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Sony head sees big things for 3-D

Sony Corp. Chairman Howard Stringer forecast 3-D movies, pictures and games will be the electronics maker's next $10 billion business, challenging investors and analysts who say the technology isn't ready to become mainstream....

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Sony senses new dimension

Sony chairman Howard Stringer forecast 3D movies, pictures and games will be the electronics maker's next US$10 billion ($13.7 billion) business, challenging investors and analysts who say the technology isn't ready to become...

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Markedly Different Rise and Fall Times in Transient Electroluminescence of...

Authors: Akihiko Teramura, Yutaka Nakano, Yoshihiko Sakuma, Yoshiaki Satoh, Shuuji Kojima, Kenichi Kasahara, Takeo Ohtsuka, Nobuhito Miura The transient electroluminescence of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with...

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New Nissan Fuga unveiled in domestic launch

YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) Nissan Motor Co. began selling its all-new Fuga luxury sedan Thursday, offering Japanese consumers better fuel efficiency and new features in a bid to shore up sluggish demand for luxury cars amid the global...

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What lies behind the eccentric?

The German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel wrote that what is "familiarly known" is not "properly known," just for the reason that it is familiar. The familiar historical image of the Edo... Read more . . .

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'Prius Plug-in Hybrid' Lease Discussions Begin in Japan; Potential Users Selected from 'EV & PHV...

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announces that it has started discussions with potential users in Japan of the newly developed "Prius Plug-in Hybrid". The designated parties are principally participants in the Ministry of...

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Tokyo, Saitama split weekend series

The tension was thick enough to cut with a knife at Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium Sunday as the Saitama Broncos pressed to stretch a win streak to six games, facing the Tokyo Apache, a team the Broncos had defeated 76-72 on...

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Seven Japanese died in fire, DNA tests confirm

Local authorities investigating the deadly fire Saturday at a shooting range in Busan, South Korea, have verified through DNA tests that seven of the victims were Japanese nationals. Chief Cabinet... Read more . . .

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Foreign rail interests given high-speed run

Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) ran a bullet train late Monday evening carrying diplomats and railway officials from such countries as the United States, Britain and India in hopes of better... Read more . . .

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Japanese death toll at Busan shooting range fire at seven

BUSAN, South Korea (Kyodo) The fire that raged through an indoor shooting range in Busan claimed the lives of seven Japanese, not eight, as earlier suspected, an official at the Japanese Consulate General in the South Korean...

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