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Search engine Baidu eyes ad service linked to search terms in

FUKUOKA, July 5 (Kyodo) - Search engine provider Baidu Inc. is planning to start targeted advertising services linked to search terms in Japan, its president said in a recent interview with Kyodo News.

Search engine Baidu eyes ad service linked to search terms in Japan+

FUKUOKA, July 5-(Kyodo), Search engine provider Baidu Inc. is planning to start targeted advertising services linked to search terms in Japan, its president said in a recent interview with Kyodo News.

Search engine Baidu eyes ad service linked to search terms in Japan+

(Japan Economic Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) FUKUOKA, July 5_(Kyodo) _ Search engine provider Baidu Inc. is planning to start targeted advertising services linked to search terms in Japan, its president said in a recent interview with Kyodo News.

Space shuttle Discovery heads to Earth

The U.S. space shuttle Discovery is separated from the International Space Station June 11 before heading back to Earth. The Discovery crew installed the main component of Japan's Kibo space laboratory. (NASA TV-Kyodo)(Kyodo)

Matsushita may build new plant for lithium-ion batteries

OSAKA (Kyodo) Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. is considering building a factory in Osaka to make rechargeable lithium-ion batteries for use in cell phones and personal computers, sources said Thursday.

'World's Oldest Blogger' Dies In Australia Aged 108

SYDNEY (Kyodo)--A 108-year-old great-grandmother called ''world's oldest blogger'' died in her nursing home on the central coast of New South Wales on the weekend, according to local reports.

Matsushita develops new lighting device

OSAKA (Kyodo) Matsushita Electric Works Ltd. said Tuesday it has developed the world's first device that can emit light efficiently without harmful mercury and a gas-discharging process used for conventional fluorescent lamps.

Matsushita Electric Works Develops Lighting Device

OSAKA (Kyodo)--Matsushita Electric Works Ltd. (4283) said Tuesday it has become the world's first developer of a device that can emit light efficiently without harmful mercury and a gas-discharging process used for a conventional fluorescent lamp.

Nintendo DS data service gets trial

OSAKA (Kyodo) Nintendo Co., McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) and a subsidiary of NTT Corp. said Monday they will launch a trial run Tuesday of data distributing services using Nintendo DS portable game consoles.

Hello Again To Japanese Roots

Hello Kitty. Kyodo News file photo, 2004, via Associated ... Hello Kitty products accounted for the largest chunk of S...

'World's oldest blogger' dies in Australia aged 108+

SYDNEY, July 14-(Kyodo), A 108-year-old great-grandmother called "world's oldest blogger" died in her nursing home on the central coast of New South Wales on the weekend, according to local reports.

Over 800 people queue up to buy Apple's iPhone in Tokyo's Omotesando+

TOKYO, July 10-(Kyodo), More than 800 mobile phone buffs eager to buy Apple Inc.'s iPhone 3G were queuing in front of Softbank Mobile Corp.'s flagship store in Tokyo around 10 p.m. Thursday, about nine hours before the shop starts selling the handset.

JEITA opposes plan for royalty collection for HDD recorders, iPod+

TOKYO, July 10-(Kyodo), A group of major electronics makers voiced formal opposition on Thursday to a government proposal to have them add effective copyright royalties to the retail prices of audiovisual recorders fitted with hard disk drives and digital audio players like the iPod.

Less than 20% of Japanese blogs frequently updated+

TOKYO, July 9-(Kyodo), A recent government survey showed that less than 20 percent of Japanese blogs have been updated at least once a month.

Murakami works help set European contemporary art auction record+

LONDON, July 2-(Kyodo), Three pieces by contemporary Japanese artist Takashi Murakami that were sold at auction in central London on Tuesday evening helped break the record for the most successful summer sale of contemporary art in Europe.

Japan astronaut says still sleeping in Kibo's pressurized module+

HOUSTON, June 10-(Kyodo), Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide said Monday he has been continuing to sleep in a pressurized module that is part of Japan's Kibo research laboratory connected to the International Space Station in orbit some 400 kilometers above Earth.

Pricy Buddha statute auctioned in New York on display at Tokyo museum+

TOKYO, June 10-(Kyodo), A 12th century wooden Buddha statue that fetched a record price as a work of Buddhist art at a New York auction is on public display from Tuesday until Sept. 21 at the Tokyo National Museum in Taito Ward.

Astronaut Hoshide communicates from space with Fukuda, students+

TOKYO, June 8-(Kyodo), Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide communicated Sunday from space in Japan's Kibo research laboratory with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and a group of students.

Japanese, U.S. scientists awarded Kavli prize for nanoscience+

LONDON, May 29 (Kyodo) - Scientists Sumio Iijima of Japan and Louis Brus of the United States received the nanoscience award of the 2008 Kavli Prize, newly established this year by Norwegian entrepreneur Fred Kavli, the prize's planning committee said Wednesday.

Japanese, U.S. scientists awarded Kavli prize for nanoscience+

LONDON, May 29-(Kyodo), Scientists Sumio Iijima of Japan and Louis Brus of the United States received the nanoscience award of the 2008 Kavli Prize, newly established this year by Norwegian entrepreneur Fred Kavli, the prize's planning committee said Wednesday.

Japan to postpone 'dubbing 10' launch on copyright dispute+

TOKYO, May 27-(Kyodo), Japan may indefinitely postpone Monday's planned launch of the so-called "dubbing 10" system for increasing the number of legal copies of recorded digital television programs due to a dispute over copyright protection system reform, informed sources said Tuesday.

Taiwan Fishing Boat Sinks After Collision With Japan Patrol Craft

Naha, Japan, June 10 Kyodo - A Taiwan fishing boat sank early Tuesday morning after it and a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat collided off some Japan-administered islands claimed also by Taiwan and China, the coast guard said.

Processing firm falsely labels Chinese blowfish, angler as domestic+

KITAKYUSHU, Japan, July 23-(Kyodo), The fisheries ministry on Wednesday issued a correction order to a fish processing firm in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, which is suspected of falsely labeling processed goods of Chinese blowfish and angler as being domestically produced, ministry officials said.

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