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SoftBank humanoid robot Pepper serves coffee to customers’ preference at Ginza
Coffee lovers can enjoy free coffee served by Softbank’s humanoid robot Pepper at three of its stores in Tokyo. The humanoid remembers customers’ faces and their preference of coffee for during their next visits to the stores. SoftBank has begun a trial service that will run through Aug 2 and is considering the full-scale robo…
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Cool Lamborghini on display at Art Fair Tokyo at Tokyo International Forum
This Lamborghini is on display at Art Fair Tokyo at Tokyo International Forum on Friday. The theme of this year’s fair is Art is Alive: Getting Closer to Art, Art Getting Closer. The fair ends on Sunday.
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NHK starts 4K, 8K high-definition test broadcasting
NHK (Japan’s public broadcaster) has started testing an ultra high-definition video system that provides images dramatically sharper than those available through current high definition television. The network is running daily broadcasts using 8K technology, which provides resolution 16 times as great as the system now in use, and 4K, which has 4 times as many…
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Huawei Unveils World’s First Palm-sized WDM OSN 850
Huawei today unveiled the world’s first palm-sized wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) product, the OSN 850. Being compact, large-bandwidth, low-delay, and easy-to-deploy, OSN 850 is able to serve as customer premises equipment (CPE) in various high-speed private line service scenarios. The Huawei OSN 850 is able to centrally process different rate services ranging from 125 Mbit/s…
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AGC’s Safety Glass installed in all vehicles of the new Hokuriku Shinkansen Line in Japan
Asahi Glass’s safety glass for railroad cars is installed in all vehicles of the new Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, which started operation in Japan on March 14, 2015. In addition to the safety glass, all other glass components used in the vehicles have also been supplied by AGC. AGC’s glass used for the windshield at the…
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Mitsubishi Electric’s Station Energy Saving Inverter Saves approximately 600kWh power daily for Tokyo Metro
Mitsubishi Electric’s Station Energy Saving Inverter (S-EIV ), which has been in operation at Tokyo Metro’s Myoden Station since June 2014, has contributed a daily power savings of approximately 600kWh, or enough to power about 60 households. The electricity produced by regenerative brakes supplies power to other trains running nearby, but not all of the…
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In leiu of 2020 Olympics Tokyo airports begin tests on facial recognition systems
Tests for a facial recognition system were launched at two international airports in the Tokyo area on Monday, as part of efforts to smooth immigration control procedures going into the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Japanese Justice Ministry’s Immigration Bureau plans to gather data from 25,000 people in the month-long tests at Narita International Airport near…
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Japan’s hit products of 2013
Dentsu has drummed up a list of the movers and shakers in Japan. The 2013 Hit Products in Japan examines the trends that has taken over Japan in the past 12 months based on an Internet survey of Japanese consumers carried out in November 2013 by Dentsu Macromill.The top 20 products and current events/signs of…
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East Japan Railways unveils new E7 shinkansen bullet train
East Japan Railway has unveiled its latest model of the Shinkansen bullet train to service a new line connecting Tokyo and the Japan Sea coast. The new Shinkansen bullet train (E7 series) is fitted with a rubber device to plow through snow in the icy Hokuriku region.
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Tokyo Disneyland Christmas Fantasy
Tokyo Disneyland is holding a Christmas parade each day until Dec 25. Guests will be able to enjoy the heartwarming special event “Christmas Fantasy”. A variety of programs themed to the world of Disney’s Santa village will be offered this year also. The nighttime sky above the park will come alive with colorful fireworks accompanied…
