to their Tokyo Roadshow

Taking place at the Global Business Hub in the heart of Tokyo, the Money20/20 Tokyo roadshow aims to engage with and learn from the Japanese FinTech ecosystem in advance of the inaugural Money20/20 Asia conference - to be held in Singapore, March 13-15 th ... ( read original story ...)

Where to stay in Tokyo: hotels by district

Read expert review Yurakucho, a bustling business district – loosely linking Hibiya to Tokyo Station – is home to countless shops, restaurants (from the exclusively high-end to the tiny and atmospheric salaryman-packed venues that sit beneath the ... ( read original story ...)