An unusual household appliance has been launched on the market in Japan: a washing machine for people. The 7.5-feet-long ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Akihiro Adachi, a 31-year-old audiovisual equipment designer at Panasonic Corp, longed for some personal space during his lengthy train rides from Osaka to Tokyo. So when his company ...

While authorities are continuing to grapple with the devastation of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake in Japan, a new summary from IHS iSuppli identifies the impact of the temblor on Japan’s global ...

The Japanese electronics giant's wellness technology division faces significant staffing cuts beginning in January.

Over the past decade or more, the headlines have not been great for Japan’s big consumer electronics makers. Competition from Korea, China and Taiwan and a shift towards mobile-based apps for ...

A company in Japan is going to sell human washing machines which wash and dry people in 15 minutes - would you try one?

TOKYO/OSAKA (Reuters) - Japanese electronic component makers are looking beyond a fickle smartphone market that once lured them with rocketing growth, tying their fortunes more closely to the most ...

More than half of Japanese equity trading volume will be executed as either electronic trades or portfolio trades by 2010, according to projections made by institutional investors in Japan and ...