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Nikon cuts full-year forecast as demand for mirrorless cameras plunge

Nikon cut its full-year shipment target to 6.5 million from 7.1 million units as mirrorless cameras began to lose their shine.


Japanese insurance company moves 30,000 PCs to Windows 8 tablets

Meiji Yasuda, Fujitsu and Microsoft Japan would all team up to upgrade 30,000 Windows XP computers to tablets running Windows 8 operating system.

Nielsen says Twitter chatter improves TV ratings

Nielsen said that the chatter on Twitter could enhance the live ratings of television shows. Last week, 143,109 tweets each second was sent by Japanese Twitter users which set to a new world record.

Chubu Electric purchases 80% stake in Diamond Power

Chubu Electric Power Co purchased an 80% stake in Diamond Power Corp, an independent producer and supplier of power owned by Mitsubishi Corp and operates in Tokyo.


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Japanese executives will attend a meeting in Myanmar to discuss future investment ventures. Representatives from over 20 Japanese companies planned on visiting Myanmar to look for possible business ventures and investment opportunities, according the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry or UMFCCI.
The executives of Sony said that their electronics enterprise showed signs of rebound after posting US$35 million profit.
NEC threw the towel in its bid for gaining from the smartphone industry. NEC, a little known smartphone manufacturer, announced today that it is bowing out of the smartphone competition.
Panasonic would sell more of its robot to the automaking industry and reduce its smartphone-related enterprise.
Japan's Renesas Electronics Corp would close its system LSI chip plant due to the decreasing popularity of game consoles.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to maintain his platform "Abenomics" to push progress in the world's third largest economy.
Fiscal plans for the United States and Japan escaped mention during the recent 2-day meeting of G20 central bank governors and finance ministers.
Canon dimmed its profits and sales outlook as smartphone titans present gadgets that could capture high-quality photos.
Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd is set to launch an initial public offering that will raise JPY4 trillion.
A Japanese government agency will be funding the southern Philippines' restructured government.
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