Over the last couple of months, the Nikkei 225 stock index has been steadily recovering, passing the 16,000 mark at the end of September. Market sentiment is good and foreigners are busy buying stocks, being net buyers last week. As readers will know, we're interested in freshly listed companies, particularly small cap firms that are more likely to be run by entrepreneurs.

On the evening of August 25 Futoshi Imabayashi, 22, drank copious quantities of beer and shochu at home and a local pub. Then he got behind the wheel. He didn't see the SUV on the bridge...

The Gist: Sigma APO will be releasing what qualifies as the "World's Smallest laser mouse" next month. And it's only 2,980 yen!

The Gist: It seems we spoke too soon last week when we told you about Logitec's USB One-Seg tuner. The one that gives you the capability to add One-Seg reception to virtually any PC running Windows 2000 or XP. That's because Buffalo has come along and one-upped Logitec.