Japan Computer Industry Scan articles from July 2006

Japan Computer Industry Scan archives from July 2006

Nintendo's portable DS player set to make motion picture debut.
July 3, 2006... LOS ANGELES, June 27 Kyodo Nintendo Co.'s popular DS portable system will be featured as a high-tech spy gadget in the upcoming British action film ''Stormbreaker,'' the Japanese electronics company announced Tuesday. In an agreement...

CORRECTED: Nintendo's portable DS player set to make motion picture debut.
July 3, 2006... LOS ANGELES, June 27 Kyodo Nintendo Co.'s popular DS portable system will be featured as a high-tech spy gadget in the upcoming British action film ''Stormbreaker,'' the Japanese electronics company announced Tuesday. In an agreement...

ADVISORY - IGNORE.
July 3, 2006... TOKYO, July 1 Kyodo Please IGNORE story headlined ''LEAD: Lawson opens 1st store tailored for elderly.'' The item contains erroneous elements and a new story will be filed.

Canon unveils digital presses for publishing industry pros.
July 10, 2006... TOKYO, July 4 Kyodo Canon Inc. on Tuesday took the wraps off two models of digital color presses for publishing industry professionals such as graphic designers, architectural firms and commercial publishers. Canon President Tsuneji...

CORRECTED: Canon unveils digital presses for publishing industry pros.
July 10, 2006... TOKYO, July 4 Kyodo Canon Inc. on Tuesday took the wraps off two models of digital color presses for publishing industry professionals such as graphic designers, architectural firms and commercial publishers. Canon President Tsuneji...

LEAD: Japan Post, Rakuten to offer Net auction privacy protection service.
July 10, 2006... TOKYO, July 6 Kyodo (EDS: ADDING INFO IN 4TH TO 6TH GRAFS) Japan Post and Rakuten Inc., a major online shopping mall operator, said Thursday they will tie up on Internet auction services designed to prevent personal data from being...

KDDI remains No. 1 in net cellphone subscription growth in June.
July 10, 2006... TOKYO, July 7 Kyodo KDDI Corp. scored the largest net subscription increase in June for the second consecutive month among mobile phone service providers in Japan, an industry body said Friday. KDDI posted a net increase of 156,000...

Gourmet Navigator joins hands with Shanghai firm for online service.
July 10, 2006... TOKYO, July 10 Kyodo Gourmet Navigator Inc. said Monday its Shanghai unit has joined hands with a local company to improve the quality of online restaurant information provided to Japanese residents and tourists in the Chinese city. ...

ANA, Rakuten to join hands in online travel business.
July 10, 2006... TOKYO, July 11 Kyodo All Nippon Airways Co. and the group of online shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc. will start a new service in October enabling people to more cheaply reserve flights and hotels via the Internet, sources familiar with...

FEATURE: ATTN KWS SUBSCRIBERS: photo advisory.
July 18, 2006... TOKYO, July 13 Kyodo A feature story on manga, headlined, ''Manga reading program promotes literacy among Los Angeles teens,'' and sent earlier, is accompanied by one photo, which is available via e-mail. Call+81-3-6252-8318 (features...

Technology to put Digital Hi Vision images in HDD, SD card developed.
July 18, 2006... OSAKA, July 13 Kyodo Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and Sony Corp. jointly said Thursday they have co-developed a technology for putting ultra high-resolution ''Digital Hi Vision'' video images in hard disk drives and SD memory cards...

GungHo fires employee for fraud utilizing online game.
July 24, 2006... TOKYO, July 20 Kyodo GungHo Online Entertainment Inc. has fired a 26-year-old employee who was arrested by police Wednesday for suspected fraud utilizing the firm's online game, the major Japanese online game provider said Thursday. ...

Google's net income doubles in April-June.
July 24, 2006... NEW YORK, July 20 Kyodo Google Inc. said Thursday its net income for the April-June quarter more than doubled from a year earlier to $721 million, on sales of $2.46 billion, up 77.4 percent. The Web search company's quarterly revenue...

Rakuten sells shares in CyberAgent for 5,349 million yen.
July 24, 2006... TOKYO, July 21 Kyodo Rakuten Inc. said Friday it has sold 40,000 of the 60,480 shares it holds in CyberAgent Inc., an Internet advertising agency, for 5,349 million yen. Rakuten, which operates Japan's largest online shopping mall,...

GungHo fires employee for fraud utilizing online game.
July 31, 2006... TOKYO, July 20 Kyodo GungHo Online Entertainment Inc. has fired a 26-year-old employee who was arrested by police Wednesday for suspected fraud utilizing the firm's online game, the major Japanese online game provider said Thursday. ...

Google's net income doubles in April-June.
July 31, 2006... NEW YORK, July 20 Kyodo Google Inc. said Thursday its net income for the April-June quarter more than doubled from a year earlier to $721 million, on sales of $2.46 billion, up 77.4 percent. The Web search company's quarterly revenue...

Rakuten sells shares in CyberAgent for 5,349 million yen.
July 31, 2006... TOKYO, July 21 Kyodo Rakuten Inc. said Friday it has sold 40,000 of the 60,480 shares it holds in CyberAgent Inc., an Internet advertising agency, for 5,349 million yen. Rakuten, which operates Japan's largest online shopping mall,...

NTT DoCoMo to offer broadband service on Tsukuba Express line.
July 31, 2006... TOKYO, July 25 Kyodo Mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. said Tuesday it will launch a broadband communications service on trains on the Tsukuba Express line, starting Aug. 24. The new service will be offered to subscribers to NTT...

Amazon Japan to launch Net shopping mall, to vie with Rakuten, Yahoo.
July 31, 2006... TOKYO, July 26 Kyodo Major online book retailer Amazon Japan K.K. has begun preparations to enter the online shopping mall business enabling retailers to sell their products via Amazon Japan's website, company officials said Wednesday....