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Aug 29 Japan beyond the Ginza Nintendo, Sony, Sega, Canon, Nikon, Toshiba, Toyota, Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan -- these are just some of the brands that helped build Japan's reputation as a leader in cutting-edge technology. But this ancient country is also home to centuries-old traditions, which endure despite the hi-tech revolution that has taken place around them. The contrast between old and new is what makes Japan a truly fascinating country to visit. (Toronto Sun) Aug 24 Toshiba to sell 'no-glasses' 3-D TV by yearend Toshiba Corp. will start marketing a 3-D TV that people can watch without wearing special eyeglasses, the first such TV in the world, sources said Tuesday. The company hopes to have the product on sale by the end of this year. Although various major consumer electronics makers have released 3-D TVs, including Panasonic Corp. in April and Sony Corp. in June, critics have complained about the bother of having to wear special glasses. (Japan Times) Aug 10 Holidays lost in rush to win electronics battle Domestic firms are operating through the summer holidays to meet increased demand for semiconductors, electronic components used in smartphones and flat-screen TVs. Toshiba Corp., a leading maker of NAND-type flash memory devices, plans to dramatically expand its production capacity as the global chip market is anticipated to balloon to its biggest-ever size this year. To catch up to Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea, the second-biggest semiconductor maker in the world, Toshiba and other Japanese firms need to liquidate unprofitable operations while shutting down or consolidating some manufacturing plants. (Yomiuri) Jul 13 Android Phone Coming from Fujitsu, Headed to DoCoMo? Following on the Fujitsu / Toshiba mobile merger, reports have bubbled up saying that they've already started on their first handset, which is headed to Japan's NTT DoCoMo and will be running Android. Little beyond that is known, but the platform choice is significant, given Toshiba had already put significant time and effort into some rightly impressive Windows Mobile hardware. Though the bulk of Fujitsu's previous experience in mobile revolved around feature phones, they've worked with DoCoMo on getting LTE ready in Japan. (intomobile.com) Jul 2 Toshiba to develop batteries for electric vehicles Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. said Friday it's jumping into the battery business for electric vehicles in a development deal with Mitsubishi Motors Corp. It's the first EV battery deal with a major automaker for Toshiba, which already makes batteries for laptops and cell phones, said company spokesman Ken Shinjo. Production will start sometime next year, in a new facility in Niigata, northern Japan, according to Toshiba. (Mainichi) Jun 23 Toshiba takes on iPad, Kindle The electronic book reader market got more crowded Monday with Toshiba's launch of a dual-screened mini notebook PC that can be used as an e-reader. And competition intensified with Amazon.comand Barnes & Noble slashing prices on electronic book readers, responding to intensifying competition as Apple's iPad gains market share. Apple's iPad, launched in April, sold more than two million units in 60 days, and analysts say the well-received device has been steadily luring customers away from the Kindle and Nook. (edmontonjournal.com) Jun 17 Fujitsu, Toshiba agree in principle to merge mobile phone businesses Fujitsu Ltd. and Toshiba Corp. said Thursday they have reached an in-principle agreement on integrating their mobile phone businesses. The two companies said they will establish a joint venture around Oct. 1 to carry out the project, with Fujitsu having a greater stake. (AP) Jun 12 1+1=3? Not in Japan's 'Galapagos' phone market Japan's mobile phones feature breathtakingly sophisticated technology, and the offerings from Toshiba Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. are no exception. But simply combining their handset operations may not be enough to gain a global presence. Toshiba and Fujitsu, industrial electronics conglomerates whose products range from air conditioners to semiconductors, are in talks to merge their mobile phone businesses, according to a person familiar with the matter. The news was splashed on the front page of Japan's Nikkei business daily, with the joint entity expected to be the second biggest player in the country's saturated mobile phone market with a 19% share - trailing only Sharp Corp. But missing is the fact that the two comprise less than 1% of all the handsets sold worldwide - an indication that this deal would create another big fish in a small pond. (Wall Street Journal) Jun 11 