Today, Pentax Ricoh Imaging announced that they will change their company name to “Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.” on August 1.
Even after the name change, they will still keep both of the names of their product brand “Pentax” and “Ricoh” as before.
Pentax Ricoh Imaging was established as a wholly owned subsidiary of Ricoh Company, Ltd. on October 1, 2011.
Cube Co., Ltd. is going to release a funny reusable shopping bag in early July.
The bag is in the shape of alien. If you go for grocery shopping with this bag, you will definitely get so much attention of other shoppers.
If you hold the bag with your friend, it will be even funnier. You and your friend will look like capture an alien.
Price: ¥998
Color: Gray, Green
Size: W230 x H690 mm
PENTAX RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. is releasing 2 limited versions of original watches in Japan only. One is for celebrating the release of the new compact digital camera “GR” and the other one is for celebrating the 10 year anniversary of its single lens reflex camera “K” series. Only 150 watches are available for each model.
In addition to their smart designs, they have several practical features such as a 5 channel alarm that is capable of setting vibration, LED digital display, water resistance to 10 ATM, etc.
Release date: late May
Price: 24,800 yen (including tax)
PENTAX RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. has announced that they will release their new compact digital camera “GR” in late May.
It features the new “GR LENS 18.3mm F2.8″ lens with 18.3mm focal length. Low-pass filter-less, APS-C CMOS sensor (16.2 million pixel) is built-in. The new “GRENGINE” image processor brings ISO 25600. High AF speed of 0.2 seconds and 4 frame/second shutter speed.
Still pictures up to 4928×3264; Movies up to 1920×1080.
Support functions for shooting are abundant. 9 effect modes such as “Retro” and “Miniaturize”, “Dynamic range correction” to reduce over-exposure or under-exposure, “Face detection AF&AE” to take a photo of a person easily and beautifully, etc.
Estimated price: around 100,000 yen
Dimensions: approx. 117 x 61 x 34.7 mm
Weight: approx. 245g (with battery and SD card); 215g (without)
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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 …
We recently wrote about a robot named Robi who is a member of the Japanese family.
Now, Dentsu Inc. has announced the names “Kirobo” and “Mirata” for two humanoid communication robots being developed under the KIBO ROBOT PROJECT, a joint research project being carried out in collaboration with the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo, ROBO GARAGE Co., Ltd., and Toyota Motor Corporation.
This project is developing a friendly …
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