NTT DoCoMo offers tablets on LTE network
NTT DoCoMo said Thursday it will offer two tablets on its high-speed LTE network, along with streaming video from Hulu's new Japan service.
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Sony to sell backup battery for TVs, home appliances
Sony announced Monday it will sell a large power pack to run home appliances when the electricity goes out.
Nintendo 3DS sales soar in Japan after price cut
Sales of Nintendo's 3DS handheld game console soared in Japan last week when its price was cut 40 percent, according to data released Tuesday.
Former Flextronics worker guilty of $1.3M theft
A former employee of Flextronics, an electronics manufacturer, was found guilty of stealing at least $1.3 million in company funds and received a prison sentence, California's attorney general said on Monday.
Sony's PlayStation Vita on sale in Japan this year
Sony's new portable PlayStation Vita game system will go on sale in Japan by the end of this year, then launch in the U.S. and Europe in early 2012, a company executive said Thursday.
Japanese city moves entire website to Facebook
A Japanese city is the first in the country to replace its public website with a Facebook page, as officials stressed the open nature of the social network as their main motivation.
Japan caretaker robot kneels to lift people off floor
A caretaker robot developed in Japan has been equipped with powerful motors in its hips and advanced feedback sensors so that it can bend over and gently lift infirm patients from the ground.