http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/pictures/chinese-netizens-admire-japanese-post-earthquake-behavior.html
Click link to see reactions. And note the the general public in China are very anti-japan and tend to be rather nationalistic.
Toshiba plans 2 million LCD TV sales in China
Toshiba Corp said Wednesday that the company was aiming to quadruple its sales of Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) television units to 2 million in China in the next financial year to March 2012.
iPhone crazy Japan attracts global app developers
The iPhone's popularity in Japan is cracking open an industry long thought inaccessible to outsiders.
http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/life/japan-gets-worlds-fastest-cellphone-network-christmas-954915
This is LTE, not LTE Advanced, and therefore according to the ITU-T not 4G. But still - very very impressive.
ISDB-T demonstrated in SA
A delegation from Japan is in South Africa to demonstrate their digital broadcasting standards under South African conditions
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1648399/20100922/hilton_paris.jhtml
haha... I love this one Twitter comment!...
"Paris Hilton was denied entry into Japan. How rude! I mean, no one has ever been denied entry into Paris Hilton."
Microsoft backs Japanese game studios
Microsoft Corp. kicked off the Tokyo Game Show Thursday by unveiling plans to help Japanese game makers - recently seen as insular and lagging overseas competitors - to aggressively pursue a bigger share of the global market.
Japan one step closer to replacing humans with robots
The replacement of humans by machines in the workplace took another step on Wednesday, as Japanese researchers unveiled a model they hope could lead to humanoid menial workers.
Old 19th/turn of the 20th century photography
In the late 19th and early 20th century, enigmatic photographer T. Enami (1859-1929) captured a number of 3D stereoviews depicting life in Meiji-period Japan. These were converted to animated GIFs, the presentation is here...
J.com offers 160 Mbps cable connection to the home.
The cable modem costs R300 to R600.
Monthly unlimited Bandwidth from Liberty internet is R600 a month.
Only problem is... you have to move to Japan...
Franz Kafka's symbolic short story as animated by Koji Yamamura in 2007 has been
fansubbed recently. Definately worth a watch as animation of this type
is very rare.
Story synopsis (by Karen Bernardo)
Kafka’s story "The Country Doctor" is one of his most enigmatic, because it is one of...