Kyodo Tokyo Inc. took part in the production of �Pipin,� winner of this year's best revival Tony. Wowow Inc., formerly Japan Satellite Broadcasting, was involved in �The Will Rogers Follies,� which won the best musical Tony in 1991.

Sony to distribute 4K-quality movies online to TV buyers. Previous ArticleElectric shavers for 'in-bath use' attracting ... Sony Corp. plans to distribute superfine, 4K-resolution movies online exclusively for customers of its next-generation ...

"What you see on TV nowadays are not the true colors," engineer Norihiko Ishii told the audience during a recent open house at the Science & Technology Research Laboratories of Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward. At the open ...

Panasonic and Philips are among companies that have long been locked in fierce competition with safety razor makers such as Kai Corp., Schick Japan KK and Feather Safety Razor Co. The market size of electric shavers is around 40 billion yen ($420 ...

Sony officials are hoping that the company's games division can become the new profit-earner to replace its slumping TV division. They expect the new games console to increase the 1.7 billion yen ($17.3 million) in operating profits generated by the ...

For player sponsors including Asahi, a goal in a big game can boost the effectiveness of promotions, said Takuo Soga, a spokesman for the Tokyo-based company. �It's an advantage, while our goal is to support the players.� The boost from the Samurai ...

Internal documents obtained by The Asahi Shimbun show that there were 362 employees at the BHC last July, when it was established.

Japanese electronics giants have started a marketing war for next-generation ultra-high definition 4K TV sets, a year before Japan begins such broadcasting services next summer.

Satellite TV broadcaster Dish Network Corp., which has a competing, $25.5 billion offer for all of Sprint, also has raised the security issue as one reason Sprint shareholders should prefer its bid.

While Abe still grants exclusive interviews to newspaper and TV reporters, he hasn't done the usual brief doorstep interviews with the media at the prime minister's office after he returned to the nation's top office in December, though he used to ...