• HOME & GARDEN
    Japanese men no longer calling all the shots at home

    A Family enjoy cherry blossoms in Toyokawa, Japan CREDIT: GETTY Women are increasingly calling the shots in Japanese households, with the influence of husbands – not long ago the undisputed master of the home – in sharp decline. The latest edition of study conducted every decade by the Hakuhodo Institute of Life and Living shows that more […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    Japanese Electronics Makers Counting on 4K TVs With Higher Price Tags

    Japanese Electronics Makers Counting on 4K TVs With Higher Price Tags Japanese electronics makers are increasingly focusing on high-value added products, such as high-definition 4K TVs, to bolster their TV businesses. In the domestic flat-screen TV market, there has been a vicious cycle in which inexpensive overseas products led to falling prices, hurting Japanese makers’ […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    Japanese Electronics Makers Counting on 4K TVs With Higher Price Tags

    Japanese electronics makers are increasingly focusing on high-value added products, such as high-definition 4K TVs, to bolster their TV businesses. In the domestic flat-screen TV market, there has been a vicious cycle in which inexpensive overseas products led to falling prices, hurting Japanese makers’ profits. Now attention is on whether this new strategy centering on […]

  • NEWS
    KartRocket raises $2 million from Japanese investor

    New Delhi-based KartRocket caters to the small and medium enterprises market in India by enabling merchants to go online. New Delhi: BigFoot Retail Solutions Pvt. Ltd, which owns and operates e-commerce-enabling solutions provider KartRocket, on Tuesday said it has raised $2 million from an undisclosed Japanese investor, in addition to $6 million it raised in […]