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• Google mulls Japan court order

  By AAP | 27 March, 2012 08:58

  Google says it is reviewing a Japanese court order to modify its auto-complete feature to safeguard the reputation of a man who complained it falsely links him to crimes.

• IN PICTURES: 15 crazy Japanese tech gizmos

  By Jeff Bertolucci | 13 July, 2011 12:13

  A collection of classics: From an electronic unicycle to light-saber chopsticks, you've got to see these ... uh ... innovations

• Fukushima Daiichi workers clear debris by remote control

  By Martyn Williams | 13 April, 2011 10:06

  Remotely controlled construction machinery rolled into the site of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant last week to help clear roads and passages of radioactive debris, the plant's operator said.

• Multiple impacts on retailers flow on from Japanese disaster

  By Hafizah Osman | 05 April, 2011 12:28

  The effects of Japanese earthquake disaster are beginning to be felt in the local market with Canon warning its retail partners of some likely supply shortfalls.

• Quake signals danger for local ICT markets

  By Hafizah Osman | 30 March, 2011 14:33

  The Tohoku Pacific Ocean Earthquake, that severely affected north-eastern Japan on March 11, will impact ICT markets in Australia and New Zealand from mid-Q211, according to IDC.

• Telstra offers free International calls to Japan

  By Spandas Lui | 15 March, 2011 11:02

  Telstra customers wishing to check on loved ones in Japan can do so for free as the telco offers free calls and text messages to the disaster-stricken nation.

• Aussies in Japan contact embassy via email

  By AAP | 14 March, 2011 11:27

  Hundreds of emails from Australians caught up in Japan's earthquake have been sent to the embassy there, Australian ambassador Murray McLean says.

• Rolling blackouts, tsunami damage try Japanese companies

  By Dan Nystedt | 13 March, 2011 03:00

  A day after Japan's biggest earthquake ever caused widespread destruction and as-yet uncounted deaths, Japan's biggest electronics companies are trying to ensure that employees in disaster areas are safe and facilities remain intact.

• Massive rise in Asia Pacific social media posts

  By AAP | 02 July, 2010 07:30

  If you think big brother is watching your every move, he probably is, according to a leading online researcher, with Australia leading the world in social media engagement

• Japan Proposes Global Holographic World Cup Broadcast

  By Chris Brandrick | 22 May, 2010 04:20

  Holographic TV is the future, literally. Japanese tech-heads revealed proposals to FIFA this week to host the 2022 World Cup, offering with it holographic broadcasts to the globe.

• ZTE's first Japanese handset designed for elderly users

  By Sumner Lemon | 20 May, 2010 18:44

  Chinese handset and telecommunication equipment maker ZTE showed off its first handset designed for Japan, a model that's intended for elderly cell-phone users.

• Apple to SIM-lock Japanese iPads

  By Martyn Williams | 11 May, 2010 05:44

  Apple appears to have reversed course in Japan on a key feature of its iPad 3G: It won't offer a version capable of being used with different cellular carriers there.

• Sony to report first profit in 2 years

  By Martyn Williams | 03 May, 2010 12:36

  Sony is expected to next week report its first full-year operating profit in 2 years, according to a report in Saturday's Nikkei newspaper.

• Child porn, drugs lead Internet content complaints in Japan

  By Martyn Williams | 18 March, 2010 13:58

  Complaints to a Japanese Internet watchdog regarding illegal content almost doubled in 2009, led by a surge in reports related to child pornography and illegal drugs.

• Japanese invent printer that uses plastic paper

  By John E. Dunn | 12 February, 2010 02:27

  In a triumph of later thinking, a Japanese company has invented a deskside 'eco' printer that needs no ink or toner and instead relies on a new kind of re-usable paper.