Apple’s top selling iPhone faces one of its biggest challenges yet when it goes on sale this weekend in South Korea, the world’s most wired nation and long accustomed to cutting-edge gadge…
Sony bets on 3D to drive TV sales
Sony said it sees 3D compatible televisions accounting for up to half of all the TVs sold by the company in three years.…
High yen “harming Japan economy”
The strong yen is harming Japan’s economy, its finance minister says, as the US dollar continues to sink.…
Billabong says tide to turn in the US
Australian surfwear retailer Billabong International Ltd says the economic tide is turning in the United States and the group is performing slightly ahead of expectations.…
Fast Retailing lives up to name
Being dominant in Japan doesn’t satisfy President Tadashi Yanai, who aims to make his company, Fast Retailing – developers of the UNIQLO brand – Asia’s leading fashion retailer…
Japan’s exports drop in October
Japan’s exports in October dropped 23.2 percent from a year earlier – the slowest pace of decline in a year, the finance ministry said Wednesday.…
Sony voted region’s no. 1 best brand in 2009
Top advertising-industry publication Media, in conjunction with leading market-insight company TNS, today released its list of Asia’s top 1,000 brands for 2009.…
Toyota mulls engine, transmission plant in India
Japanese auto major Toyota today said it is considering to set up an engine and transmission plant in India as it looks to use more vehicle-parts made here in its cars than import them.…
Japan bans French poultry imports
Japan is suspending imports from French poultry suppliers following an outbreak of bird flu at a duck farm, a report said Wednesday.
The ban, which includes imports of foie gras, will last at least 90…
Canon to acquire Oce for euro 730 million
Japanese digital camera maker Canon today said it plans to acquire Netherlands-based copier and printer maker Oce for euro 730 million in an all cash deal, aiming to create a global leader in printing…