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Great Thinkers: Einstein, Freud and ... Berners-Lee
Tim Berners-Lee, who single-handedly invented the World Wide Web, was in town to receive JPY 50 million Japan Award. |
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The Pulse 2
The best of J@pan Inc's newsletters: Gadget Watch, Wireless Watch and Music Media Watch.
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Safety Zone?
Attacks on pupils and teachers mean Japan's schools, once renowned for their open-door policies, are bringing in Big Brother-style surveillance systems. |
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From The Editor
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Switched ON
A professional musician gets to grisps with a newfangled MP3 player/recorder. |
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Bridging the Digital Gender Divide
Digital Eve's Japan chapter on the struggle to get the nation's women on a technological even footing with its men. |
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Warning: Stegosaurus in Yard
How about a new home security system? |
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VC Report: Firms Look beyond the Clouds
Japan's economy may be adrift, but venture capitalists seem to feel they may be heading for fairer winds... |
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Online Brokerages See Record Trading Volume in March
The March stock market rally was a boon for online brokerages... |
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Xbox's Very Short Honeymoon
Microsoft's Xbox was the best-selling game console in Japan for the week of February 18-24, after ... |
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'El Of a Gadget
After decades of fruitless crystal-ball gazing, it looks like wearable computers are just around the corner ... |
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To The Editor
What our readers have to say ... |
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Contributors
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Features |
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OKINAWA: A Trouble island has visions of IT paradise
Okinawa, Japan's southernmost prefecture, is a semitropical island chain that's best known for being US territory until 1972. That perception is about to change as local and central governments offer incentives to lure high-tech companies to set up shop there. |
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Call of the Wind
OKINAWA, Japan's southernmost province, is home to some of the country's most successful call centers. |
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Running On Empty
Gregory Clark, the president of Tama University, says prime minister Junichiro Koizumi spends too much time tinkering with supply when it's demand that is the problem.
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The Final ShowDown
Digital technology is rapidly replacing traditional film in the movies -- a move that has serious implications for both the nature of film production and its financing. |
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Research |
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Statistics
The high-end server market is going through a transitional period, but who are the winners and losers? |
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Talking Shop
Carl Glaeser, CEO of Bowne Global Solutions, talks about globalization, a bankruptcy auction and the future of human translators. |
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Blowfish
How much you can earn if incarcerated in Japan, female schacho and death by overwork. |
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