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Apple joins other foreign brands in raising prices...
Apple Store Ginza in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on May 31 (Kazumi Tako)
Apple Inc. raised prices of iPads and iPods in Japan on May 31, becoming the highest-profile brand to join a growing list of foreign firms asking Japanese consumers to pay more ...
N. Korea to allow mobile Internet for foreigners
North Korea will soon allow foreigners to tweet, Skype and surf the Internet from their cellphones, iPads and other mobile devices. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
PYONGYANG, North Korea--North Korea will soon allow foreigners to tweet, Skype and surf the Internet from their cellphones, iPads and other mobile devices in its second...
BIZ BRIEF: ANA crews land iPads for in-flight...
All Nippon Airways Co., Japan's largest carrier by passenger numbers, is to equip all flight and cabin staff with Apple Inc. iPad computers, as part of a push to improve...
Apple pays $60 million to settle China iPad...
Beijing shoppers emerge from the Apple Store in Beijing's Sanlitun entertainment and shopping district in early April. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
SHANGHAI -- Apple Inc. has paid $60 million to Proview Technology (Shenzhen) to end a dispute over the iPad trademark in China that saw the world's most valuable technology...
Microsoft tackles iPad with Surface tablet
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp. chief executive officer, reveals Surface, a new family of PCs, for Windows, on June 18 in Los Angeles. (AP photo)
LOS ANGELES--Microsoft Corp. introduced its own line of tablet computers on June 18 at a much-hyped press event in Los Angeles, marking a major strategic shift for the software ...
Apple takes on Google with own maps, better Siri
Apple Inc.'s Scott Forstall unveils the company's new mobile mapping service at the Apple Developers Conference in San Francisco on June 11. (Toru Hatanaka)
SAN FRANCISCO--Apple Inc. took the wraps off its own mobile mapping service and improved the search capabilities of its Siri voice assistant, taking the fight into Google...
Apple CEO visits Foxconn's iPhone plant in China
Beijing shoppers emerge from the Apple Store in Beijing's Sanlitun entertainment and shopping district earlier this month. (Keiko Yoshioka)
SHANGHAI -- Apple Inc's Tim Cook, on his first trip to China as the chief executive officer, has visited an iPhone production plant run by the Foxconn Technology Group, which...
New iPad seen as series of improvements, not major...
A man holds up the new iPad which went on sale on March 16 in Osaka's Chuo Ward. (Kazunori Takahashi)
HONG KONG/SYDNEY - Apple's new iPad proved to be another hot-seller on March 16, with hundreds queueing at stores across Asia to be the first to get their hands on the 4G-ready ...
China says some foreign firms exploit workers
BEIJING -- Some foreign companies in China exploit their workers by forcing them to do overtime or underpaying them, the labor minister said on March 7, as controversy swirls...
Court says Apple can sell iPads in Shanghai
Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet computers (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
SHANGHAI -- A Shanghai court has rejected a request by a Chinese technology firm to stop Apple Inc. selling its iPad tablet computers in the city, a source said on Feb. 23,...
China lower court rules shops should pull iPads
SHANGHAI--Apple Inc.’s dispute over the iPad trademark deepened on Feb. 20 after the Chinese company that claims ownership of the name said it won a court ruling against...
Apple may face iPad export ban in China trademark...
Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet computers (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
HONG KONG/ SHANGHAI--A Chinese tech firm that claims it still owns the iPad trademark will seek a ban on exports of Apple Inc.'s computer tablets from China, which could deal a ...
Kodansha makes manga available online in Taiwan
Kodansha Ltd. has made nine of its most popular manga titles available in Taiwan to users of personal computers and Apple's iPhone and iPad beginning Feb. 1, the major...
Classic manga taking off in digital market
A page of "Golgo 13," a manga series by Takao Saito, is displayed on Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet computer. (Copyright Takao Saito)
Multi-volume manga masterpieces published decades ago are seeing a resurgence in popularity on the e-book market.
Apple to bolster links between mobile devices, TV
Philip Schiller (Provided by Apple Inc.)
Apple Inc. will strengthen the links between televisions and mobile devices, such as iPhones as well as iPads, a senior vice president said recently.
German court prohibits Samsung from selling tablet...
SEOUL -- A lower court in Dusseldorf, Germany, has prohibited Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea from selling its tablet computer, Galaxy Tab 10.1, in Germany.
WRESTLING/ Japanese wrestlers go high-tech in quest ...
Japan men's wrestling coach Mitsuru Sato shows the media one of the iPads that his athletes will take to the Sept. 12-18 World Championships in Istanbul. (Photo by Rob Smaal)
Wrestling may be one of the world's oldest sports, dating back 15,000 years by some accounts. Truth be told, it's probably much older than that and likely originated as two...
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