Japan Computer Industry Scan articles from April 2007

Japan Computer Industry Scan archives from April 2007

Matsushita arm to hand over Internet access operations to IIJ.
April 2, 2007... TOKYO, March 29 Kyodo Panasonic Network Services Inc., a Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. arm, said Thursday it has agreed to sell its Internet access operations, known for the ''hi-ho'' brand, to Internet Initiative Japan Inc., which...

Fuji TV makes Pony Canyon, Fuso Publishing wholly owned units.
April 2, 2007... TOKYO, March 29 Kyodo Fuji Television Network Inc. said Thursday it has converted Pony Canyon Inc. and Fuso Publishing Inc. into wholly owned subsidiaries in line with a realignment of its Fujisankei Communications Group. Fuji TV...

LEAD: Emobile makes inroads into mobile phone market, 1st entry in 13 yrs.
April 2, 2007... TOKYO, March 31 Kyodo (EDS: ADDING COMPANY EXEC'S COMMENTS, OTHER INFO AT 5TH-7TH, 12TH-13TH GRAFS) Telecom venture Emobile Ltd. inaugurated its business Saturday, providing high-speed data communication services via mobile phone in...

AFP opens news photos to bloggers.
April 9, 2007... TOKYO, April 4 Kyodo French news agency AFP and Japan's Creative Link Corp. said Wednesday they have teamed up with Yahoo Japan Corp. and 10 other Japanese Internet blog operators to open AFP news photos to bloggers free of charge. ...

LEAD: Nearly 4.5 mil. messages lost in Yahoo Japan's e-mail service.
April 9, 2007... TOKYO, April 6 Kyodo (EDS: ADDING INFO) Top Internet portal Yahoo Japan Corp. said Friday some 4,492,200 messages have been erased from its e-mail service as a result of a program glitch. The lost messages were sent to a total of...

Yahoo launches wireless music player to challenge iPod.
April 16, 2007... NEW YORK, April 9 Kyodo Internet giant Yahoo Inc. has launched a new wireless player to challenge Apple Inc.'s iPod, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The new MP3 player named the Sansa Connect, which was jointly developed by...

Toshiba to sell movie arm, withdraw from entertainment business.
April 23, 2007... TOKYO, April 16 Kyodo Toshiba Corp. said Monday it will sell its wholly owned film production and distribution unit, Toshiba Entertainment Inc., to Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Inc. on May 1, a move that will complete Toshiba's exit from...

Uniqlo to sell women's white trousers that do not show underwear.
April 23, 2007... TOKYO, April 17 Kyodo Uniqlo Co., the operator of the Uniqlo-brand casual clothing shop chain, said Tuesday it will start selling from next Monday women's white trousers made of a special fabric that prevents underwear from showing...

Fujitsu, Sun Microsystems launch co-developed UNIX servers.
April 23, 2007... NEW YORK, April 17 Kyodo Fujitsu Ltd. and Sun Microsystems Inc. unveiled a new line of high-performance computer servers Tuesday that they developed jointly for corporate users by merging their product lines. The Japanese computer...

Namco Bandai revises FY 2006 profit estimates upward.(Financial report)
April 23, 2007... TOKYO, April 18 Kyodo Namco Bandai Holdings Inc. said Wednesday it has revised upward its group profit estimates for fiscal 2006 due mainly to better-than-expected sales of game software and windfall foreign exchange gains. The maker...

PC games show signs of rebound, N.Y. Times reports.
April 30, 2007... NEW YORK, April 23 Kyodo Video game titles for use in personal computers are showing signs of a comeback after having slumped in recent years, overshadowed by a new generation of game consoles, the New York Times reported Monday. ...

Online, non-online brokers of SBI group to merge in October.
April 30, 2007... TOKYO, April 26 Kyodo SBI E*Trade Securities Co. said Thursday the online securities company of the SBI Holdings Inc. group will merge with SBI Securities Co., the group's non-online brokerage, on Oct. 1 to maximize their synergy and...

Nintendo posts substantial earnings gain on brisk game console sales.(Financial report)
April 30, 2007... TOKYO, April 26 Kyodo Nintendo Co. said Thursday its fiscal 2006 group net profit jumped 77.2 percent from the previous year to 174.29 billion yen on 966.53 billion yen in sales, up 89.8 percent, as its game consoles and software titles...