Toshiba, Fujitsu in talks on mobile phone merger Toshiba Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. are in talks toward integrating their mobile phone businesses to boost competitiveness amid sluggish handset sales, sources said Friday. The integration, if realized, would create the second-largest mobile phone maker in Japan, with a combined market share of nearly 20 percent, behind industry leader Sharp Corp. (Japan Times) Jun 9 Toshiba 3D laptop to hit Japan Toshiba's new Dynabook TX/98MBL laptop will push separate 60Hz frames to each eye (120Hz total), enabling what could be the first consumer 3D laptop utilizing active shutter 3D technology. The laptop has a 15.6-inch LCD display with LED backlighting and will of course house a Blu-ray Disc drive. We're sorry to say though, that the TX/98MBL will only be available in Japan when it ships at the end of July, 2010. The TX/98MBL is a hearty machine with a 640GB hard drive, four gigabytes of RAM, and Intel Core i7-740QM processor. (hd-report.com) May 24 Toshiba LCD has adjustable 3-D window Viewers will be able to change the viewing area showing 3-D images in Toshiba Corp.'s new liquid crystal display. The company will publicly announce its new product at a display-related international conference in Seattle that starts Tuesday, and make it available for use as soon as possible. The new display allows users to easily set up separate windows displaying 3-D and conventional 2-D images. (Yomiuri) May 11 Toshiba plans $6.4 bn chip spending in 3 years Japan's Toshiba Corp plans to spend $6.4 billion on its chip operations in the next three years to meet strong demand and keep up with cutting-edge technology, the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday. The spending plan by the world's No. 3 chipmaker is further evidence of growing optimism in the sector, which expects strong demand this year as an economic recovery encourages consumers to buy new electronics. (Economic Times) May 10 India, Japan working on nuclear deal to boost 123 Agreement India and Japan are quietly working on an inter-governmental agreement on civilian nuclear energy so that the 123 Agreement between India and the US, currently in the last lap of political negotiation before the US Congress, can be fully implemented on the ground in India. According to the broad contours of this agreement, New Delhi will promise not to conduct any more nuclear tests in exchange for Japanese permission to its companies, Hitachi, Toshiba and Mitsubishi to go ahead and partner with US and French companies seeking to build civilian nuclear plants in India. (Business Standard) Apr 27 Toshiba television to stream its content from the Internet Traditionally, the preferred methods of delivering content have been over the airwaves or on video tape or disc. In the wings, though, is the rival technique of watching TV footage sent into homes via the Web. Toshiba is trumpeting this newer method with its latest Regza LCD televisions, the Z1 series. Featuring LED lighting for the screens, the Z1 quartet offers the ability to watch TV via a LAN hookup or USB connection. (Japan Times) Apr 23 Apple Captured 72% of Japan Smartphone Market in 2009 Apple Inc. shipped 1.69 million iPhones in Japan in the fiscal year ended March 31, capturing the top share of the country's smartphone market, MM Research Institute Ltd. said. The iPhone, offered by Japan's third-largest wireless carrier Softbank Corp., accounted for 72 percent of smartphones shipped in the country in the period, the Tokyo-based researcher said in a report yesterday. Taiwan's HTC Corp. was second with 11 percent, followed by Toshiba Corp. with 6.8 percent, it said. (Bloomberg) Mar 25 Firms picked for India eco-city initiatives The industry ministry has chosen four Japanese consortiums for Japan-India joint projects to build eco-friendly cities along the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor in northwest India. The groups will start preparations in April for landing contracts to build infrastructure such as solar energy and water treatment systems. The four groups will each be led by Toshiba Corp., Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Hitachi Ltd. and JGC Corp. The cities of Yokohama and Kita-Kyushu will assist in building water-related systems. (Asahi) Mar 24 Toshiba and Westinghouse Take Major Step to Expanding Front-End Business Tokyo and Pittsburgh, PA, March 24, 2010 - Toshiba Corporation (Tokyo: 6502) and Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC today announced the formation of a new joint venture, Advance Uranium Asset Management Ltd. (AUAM), that will strengthen Toshiba Group's capabilities in the nuclear front end business segments and enhance the extensive range of support