Companies
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Sony to use paper, bamboo materials in packaging
Sony Corp. will focus on using eco-friendly materials for product packaging instead of plastics from...
November 27, 2022
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Rakuten robots deliver Seiyu, Starbucks products day and night as service expanded
Rakuten Group, Inc. has launched a full-scale robot delivery service in the area around Tsukuba Stat...
November 22, 2022
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Restaurants eye robot help to ease labor shortage
Robot technology introduced at some eateries amid the pandemic to limit human contact might be here ...
November 20, 2022
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Japan firm’s cartilage conduction headphones strike a chord with users
A Tokyo-based audio equipment firm’s world-first, cartilage-conduction headphones have been attracti...
November 19, 2022
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Toyota unveils fully revamped 5th-generation Lexus RX
Toyota Motor Corp. released Friday the 5th-generation Lexus RX, the first complete revamp of its lux...
November 19, 2022
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Major Japanese firms team up to collect waste cooking oil for sustainable aviation fuel
Major real estate firm Mitsubishi Estate Co. and plant operator JGC Holdings Corp. have reached a ba...
November 19, 2022
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Toyota pushes AI to drive like pros
Toyota Motor Corp. on Sunday unveiled a self-driving car that incorporates driving data from profess...
November 17, 2022
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Panasonic launches 1st fully automated rice cooker
Panasonic Corp. has developed the first rice cooker that can automatically measure the necessary amo...
November 17, 2022
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Department stores harness return of foreign visitors to boost sluggish sales
Major department stores are stepping up their efforts to accommodate foreign visitors as they antici...
November 15, 2022
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5 major banking groups’ April-Sept. profits fall 30%
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The combined consolidated net profits of five major Japanese banking groups in ...
November 15, 2022
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Ichiro to respond to student letters through Uniqlo project
Former Seattle Mariners superstar Ichiro Suzuki will personally respond to a selection of letters fr...
November 14, 2022
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Japan beer sales down 32% in Oct. after price hikes
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Sales of beer and quasi-beer in Japan in October fell 32% from a year before af...
November 14, 2022
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Japan’s MUFG Bank enters 3D map data business
MUFG Bank has entered the spatial data business, including the production of 3D map data production,...
November 13, 2022
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New Japanese firm aims to start producing next-generation semiconductors by 2027
Rapidus, a new semiconductor company established by eight leading Japanese firms, aims to start mass...
November 12, 2022
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Tesla’s largest Japanese sales outlet opens in Chiba, near Tokyo
The Japanese arm of Tesla, a major U.S. electric vehicle manufacturer, opened a new sales outlet, Te...
November 12, 2022
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