Honda will start equipping an on-board emergency report system with their car navigation system in the “Accord Hybrid” that will be out this coming summer.
When an air bag is activated by the shock of an accident, the on-board emergency system will automatically report the accident to HELPNET, run by JAPAN MAYDAY SERVICE CO., LTD, and police and firefighters will be notified.
Notification will not only be of the accident itself, but also accurate positioning by GPS, which air bag in …
This is a product especially recommended for amateur golfers. You can measure direct distance, horizontal distance, difference in height, and angle to an object quickly.
Select a mode from the various options: “distance and angle”, “distance and difference in height” and “distance and horizontal distance” and push a button, and then the Handy Laser Range Finder will complete measuring in 0.5 seconds. Measurement distance is 5 to 660 meters. It’s …
We introduced this news about Sharp’s capital alliance with Samsung recently, and today, Sharp announced that they have received payment for their new shares equivalent to 10.4 billion yen (109.3 million USD) from Samsung.
Number of new shares issued: 35,804,000 shares
Issue price: 290 yen per share
Amount of proceeds: 10,383,160,000 yen
Method of offering/allotment: Third party allotment
A new portable DVD player “GH-PDV9DW-WH” will be out from GREEN HOUSE in late March. It’s IPX7-rated waterproof so it can be used in the bath, kitchen and for outdoor activities.
It has a high-quality 9 inch LCD (800 x 480 Pixel) and it can be operated with a wet hand by the touchscreen sensor buttons on the screen or waterproof remote control.
It has attached handle and adjustable stand to make it easy to carry around and adjust its angle.
Retail price: 14,800 yen (including …
Connection adapter “NVSPH-1″ released today by I-O DATA connects Android smartphones wirelessly by Bluetooth to car navigation systems in Honda cars
Users of this connection adapter can use “Honda internavi LINC premium club” service through their smartphones. So all of the advantages of that service – receiving traffic and weather reports, parking spot information, etc. will be delivered to your smartphone taking advantage of the hands-free features of the …
Nothing says “SPRING!” in Japan like cherry blossom season.
And to know when the blossoms are expected to come to their area, Japanese follow the “cherry blossom report” much as they would the weather report.
In general, the blooming of cherry blossoms (“Sakura” in Japanese) follows the warmer weather as it slowly stretches up the length of the island chain.
The cherry blossoms came early this year. In fact, the peak of the blossoms came last weekend in Tokyo …
Buffalo – New wireless computer networking standard IEEE 802.11 compliant Wi-Fi routers – 5 models
Buffalo is going to release 5 models of high-capacity, high speed new wireless computer networking standard IEEE 802.11 compliant Wi-Fi routers from late March (listed in chronological order).
1) WZR-1750DHP – 5GHz (11ac/n/a, up to 866Mbps) + 2.4gHz (11n/g/b, up to 450Mbps) compliant Wi-Fi router)
￥22,050, Release in late March
2) WZR-1750DHP/E – 2 sets of …
Canon is releasing 2 new models from its “Wordtank” electronic dictionary series on April 4.
“A512″ includes plenty of contents that will be helpful for English study for Japanese for internationally-known TOEIC and TOEFL exams. Users can do a practice listening test of a native English speaker’s voice.
“A511″ is created by collaborating with top Japanese travel agency, JTB, so it is full of international travel information and functions. It has …
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NEC and Nippon Express form strategic partnership to strengthen global logistics services
– NEC Logistics to become joint venture of NEC and Nippon Express –
NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) and Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (Nippon Express; TSE: 9062) have reached an agreement to form a strategic partnership in order to strengthen their global logistics business. As part of this partnership, NEC will transfer a portion of its shares in NEC Logistics, Ltd. (NECL) to Nippon Express …
Making your own fresh juice or smoothie has been fashionably popular in Japan, especially for women who are interested in a healthy lifestyle.
The new “HEALSIO Juicepresso (EJ-CP10B)” that is going to be released by Sharp on April 23 uses the “Slow-speed compression squeezing method” which makes more nutritious fresh juice compared with traditional juicers using the “High-speed centrifugation method”.
Juice made with Juicepresso contains double the amount …
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