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Japan Aims For World's Fastest Computer By 2010
News Government officials in Japan said on Monday that they are planning to build the world's fastest supercomputer, according to a report in The Japan Times on Tuesday. Japan hosted the world's fastest computer, the 36 teraflop Earth Simulator, for two...
[July 26, 2005, 15:25]
Japan’s Kyoto Sangyo University Creates "Intelligent Space" With IBM Servers
White Papers Founded in 1965, Kyoto Sangyo University has been a leader in establishing sites in Japan for furthering research on high-powered computer networks. Initially, the step behind adopting a full-scale, dual-boot Linux-Windows NT operating system in...
[May 29, 2004, 0:00]
Korea, China, Japan Start Open-source Collaboration
News South Korea, China and Japan governments are to meet in Beijing on Saturday to start work on their collaboration to develop and nurture open-source software. Shortly after that meeting, Japan, the world's second-largest economy, made a proposal at...
[April 1, 2004, 12:30]
Japan May Create Its Own Search Engine
News Japan is limbering up to challenging the might of Google and Yahoo by developing its own search engine. Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has organised a study group consisting of about 20 Japanese electronics companies - including...
[December 21, 2005, 12:10]
Japan's NEC Extends Its Reach
News NEC, already big in Japan, is ready to make a big move into overseas phone markets. The Tokyo-based electronics and computer maker is currently one of the largest handset manufacturers in Japan. First, the high penetration of mobile phones in Japan...
[June 21, 2004, 11:45]
Japan’s Broadband Total Tops 10 Million
News Japan’s overall broadband users have crossed the 10-million-user mark for the first time, thanks to a surge in fibre-to-the-home subscription. Broadband lines grew by 450,638 for the month of June, bringing the total number to 10.9 million for the...
[August 7, 2003, 12:10]
Yahoo! Japan To Offer Free Music Downloads
News Japan will offer free music downloads after signing a deal with a Japanese copyright society. Japan. Japan. Japan said that over 90 percent of Japanese web users visit one its sites at least once a month.
[April 7, 2003, 7:44]
4G Gets Test Rollout In Japan And China
Talkback Japan are always ahead technologically, I am really interested in the connected home - something Singapore I believe are taking seriously and that will not happen for a while and it will take a 4G network to make best use of a connected home.
[November 26, 2003, 11:15]
AMD Vs Intel Spills Over Into Japan
News AMD's subsidiary in Japan has filed two lawsuits against Intel, claiming not just anti-competitive behaviour by its rival chipmaker, but in some cases down-right dirty tricks too. In one of the lawsuits filed in Japan, AMD is seeking $50m (£28m) in...
[June 30, 2005, 15:10]
Preventing Deflation: Lessons From Japan's Experience In The 1990s
White Papers This paper examines Japan's experience in the first half of the 1990s to shed some light on several issues that arise as inflation declines toward zero. The paper concludes that Japan's sustained deflationary slump was very much unanticipated by...
[June 17, 2005, 0:00]
Revisiting The Roots Of Japan's Economic Stagnation: The Role Of The Japanese Corporation
White Papers The growth maximising behaviour of the Japanese corporation and the preference for internal growth over acquisitions appeared to suit the long-term ambitions of Japan. Now, that formerly clear connexion between the ambitions of corporate Japan and...
[June 24, 2005, 0:00]
Intermec RFID Technology Helps Japan Freight Railway Improve Operating Efficiencies
White Papers To meet the growing transport needs of Japan's businesses, JR Freight maintains more than 120 terminals in Japan, managing 8,000 rail wagons and 100,000 railway containers. Keeping track of hundreds - even thousands - of containers has involved...
[February 11, 2008, 23:00]
New Mobile Services In Japan
White Papers This white paper introduces User Created Contents (UCC), search engine, and HSDPA-based video services in Japan. Similar development is expected to occur in Korea, where the UCC business model, currently led by the wired platform operators, will...
[September 20, 2007, 0:00]
'Smelly Phone' Making Waves In Japan
News The 3G phone, which uses the FoMA third-generation variant found in Japan, will be available from February. Apple is not the only kit maker causing waves with its latest device. Japanese mobile giant NTT DoCoMo has launched handsets promising...
[January 18, 2007, 9:20]
Mobile TV In Japan
White Papers This white paper presents the main issues concerning terrestrial digital broadcasting in Japan, such as service, device and mobile TV usage. Terrestrial digital broadcasting for mobile phones and devices called "One Seg", was launched in Japan in...
[September 20, 2007, 0:00]
Qualcomm Case Study: NAVITIME JAPAN CO., LTD
White Papers NAVITIME JAPAN CO. LTD was established in March 2000 by founders Keisuke Ohnishi, CEO and President, and Shin Kikuchi, CTO and Executive Vice President, and quickly became a worldwide leader in computer mapping and personal navigation software.
[January 19, 2006, 23:00]
Chinese Mobile Phone Numbers Beat Japan
News The mobile phone market in China, long thought to be potentially vast, has surpassed Japan as the largest in Asia. China had 51.7 million subscribers, surpassing Japan's 51.1 million. Only Korea and Japan share Europe's fascination with new...
[August 10, 2000, 16:22]
Can MMode Export Japan's Wireless Web Craze?
News A similar service offered in Japan has 28 million subscribers. AT&T Wireless on Tuesday began offering a US version of some of the world's most popular wireless Web services, a foreshadow of similar services to be launched in Europe later this year.
[April 17, 2002, 9:00]
DoCoMo 3G Deal Makes Symbian Big In Japan
News London-based Symbian is stepping up its drive into Japan's 3G market. As Japan's leading 3G provider, DoCoMo's actions have substantial influence on the direction of 3G development in Japan and elsewhere.
[September 26, 2003, 12:25]
Firm Investment And Balance-Sheet Problems In Japan
White Papers This paper investigates whether balance-sheet conditions of firms and their main banks matter for firm investment behavior using dynamic corporate panel data in Japan for the period 1985-95. It finds that smaller non-bond issuing firms were facing...
[September 18, 2003, 0:00]
