Business

International Robot Exhibition 2011

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) November 9th, 2011 : Tokyo, Japan – Cybernetic Human HRP-4C Miim performs. during International Robot Exhibition 2011. This show is held to showcase new robots and high technology equipments at the Tokyo International Exhibit Center. International Robot Exhibition 2011 runs from November 9 – 12. [...]

Entertainment

Sony’s Personal 3D Viewer HMZ-T1

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) November 5, 2011: Tokyo, Japan – Visitors try Sony’s newly promoted Personal 3D Viewer HMZ-T1 at the Royal Garden Cafe in Tokyo. Sony announced that the HMZ-T1 would go on sale from November 11th, 2011. (Photo by Yumeto Yamazaki/AFLO) (Click on the image above to [...]

News

Toyota Unveils Healthcare Robots

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) November 1, 2011, Tokyo, Japan – An intelligent machine with padded arms capable of helping health care workers lift disabled patients from their beds is demonstrated for the media as Toyota unveiled experimental robots for nursing and healthcare aimed for commercialization from 2013 to the [...]

Business

CEATEC Japan 2011

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Visitors have their hands on Sony’s binoculars, capable of high-quality digital recording in 2D and 3D during Ceatec Japan 2011, one of the largest electronics and information technology trade shows in Asia, held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan, October 4, 2011. A total of [...]

Business

Softbank Launches New Smartphones

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) September 29, 2011, Tokyo, Japan – Masayoshi Son, left, president of SoftBank Corp., unveils a new line of smartphones and a mobile communication device for the winter and spring seasons during a press conference in Tokyo on Thursday, September 29, 2011. (Photo by AFLO) (Click [...]

Features

Toyota Crash Test Dummy

July 21st, 2011, Susonosi, Japan – Various types of dummies for experiments stand by in their waiting room at Toyotas Higashi-Fuji Technical Center on the foot of Mt. Fuji, some 92km (about 57 miles) southwest of Tokyo, on Thursday, July 21, 2011. Toyota showed to reporters technologies aimed at increasing safety for pedestrians and elderly [...]

Business

e-Book Expo Tokyo 2011

Visitors try various types of digital devices to read e-books during the 15th e-Book Expo Tokyo 2011, the worlds largest trade show for e-book device, contents, and technology, concurrently held with Tokyo International Book Fair in Tokyo on Thursday, July 7, 2011. With exploding demand for e-books and content digitalization, Japanese book publishers and electronic [...]

Business

3D & Virtual Reality Expo

June 22, 2011, Tokyo, Japan – Visitors put on 3D glasses to experience three-dimensional visual effects during the 3D and Virtual Reality Expo opened in Tokyo on Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Visitors can experience all kinds of cutting-edge 3D technology and super high definition image technology in the three-day exhibition, Japans largest of its kind. [...]

News

au by KDDI Launches 2011 Summer Mobile Devices

Models display a new lineup KDDI’s Android smart phones at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday, May 17, 2011. The communication carrier launched a new lineup of 14 models for 2011 summer, including six smart phones and six mobile phones, plus two Wi-Fi mobile routers. (Photo by AFLO)

Business

NTT DOCOMO Unveils 24 New Mobile Devices

President Ryuji Yamada of NTT DoCoMo (C) shows an Android smartphone at a news conference during which the Japanese communication carrier launched a new line up of mobile devices for summer in Tokyo on Monday, May 16, 2011. The career released 24 new models, of which nine are Android samrtphones. The smartphone lineup offers user-friendly [...]

News

iPad 2 Debut in Tokyo

On April 28, some 400 people queued up in front of the Apple Store in Ginza as the long awaited iPad 2 goes on sale in Japan. The tablet computer was originally set to go on sale on March 25 but was postponed due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami devastation.

Business

Sony Launches Its First Tablet Computers: the S1 and S2

Kunimasa Suzuki, deputy president of Networked Products & Services Group of Sony, introduces Sony’s first tablet computers at their unveiling ceremony in Tokyo on Tuesday, April 26, 2011. Sony launched its first tablet computers S1 and S2 which use an operating system based on Google’s Android 3.0. (Photo by Koichi Mitsui/AFLO)

Business

Sony 3D Computer Launch

Sony will be launching a 3D model computer with full high definition capability which is due to go on sale in Japan on March 19. (Click on the gallery to view the full gallery.)

News

New 300km/hr Hayabusa Bullet Train

The all new futuristic looking shinkansen called the Hayabusa makes its debut on March 5, 2011 as it passes through Musashi-Urawa, north of Tokyo. (Click on the image below to view the full gallery.)

Business

Preview of Apple’s iPad 2

A sneak peak of the iPad 2 shown during a press event at the Apple flagship store in Ginza. (Click on the image below to view the full gallery)

Business

International Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Expo

Some 900 solar energy specialized exhibitors from more than 60 countries and regions gathered in Tokyo to demon the cutting-edge technologies related to the manufacturing of solar cell and module and its applications and its apparatus. (Click on the image below to view the full gallery.)

Business

Motorola’s XOOM, an Android 3.0 Tablet

Models show the Motorola XOOM, left, and the HTC Evo WiMax during KDDI’s launching in Tokyo on Monday, February 28, 2011. (Click on the image below to view the full gallery.)

Business

NTT DoCoMo Unveils New Smartphones

NTT Docomo releases three new smartphones during a press conference in Tokyo. (Click on the image below to view the full gallery.)

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