http://archive.japantoday.com/jp Top Japan news headlines from Japan Today en-us editor@japantoday.com support@japantoday.com Newspapers 2008 GPlusMedia KK Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp has revised down its estimated group operating profit for the full year to March to 1,260 billion yen from 1,320 billion yen. Estimated net profit was also revised down, to 505 billion yen from 530 billion yen. The downward revisions reflect a special loss to b http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/431483 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/431483 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:00:00 +0900 Canon Inc has abandoned the development of rear-projection television sets due to shrinking demand. The company said Tuesday it will now aim to enter the TV market with TVs using the surface-conduction electron-emitter display, or SED, technology. Canon exhibited a prototype rear projection TV wi http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/431484 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/431484 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:00:00 +0900 Major game software maker Square Enix Co and Internet access service provider Nifty Corp said Tuesday they will tie up to build and operate an entertainment web portal site for a wide audience. Square Enix will offer entertainment content to the portal site, which will be operated by Smile-Lab Co http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/431485 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/431485 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:00:00 +0900 Oki Electric Industry Co on Monday announced the development of an 8-bit flash microcontroller that incorporates 1.1V flash memory based on Oki's proprietary low-power technology and a fine power-management function, achieving one of the lowest power operation in the industry. The ML610Q431/Q432 inc http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/431318 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/431318 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:25:00 +0900 Sharp Corp remained the top supplier of mobile phones in Japan in 2007 for the second straight year, market research company IDC Japan said Friday. Sharp took a 25.1% share of domestic mobile phone shipments, up from 18.6% in the previous year, thanks to the popularity of its Aquos brand models. http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/431074 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/431074 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:18:00 +0900 NTT DoCoMo Inc will stop soliciting new subscribers for its "mova" second-generation mobile phone service when mova handsets in stock run out, informed sources said on Tuesday. Mobile phone makers stopped supplying mova handsets to NTT DoCoMo at the end of 2007. NTT DoCoMo plans to continue the m http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/430741 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/430741 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:00:00 +0900 Microsoft Co has launched a Japanese-language version of its Microsoft Office Live Small Business free online services for small office and home office, or SOHO, operators. The services allow SOHO operators to effectively manage their operations, such as sending and receiving emails, building web si http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/430630 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/430630 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:00:00 +0900 NEC Leasing Ltd said Monday that it has agreed to set up a joint venture with a Japanese unit of Macquarie Group Ltd to sell end-of-lease information and communications equipment, including personal computers. The joint company will have capital of up to 500 million yen, which will be equally put http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/430629 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/430629 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:00:00 +0900 Mobile operator EMobile Ltd said Friday it will start providing a prepaid data communications service on March 25 at a rate of 63 yen per one megabyte in a standard plan. In the service, which requires no basic monthly fee, users will pay a fixed amount of charges in advance on EMobile's web site wi http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/430396 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/430396 Sat, 8 Mar 2008 05:00:00 +0900 Major radio station FM Tokyo Broadcasting Co said Friday that it will launch a tender offer for mobile phone content provider GignoSystem Japan Inc. FM Tokyo, already the top shareholder and parent of GignoSystem with a 53.61% stake, plans to purchase at least 110,547 shares in the firm at 16,500 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/430397 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/430397 Sat, 8 Mar 2008 05:00:00 +0900 Hitachi Ltd said Wednesday it has received exclusive orders for lithium-ion batteries from General Motors Corp for use in its gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles. Starting from 2010, the leading U.S. automaker plans to put on the North American market annually more than 100,000 hybrids mounted with th http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/430156 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/430156 Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:00:00 +0900 Oline stockbroker Matsui Securities Co as launched mobile phone handsets embedded with stock trading software in order to meet growing investor demand. In October 2006, the company released stock trading software that customers can download onto mobile phones free of charge. On the screen of the http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/430040 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/430040 Wed, 5 Mar 2008 04:00:00 +0900 Panasonic on Tuesday announced that it will install a total of some 2,000 units of surveillance camera systems at various venues of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games which begin on Aug 8. Panasonic has been an Official Worldwide Olympic Partner since The Olympic Partner (TOP) Program started for the Ca http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/429979 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/429979 Tue, 4 Mar 2008 11:16:00 +0900 Internet service provider So-net Entertainment Corp has announced a takeover bid for online game provider Gamepot Inc at 110,000 yen per share. To strengthen online gaming business, So-net, a Sony Corp affiliate holding a stake of 25.03% in Gamepot, aims to acquire the rest of outstanding Gamepot sh http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/429820 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/429820 Mon, 3 Mar 2008 07:00:00 +0900 Dell Japan Inc, a unit of U.S. computer giant Dell Inc, said Thursday it will open a sales branch in Osaka on March 3. The new branch will start operation with a workforce 42, targeting corporate customers in western regions such as Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku, Kyushu and Okinawa. Until now, Dell Ja http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/429629 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/429629 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:21:00 +0900