Tag: japan

October 23, 2023

Japan’s competition regulator has said it is investigating Google’s parent company Alphabet for a suspected violation of the country’s Antimonopoly Act. The investigation by the Japan Fair Trade Commission will consist of two parts — an examination into whether Google […]

August 31, 2023

India and Japan became the first two countries outside the US to get access to Google’s Generative Search Experience as the company introduced its Search Labs initiative in the two Asian nations. Search Labs, which was launched in May at […]

February 24, 2023

Chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) plans to set up a second semiconductor manufacturing plant in Japan with an investment of about $7.4 billion, Japanese newspaper Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun reported. TSMC will build the new plant in the southwestern region […]

December 27, 2022

Apple last year introduced a limited edition AirTag with a cute tiger emoji character engraved on it as part of the new year celebrations in Japan, since 2022 is the Year of the Tiger. With 2023 approaching, the company on […]

June 30, 2022

Apple on Thursday raised the price of iPhone models in Japan, making the product more expensive for Japanese consumers. In some cases, prices are now almost 20% higher, which may be a reflection of the local currency getting weaker against […]

May 20, 2021

Apple has dominated the Japanese smartphone market for the past decade, but the recent iPhone 12 launch has proven so successful that it recently helped set an all-time shipment record. The iPhone 12 line accounted for over half of Japan’s […]

November 4, 2020

If you’re into manga, then you already know that the trend originated in Japan. Of course, Japan isn’t the only one that offers comic books and cartoons. However, comic strips and graphic novels that are made in Japan are exclusively […]

January 27, 2017

Japan regularly gets interesting smartphones that we don’t see in many other countries, if any others, like the HTC J Butterfly, Sony VAIO Phone Biz, and LG Wine Smart. Today another unique phone was announced for Japan. The Kyocera “rafre” […]

February 25, 2016

FREETEL, a Japanese mobile handset manufacturer, has announced the REI, a metal Android 6.0 smartphone. Sporting an aluminum back cover with a diamond cut aluminum edge and packing a powerful punch with the latest mobile features including dual cameras and […]

July 21, 2015

Sony Japan has officially confirmed that the OTA update of the Android 5.1.1 Lollipop firmware will come to the Sony Xperia Z2 and the Xperia Z3 smartphones and their variants by the end of this month. The Xperia Blog reports […]