Topic - japan

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Media, Internet

Dragon Quest IX Tops 2 Million

The game isn't even out yet, but pre-orders are already through the roof.
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Media, Internet

Wii Sports Resort Sells Big in Japan

The next Wii Sports compilation sells over 350,000 in Japan in only 4 days.
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Media, Internet, Finance

Nintendo: Wii Struggle in Japan

Console maker finally concedes that its Wii is not doing fine in Japan and that it’s in “unhealthy condition.” However, this doesn’t mean there’ll be a price cut.
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Media, Internet

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Trumps Wii

The Xbox 360 beats its competition in Japan, where it typically struggles.
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Communications, Internet

Nokia Surrenders in Japan

No.1 phone maker gives up on the Japanese market. With less than one percent of the market, Nokia will continue to sell high-end Vertu line.
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Computers, General news, Internet, Finance

Microsoft Queues Up Xbox 360 Price Cuts for Japan

Microsoft hopes to score big with Japanese market on lower prices for its popular gaming consoles.
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Communications, Internet, Finance

GizMoz Grabs $6.5M, AOL Deal

Startup snags $6.5 million in a second round investment and agrees to deliver its 3-D characters to AOL AIM users.
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Computers, Communications, Internet

AT&T Will Invest $1 Billion in Global Expansion

Bulk of investment will be outside the U.S., with focus on India.
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Computers, Communications, Internet

Asia and Africa Hit By Internet Outage

Breaks in undersea cable off Egypt cuts access to Web in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, and the Philippines.
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Computers, Communications, Internet

Asia and Africa Hit By Internet Outage

Breaks in undersea cable cuts access to Web in China, Egypt, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines.
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Communications, Internet, Finance

Google and DoCoMo Hook Up

Search giant signs deal with Japan's No. 1 mobile operator.
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Computers, General news, Communications, Internet

Apple iPhone Talks for Japan

The Mac maker is playing mobile operators NTT DoCoMo and Softbank against one another on selling the iPhone in Japan, where it would vie with some of the world's most advanced phones.
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Computers

Japan Eyes Robots for Aging Population

Japanese researchers hope that robots will be the answer to a pressing question hanging over the country—how to cope with an aging population and a declining labor force.
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Media

Europe PS3 Plays Fewer Old Games

Latest Sony PlayStation in Europe won’t play as many PS2 games as models in Japan and U.S.
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General news, Communications

China's Mobile Startups Searching for Revenues

Mobile search startups vie for a piece of the world's largest mobile market—China—but Baidu and Google are close behind.
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Media

Nayio: It Goes Like This

Software lets users hum to find songs on Napster, offering something iTunes doesn’t.
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Finance

Last Round? Atrua Raises $9M

BlueRun backs wireless device component maker Atrua, in what may be its final infusion of growth capital.
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General news, Finance

VC in China Breaks Records

Murky regulatory environment still challenging.
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Communications

Mobile Samurai

Sachio Semmoto bets billions in a country that now embraces competition.
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Internet

MySpace Turns Japanese

Entrenched social network Mixi could mean tough competition for a Japanese language version of the social networking giant.
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