Neowin News Feed for: Japanese

Japan begins to crack down on piracy with two million yen fines

Paul Ferson — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:34:05 +0100

Japan's government has agreed to new legislation against criminals caught downloading illegally, bringing in a maximum fine of two million yen or a potential two year stay in a prison cell. Read more...

Siri is turning Japanese with iOS 5.1

Paul Ferson — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:15:42 +0000

Apple announces that Siri will soon support the Japanese language, and will be deployed to Japan over the next few weeks as part of the company's latest iOS 5.1 update. Read more...

Japanese Study: No Increased Cancer Risk with Cellphones

Sagittarius — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:45:01 +0000

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According to scientists at Tokyo Women's Medical University, using a mobile phone does not increase your risk of brain cancer, a finding which adds to the growing body of evidence that mobile phones are safe.... Read more...

Japanese Citizens get Cell Tower Removed for Health Reasons

Frank — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:54:37 +0000

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NTT DoCoMo Kansa, Inc will be removing a tower that it installed in a local bus station December 2005. About 40 residents of Kawanishi, Hyogo formed a group to eliminate pollution triggered by electromagnetic... Read more...

Apple plays Mobile Operators over Japanese iPhone Launch

Slimy — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:12:44 +0000

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Apple Inc is playing Japan's top mobile operator NTT DoCoMo Inc against No. 3 carrier Softbank Corp (9984.T: Quote, Profile, Research) on selling the iPhone in Japan, meeting executives from both companies, sources said on... Read more...

Japanese Wii Gets DS Downloads

Andrew Gallacher — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:53:33 +0000

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Nintendo has launched a new Wii channel in Japan that allows people to download demos of DS games. As promised last month, the new channel also has other content like Wii trailers and a feedback... Read more...

Blu-ray dominates Japanese HD recorder sales

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:36:20 +0000

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High definition media like HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc has increase to account for just under 20 per cent of Japanese consumers' retail recorder purchases, numbers from market watcher GfK show. And of the two... Read more...

Sony Makes Japanese PlayStation Store Accessible by PC

Slimy — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:45:58 +0100

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Thanks to the PlayStation Store, gamers can connect their PSP to the PlayStation 3 console to download classic PSone games to play on the handheld. Gamers living in Japan don't even need a PS3: Sony... Read more...

Computer Glitch Tangles Japanese Flights

Slimy — Mon, 28 May 2007 14:58:38 +0100

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Hundreds of domestic flights in Japan were cancelled or delayed on Sunday as a result of a glitch that hit data flowing between All Nippon Airways Company Limited's main reservations host computer and intermediate computers... Read more...

Cell phone cameras help Japanese lose weight

Slimy — Sat, 26 May 2007 18:02:27 +0100

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Some Japanese cell phone users are photographing their meals and sending the image to nutritionists for analysis and recommendations. Public health insurance offices in Osaka prefecture in western Japan have launched the service on a... Read more...

Japanese Scientists Create 200nm Thick Polymer-based Battery

Slimy — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:19:53 +0000

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At Waseda University, three scientists by the names of Hiroyuki Nishide, Hiroaki Konishi and Takeo Suga have developed a new polymer-based 200 nanometres thick rechargeable battery that incorporates a high charge/discharge capacity, yet it is... Read more...

Japanese Trojan attacks P2P file-sharing pirates

Steven Parker — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:38:53 +0000

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n a case of a malware purveyor attacking pirate file-sharers, security vendor Sophos has warned of a bizarre Trojan horse which has been distributed on Japanese peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. The Troj/Pirlames-A Trojan horse has been... Read more...

PS3 Game Finally Makes it into Japanese Top 10

Joe Cashman — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:47:11 +0000

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It has taken a while, but it finally looks certain that Japan will adopt the PS3. Virtua Fighter 5 on the PS3 stormed into the number 1 slot of the Japanese charts this week, selling... Read more...

YouTube offers concession to Japanese copyright group

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:02:32 +0000

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YouTube will start displaying a notice in Japanese on its Web site warning users against uploading copyright content, its two founders told representatives of a broad group of Japanese copyright holders on Tuesday in their... Read more...

Europeans Have it Bad? Try Being Japanese

Joe Cashman — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:40:15 +0000

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Ever been frustrated at waiting nearly a year to get that Final Fantasy game that Japan has had for what seems like years and years? Well, now the Japanese know exactly how feels, and have... Read more...

88,400 PS3's Sold In Two Days During Japanese Launch

Todd Tanner — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:30:01 +0000

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Thanks to Andy07 for the head's up on this story. Sony... Read more...

Only 80,000 PS3's At Japanese Launch?

Todd Tanner — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:25:06 +0000

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I know everyone hates it when I post negative stuff about Sony and the PS3, so accept this apology in advance, sorry Sony fans! Thanks to IGN for the evil story! ... Read more...

Nintendo Drives Revival of Japanese Market

Joe Cashman — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 01:10:39 +0100

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Sales of Nintendo's DS handheld console have lead to a boom in the Japanese gaming market this year. The DS is the unrivalled king in Japan at the moment, selling thousands more than its competitors... Read more...

Study from Japanese University Suggests Addiction is Genetic

MonkeyClaw — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:41:27 +0100

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If you love gadgets and computers and absolutely must have the latest device, then you may be a neophiliac. Neophiliacs, it seems, are people who are addicted to the new. "Some folks have an... Read more...

Japanese Chip Makers Team up for 45nm

voidunknown — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:54:35 +0100

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Toshiba Corp. and other Japanese chip makers on Tuesday scrapped a tentative plan to set up a microchip foundry but said they will standardize technology to make cutting-edge chips in a latest effort to join... Read more...