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Sony game unit SCE to change name in April
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) will change its corporate name to Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, or SIE, in line with its integration with another Sony Corp. group company on April 1. The word “Interactive” was adopted as part of the name to reflect the commercial importance of online entertainment services. ...
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Kawasaki Heavy joins ‘hydrogen economy’ project
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. will join with partners to set up a hub for imported liquefied hydrogen in western Japan in a government pilot project to develop offloading and storage systems in anticipation of wider hydrogen use. Kawasaki Heavy, Iwatani Corp. and the Kobe Municipal Government are working together, targeting ...
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Airport-style duty-free shop opens in Tokyo’s Ginza
Mainland Japan will get its first duty-free shop outside of an international airport when the Japan Duty Free Ginza debuts at the Ginza Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo’s Chuo Ward on Wednesday, a top company official said a day earlier. “We are looking forward to further energizing Ginza — Japan’s ...
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Dollar slips back below ¥118 in Tokyo
The dollar slipped back below ¥118 in Tokyo on Tuesday, dragged down by continued turmoil on the stock market. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥117.76-77, down from ¥118.56-56 at the same time Monday. The euro was at $1.0866-0866, up from $1.0814-0814, and at ¥127.97-98, down from ¥128.22-23. The ...
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Sony to buy Israeli chipmaker Altair in push to develop Internet of Things
Sony Corp. has agreed to buy Israel’s Altair Semiconductor Ltd. for $212 million, acquiring technology to power the next generation of smart appliances as the firm looks for growth beyond chips for smartphone cameras. Altair, with modem chips for fourth-generation cellular technology, will help the company make component devices featuring ...
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Diamond-topped chocolate cake on sale as Japan gears up for Valentine’s Day
It would break your teeth and your wallet. A diamond-topped chocolate cake is among the more extravagant marketing gimmicks on offer this year as Osaka department stores kicked off their Valentine’s Day confectionery sales campaigns on Tuesday. The cake is topped with 125 diamonds and has a price tag of ...
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Carriers to aim new smartphone data packages at young adults
Three major mobile phone carriers are trying to attract younger users with new price and data packages such as better deals for those who spend a lot of time tinkering online. Their targets are those aged up to 25, a group that uses data communications heavily and which is seen ...
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Nikkei slumps below 17,000 again ahead of monetary policy meetings in Japan and U.S.
The Nikkei turned sharply lower to slip below 17,000 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday, amid a wait-and-see mood ahead of monetary policy meetings in the United States and Japan. The Nikkei lost 402.01 points, or 2.35 percent, to finish at 16,708.90. On Monday, it climbed 152.38 points. The ...
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McDonald’s looks at selling stake in Japan unit
McDonald’s Corp. is studying selling a stake in its loss-making Japan unit to a “strategic investor,” as the world’s largest fast-food chain reviews its global ownership strategies. “We’re exploring the sale of a portion of our ownership in McDonald’s Japan if we identify a strategic investor who could help advance ...
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Name a new McDonald’s Japan burger and win a 10-year supply
Burger fans, step forward. McDonald’s Holdings Co. (Japan) is to solicit suggestions for the name of a new burger tailored to Japanese tastes, offering a cash prize equivalent to a decade’s supply of burgers. The prize of ¥1,423,500 is calculated from the cost of a ¥390 burger every day for ...