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Japanese mobile operator Softbank said Tuesday it planned to raise $3.9 billion through a record bond issuance in June to finance its proposed takeover of U.S. firm Sprint Nextel. Softbank, which is under pressure from Sprint shareholders to raise its bid, will sell five-year debt to Japanese investors after a…

Police in Kumamoto said Tuesday they received a call from a man who claimed to have illegally disposed of a corpse two years earlier. The man, who has been named as 59-year-old Koichi Koga accompanied police to a garage on company premises in Mashiki on Monday, TBS reported. After digging…

Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd and Fujitsu Research and Development Center Co China on Tuesday announced the development of 3D hand gesture recognition technology that, using video captured on a single PC or tablet camera, can detect not only vertical and horizontal hand motion, but also the forward and backward movements of…

NEC Corp said Tuesday it will participate in African Fair 2013 at PACIFICO Yokohama from May 30 - June 2. As part of its cutting-edge technologies for public security, NEC will showcase some of the world's most accurate fingerprint identification and facial recognition technologies. NEC will also introduce its satellite…

He's played a science-fiction hero, policeman and even Hamlet. But now actor Keanu Reeves is taking on a new role - as director of a contemporary martial arts movie aimed at both Chinese and Western audiences. Reeves has stepped behind the camera to make his directorial debut with "Man of…

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Image from McDonald's Japan.  In the past 6 months or so, I bought 6 bottles of Torani syrup because doing so reduced the price by a fair margin. I was excited at the prospect of sampling a bunch of flavors at once, but the problem was that some of them were not worthy of my emotional energies. In particular, the coconut, which I had hoped to mix with the mango flavor and add to water for a

If you are like a lot of guys, not only might your computer or touch panel need some cleaning, but your stuff may not be smelling as fresh as it could. Now, there may be something for you. Elecom is releasing a touch panel cleaner with fragrance in late May. There are 2 kinds: - “Spray type” (P-FCS) - “Tissue type” (P-FCT5P) These cleaners remove finger prints, dirt, etc. from screens, tablets, smart phones, etc. and also add some refreshing scent to your screen. 10 kinds of scents are available. Fragrance types: rose, lavender, grapefruit, lemongrass, fresh fruit, musk, fruity vanilla, green tea, wood, soap Spray type (P-FCS series) Price: ¥1,323 (including tax) Tissue type (P-FCT5P series) Price: ¥640 (including tax)

Tokyo stocks rose 0.13% on Tuesday, recouping early losses as the dollar turned higher against the yen. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index closed up 20.21 points to 15,381.02, its best finish since December 2007, while the Topix index of all first-section issues gained 0.07% or 0.88 points to 1,270.39. Trading…

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has announced that it intends to draw up a set of unified rules for the use of baby strollers on buses and trains. Current rules regarding baby strollers vary between the operators of Japan's various public transportation systems, ministry officials said Monday.…