Find the headline confusing?

See the rest here: 
Nintendo issues a 3DS release date date

Although foreshadowed , it’s hard to believe that the once mighty Ninty, a company with unshakable profits even during last year’s global economic downturn, just recorded a Q1 net loss of

Some of the biggest names in Japan’s technology industry report earnings later today and the likes of Panasonic and Sony are betting on 3D to drive sales of new TVs, DVD players and camcorders.

Here is the original post: 
Who will win the 3D TV war?

We’ve seen Sharp e-dictionaries aplenty here, but with the exception of a couple of models , that same ol’ clamshell form factor’s bound to send you to snoozefest sooner or later. To keep the Japanese bookworms interested, Sharp’s latest offering — dubbed the Brain PW-AC10 — has packaged itself in a BlackBerry -esque candybar, which it claims makes it the industry’s lightest e-dictionary while carrying two AAA batteries that keep it going for 110 hours

Here is the original post: 
Sharp’s Brain PW-AC10 e-dictionary attempts to fool you with its phoney looks

Yahoo Japan says it will use Google’s search engine technology, rather than Microsoft’s which is used by partner Yahoo Inc.

Originally posted here:
Yahoo Japan to use Google search

The more the merrier, right? Cutesy sayings aside, the world is gearing up to say “hello” to yet another player in the NAND flash memory market, as Japan’s own Elpida Memory (which currently specializes in DRAM) will be joining the fray in the coming months.

See the original post: 
Elpida and Spansion move from ‘it’s complicated’ to ‘engaged,’ look to conquer NAND universe

Though they probably won’t look anything like Honda’s adorable EV-N , the Japanese automaker’s got some new technological vehicles up its sleeves — in a speech today, Honda CEO Takanobu Ito formally announced plans to produce a plug-in hybrid competitor for Toyota’s flashy new PHEV Prius by 2012, which rumor has it will sport an estimated fuel economy (when it’s using fuel, we assume) of roughly around 140 miles per gallon. Better still, a completely battery-powered electrical vehicle will also go on sale by 2012, and you won’t have to fly to Japan to try them out, as they’re slated for the States as well. Hydrogen fuel cells are apparently still Honda’s long-term solution, though the FCX Clarity received only a passing mention.

Here is the original:
Honda will bring plug-in hybrids, full EVs to United States in 2012

Honda will start selling electric and plug-in hybrid cars in the US and Japan from 2012

Excerpt from:
Honda will start selling electric cars from 2012

Finding out if Japan is as hi-tech as it appears to be

Read more:
Highs and lows

Miffy (or Nijntje) is a small, Dutch, female rabbit who appears in picture books. How exactly she became a cultural hit in Japan we don’t know, but we do have a good idea how she found herself plastered all over this netbook: some combination of Onkyo having a bunch of extra C4 units lying around and Namco-Bandai having a Miffy license it wasn’t fully utilizing

Read the rest here: 
Onkyo netbook gets covered inside and out with Miffy