services extended to utilities around the world. United Kingdom based AUAM will undertake uranium related transactions in the front end of the nuclear fuel cycle. The company is 60 percent owned by Toshiba and 40 percent by Westinghouse. (Asahi) Mar 23 Bill Gates to invest billions of dollars in nuclear technology tie-up with Toshiba TerraPower, a U.S. start-up company backed by Microsoft founder and Chairman Bill Gates is looking at teaming up with Japanese nuclear technology giant Toshiba Corp. to develop a next-generation nuclear reactor, it was confirmed Tuesday. Gates has apparently said he will invest hundreds of billions of yen (billions of U.S. dollars) to jumpstart development of the new reactors, which could run continuously for up to a century, unlike present day designs which need to have their atomic fuel replaced every few years. (Mainichi) Mar 19 Future bright for LED bulbs Falling prices and the growing variety of light-emitting diode bulbs are fueling a rapid move in this country away from energy-inefficient incandescent light bulbs and toward LED bulbs, which last longer and consume less energy. Support from the government, which is strengthening its efforts to battle global warming, also is spurring the move toward LEDs. Toshiba Corp. is making a particularly visible shift to LED bulbs. (Yomiuri) Jan 28 New cellphones to feature 'secretary' functions A new technology developed by Toshiba Corp. could turn cellphones into virtual secretaries capable of providing information to help users plot their next move. The technology, which could be available for practical use by the end of this year, enables cellphones to "predict" the user's actions based on behavioral patterns monitored by such programs as the Global Positioning System, Toshiba officials said. The technology also draws on acceleration sensors that detect the handsets' movements, such as rocking and shaking. (Asahi) Jan 27 Toshiba Blu-ray recorders, mCube90 make life more compact If you can't beat them, don't join them - just copy their ideas and improve them. Toshiba is endeavoring to do just that having abandoned its HD-DVD format and instead opted to craft versions of Sony's brainchild, Blu-ray. Nobody can accuse Toshiba of not doing a wholehearted about face, what with three new Vardia-branded Blu-ray recorders to hit the market next month. The best of the bunch is the D-B1005K, which sports a prodigious 1-terabyte hard disk for recording up to 500 hours of high-definition TV footage. (Japan Times) Jan 20 Bright global demand for LED bulbs With global demand projected to grow for energy-saving bulbs made of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), consumer appliance makers Toshiba Corp. and Sharp Corp. see a bright future. Demand for LED bulbs is expected to soar as prices fall and environmental awareness rises, makers say. Toshiba's first targets will be in Europe and North America, where there are legions of environmentally conscious consumers. (Asahi) Jan 18 Toshiba develops translation app for cell phones Travelers in East Asia may soon be able to use their cell phones for quick, easy and cheap language translation, thanks to a new prototype application from researchers at Toshiba Corp. The company has developed a trilingual translation system with voice recognition and synthesis that's compact and light enough to be installed in a cell phone. Unlike other mobile translation applications, the software doesn't offload processing to a server on a network but performs the task inside the phone. (Computer World) Dec 28 Toshiba Develops Translation System for Cell Phones Travellers in or from East Asia may soon be able to turn to their cell phones for quick, easy and cheap translation help thanks to a new application from Toshiba. The company has developed a trilingual translation system with voice recognition and synthesis that's compact and light enough to be installed in a cell phone. Unlike existing applications the software doesn't offload processing to a more powerful server on the network but performs the task inside the phone. That makes it quicker and avoids potentially costly data roaming charges when used overseas. (PC World) Dec 22 Nikkei hits 3-mth closing high on yen; Isuzu jumps Japan's Nikkei average rose 1.9 percent to a three-month closing high on Tuesday as a weaker yen lifted exporters, while Isuzu Motors (7202.T) jumped on a report that the truck maker wants to develop new diesel engines for General Motors [GM.UL]. Chip-related stocks got a boost after the Nikkei business daily reported Toshiba Corp (6502.T) and partner Sandisk Corp (SNDK.O) would jointly invest 150 billion yen ($1.7 billion) to boost their venture's production capacity by about 40 percent. (Reuters) [ More... ]