May 22, 2013

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Daihatsu Move: Next Generation Spacious Mini Passenger Vehicle Launched in Japan

Daihatsu Move Next Generation Spacious Mini Passenger Vehicle Launches in Japan

The famous Japanese auto maker Daihatsu Motor Co. launched the 5th fully redesigned compact passenger car ‘MOVE’ on 13th December 14, 2010 in Tokyo.  The Daihatsu Move is a Kei car which started in August 1995.  The company says that the new ‘Move’ is the highest- level fuel efficient cars in Japan.  The company also [...]

World’s Smallest Touch Screen Phone on Sale in Japan

World's Smallest Touch Screen Phone

This summer an Israeli company called Modu phone has to release a “global minimum” label to attract a lot of attention. Now, this phone has touch screen capabilities family members ModuT has officially started selling in the UK. If you are a pursuit of unconventional people, then it may start a hurry to show your [...]

“Nissan Leaf” EV Sold Out Until March 2011

The world leading vehicle manufacturer Nissan has demonstrated its leaf electric car last week in Japan, which is said to be fully electric and runs on zero-emission technology. It has also the feature of rare door video facilities.  The reports say that due to limited production capacity the cars are already sold out until March [...]

Final Fantasy XIII Wins Sony Japan’s “PlayStation Awards 2010″

The PlayStation Awards show had a single entrant in its top platinum category, which honors those games that sold more than 1 million units domestically. That game was Square Enix’s blockbuster Final Fantasy XIII, which earned a strong critical reception upon its release in Japan last December. The game reached the platinum level within 24 [...]

PlayStation Home Announced “Christmas Event 2010″ in Japan Exclusively

PlayStation Home Gets Christmas Events Only in Japan

Sony, the company behind the PlayStation family of hardware and the video games associated with it, has announced that PlayStation Home in Japan will host a Christmas-themed event for two weeks starting on December 9th. The Japanese version of its PlayStation Home social space will have a Christmas themed area that will offer a special [...]

Toyota Prius: 650,000 Recalls Worldwide Due to Coolant Problem

toyota Prius coolant Problem Recalls

Toyota is replacing the pumps that cool the hybrid system in 650,000 Prius cars worldwide for a coolant pump glitch that could cause the top-selling hybrid to overheat and lose power, the automaker said. Toyota Motor Corp. spokesman Paul Nolasco said Tuesday the fix is needed in Prius cars for model years 2004 through to [...]

Microsoft Kinect : Sold 26000 Units First Week in Japan

Microsoft Kinect japan

The company that tracks sales data for Japanese video game software and hardware, Media Create presented its weekly report today with an assessment of Microsoft’s Kinect. Describing it as having “a quiet start,” the company reported that 26,000 units were sold during its launch weekend of November 20th & 21st. That figure includes stand-alone units [...]

Sony Reader Headed Back to Japan for December Launch

Sony, battling Amazon and Apple in the electronic book reader race, announced the introduction of the Sony Reader to Japan. Six models of Readers have already gone through various stages of product life in the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand, with three more coming soon, but today’s announcement in Tokyo was for two of [...]

“Toyota iQ” EV Confirmed for 2012

Toyota iQ EV

Toyota is now planning to launch an electric version of iQ in order to cover the segment of the electric small models. Struggling to cope with the rivals, Toyota plans to launch in the near future an electric version for the small iQ model. The electric Toyota iQ is expected to debut on the European [...]

Nintendo 3DS Coming in January at “Nintendo World 2011″

Nintendo has announced a 3DS demo day called Nintendo World 2011. It will take place on the 8th, 9th and 10th of January at the Makuhari Messe convention center just outside Tokyo and admission will be free. So far Nintendo has only showed off the 3DS at press and invite-only events. The amazing new handheld [...]

Gran Turismo 5 will Outsell Kinect in Japan?

kinect spot in japan

PS3 exclusive racing game Gran Turismo 5 might be released a week after Kinect hits Japan on November 20, but the game already looks set to run over Microsoft’s motion control system this holiday season. Apparently, it seems that Kinect may too suffer the same fate, as gamers line up to play Gran Turismo 5 [...]