(Reuters) - A smoker takes a break with his cigarette at a smoking area in Tokyo February 8, 2007. (Issei Kato/Reuters)

DAILY REPORTS

May 14 Japanese Internet Satellite Hits 1.2Gbps (PC World) May 13 Gov't eyes recycling rates of 65%, 45% for LCD, plasma TVs (Kyodo) May 08 From Japan, a Tiny Laptop That Stands Out in a Crowd (New York Times) May 06 Japan plots 'iPod tax' (Macworld) May 06 Japan must drop tariffs on Hynix semiconductors by Sept: WTO (AFP) May 02 Prada phone coming to Japan (electronista.com) May 01 Japan's Dowa to raise indium prices by over 14 pct (Reuters) May 01 Cell phone system translates text (Yomiuri) Apr 28 Matsushita targets 40 percent boost in flat-tv sales (TODAYOnline) Apr 26 Nintendo Rakes It In...But For How Long? (BusinessWeek) Apr 24 Apple gets the iPhone trademark in Japan (iphonebuzz.com) Apr 23 Japan's Matsushita, Pioneer yet to agree on details of plasma panel deal (iii.co.uk) Apr 22 Sony to Offer Online Video Downloads Over PlayStation (Bloomberg) Apr 22 Honda system to warn motorists of crime hotspots (AFP) Apr 19 Viewers to get nonstop reminder of analog TV's end (Asahi) Apr 17 Japan's high-tech displays give paper a cutting edge (Reuters) Apr 16 Japan handheld with Intel Atom chip debuts (CNET) Apr 15 Most young women own game consoles (Mainichi) Apr 15 Apple, Sony Settle Battery Fire Lawsuit in Japan (Mac Observer) Apr 15 Japan Willcom shows off world's 1st Intel Atom phone (Reuters) Apr 14 Japan Goes Postal on Printer Cartridge Recycling (PC World) Apr 11 Sony Formats Dominate Japanese Software Chart (gamasutra.com) Apr 08 NTT DoCoMo to test mobile fragrance service (MarketWatch) Apr 06 Vibrating Braille cell phone developed in Japan (Mainichi) Mar 31 Cell phone users to get more choices / Will be able to switch firms, retain handset (Yomiuri) Mar 31 Wii Leads Jump in Japan's Game Market (Washington Post) Mar 28 Move over karaoke, Japan offers talk-along 'anime' machine (AFP) Mar 24 DVD writers prove hit with PC-shy (Yomiuri) Mar 23 DoCoMo phones to get simpler OS (Yomiuri) Mar 19 Mobile phone sales hit new record in Japan--study (Inquirer.net) Mar 18 Japanese TV makers go small due to U.S. economy: report (MarketWatch) Mar 18 Nearly half of Japanese bathe with cellphones, poll finds (AFP) Mar 12 Japan marks funeral for second-generation phones (AFP) Mar 08 Pioneer, in red, says giving up on plasmas (AFP) Mar 05 Is Chip Manufacturing Really Necessary? (TechOn) Mar 04 Sony to add Skype service to PSP in March in Japan (Reuters) Mar 04 Blink and you'll miss it: Japan's new eye iPod (Reuters) Mar 04 Sony, Samsung to Spend $1.9 Billion to Raise LCD Panel Output (Bloomberg) Mar 04 Coming soon to Japan: remote control with a wink (AFP) Mar 03 Japan to push ratio goals for energy-saving equipment (Japan Times) Feb 29 Nintendo Wii outsells PS3 4-to-1 in Japan (Reuters) Feb 28 Japanese cellphones to turn into 'robot' buddies (AFP) Feb 27 Japanese to get portable personal trainers -- on their ears (AFP) Feb 26 Sony to invest $925 mln in Sharp panel plant (Reuters) Feb 26 Panasonic launches P905i Viera TV phone in Japan ()