FamilyMart, Itochu plan instant processing at store cash registers
December 20, 2005FamilyMart Co, Itochu Corp and Toshiba Tec Corp said Tuesday that they will jointly test their new system to process a large number of purchase items instantaneously using store cash registers between Jan 30 and Feb 24 in a project supported by the M...
Mitsubishi elevators to automatically restore operations after quake
December 20, 2005The Mitsubishi Electric Corp group said Tuesday it has developed Japan's first technology to allow elevators to automatically stop operations due to an earthquake, check themselves for damage and quickly restore operations if no problem is found. ...
Japan, 3 nations draw up electronic sea charts of Malacca Strait
December 20, 2005Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore have jointly drawn up electronic sea charts of the Malacca Strait and Singapore Strait, the Japan Coast Guard said Monday. Japan took part in the project to help prevent accident or piracy in the areas as m...
Honda to mass-produce home-use solar cells
December 20, 2005Honda Motor Co said Monday it will start mass-producing solar cells for use in houses in the latter half of 2007, becoming the first carmaker to produce and sell solar cells in a full-fledged manner. The annual production scale of the next-generat...
Yahoo, Softbank start video distribution service via Internet
December 20, 2005Yahoo Japan Corp and its parent Softbank Corp, two of Japan's major Internet firms, on Monday launched a new portal for distributing some 100,000 video items via the Internet. "With the hefty amount of moving pictures we have prepared, we aim to g...