Archive for September, 2008
Dell Japan Inc said Tuesday it has found 13 cases where its desktop computers sold in Japan have emitted a limited amount of smoke due to possible defects in the power supply unit.
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Japan has formally applied to host the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Japanese rugby officials said Tuesday they had sent a letter of intent to the International Rugby Board confirming bids for both the 2015 and 2019 tournaments.
Japan proposed on Tuesday that binding numerical targets for energy saving be set for major emerging nations such as China and India under a new global framework to reduce greenhouse gas emissions after 2013 when the Kyoto Protocol expires.
Refiners Showa Shell Sekiyu KK and Japan Energy Corp plan to lower their wholesale gasoline prices on Wednesday, officials said Tuesday.
Painful as it may be, acting swiftly to tackle the U.S. financial crisis with a public bailout is the right move—and perhaps the chief lesson from Japan’s bad debt debacle of the 1990s, economists and politicians here say.
Japan’s top cable television operator Jupiter Telecommunications Co is considering starting broadcast satellite-based TV service, President Tomoyuki Moriizumi said Tuesday.
Japan’s housing starts in August jumped 53.6% from a year earlier to 96,905 units, marking a second consecutive monthly increase, the land ministry said in a report Tuesday.
A woman moves digital images on the screen by hand gestures at Panasonic’s booth at CEATEC Japan 2008 being held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture. The electronics fair kicked off Tuesday featuring cutting edge consumer electronics as well as energy-saving technologies for such products.
TOKYO - Japan got a triple dose of bad economic news Tuesday when numbers showed that family spending dropped sharply, the jobless rate rose to a two-year high and industrial production at the nation’s vital manufacturers declined.
Japan got a dose of bad economic news Tuesday when numbers showed that family spending dropped sharply, the jobless rate rose to a two-year high and industrial production at the nation’s vital manufacturers declined.