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Walkman Outsold iPod in Japan During August [Apple]

4 hours 30 minutes ago - Gizmodo
This August, and after aggressive price cutting, Sony's Walkman outsold Apple's music players in Ja... by Gary Cutlack

Japan May Raise GDP Estimate as Spending Drop Eased

7 hours 4 minutes ago - Business Week
Japan’s economy probably grew more than three times the government’s initial estimate, economists said after a report showed companies cut spendin...

Japan Bonds Fall, Post Biggest Weekly Loss Since 2008, on Ozawa

7 hours 54 minutes ago - Business Week
Japanese bonds fell, completing the biggest weekly loss since May 2008, on concern a government led by Ichiro Ozawa will boost debt-fueled spending an...

Japan Pension Boosting Asset Sales to $48 Billion

9 hours 23 minutes ago - Business Week
Japan’s public pension fund, the world’s largest, will increase asset sales by more than five times to about 4 trillion yen ($48 billion) this fis...

Asian Stocks Rise After U.S. Home Sales; Japanese Bonds Fall

9 hours 43 minutes ago - Business Week
Asian stocks rose, extending the benchmark index’s biggest weekly gain in a month, as a surprisingly positive increase in pending U.S. home sales li...

Japan Said to View U.S. as Yen Intervention Obstacle

9 hours 52 minutes ago - Business Week
Japan views probable U.S. opposition to currency intervention as an obstacle to selling the yen, according to three Japanese government officials

Japan’s Bonds Head for Biggest Weekly Loss Since 2008 on Ozawa

10 hours 6 minutes ago - Business Week
Japanese bonds fell, extending the biggest weekly loss since May 2008, on concern a government led by Ichiro Ozawa will boost debt-fueled spending and...

Japan Bonds Head for Biggest Weekly Loss in 20 Months on Ozawa

Yesterday - Business Week
Japanese bonds headed for the biggest weekly loss since January 2009 on prospects a government led by Ichiro Ozawa will increase debt-fueled spending...

Japan Public Pension Fund to Sell $48 Billion as Nation Ages

Yesterday - Business Week
Japan’s public pension fund, the world’s largest, will sell about 4 trillion yen ($48 billion) in assets this fiscal year to fund rising payouts a...

Japanese, Australian Stock Futures Advance Following U.S. Data

Yesterday - Business Week
Japanese and Australian stock futures rose after U.S. reports showed an unexpected increase in pending home sales and improved retail sales

Walkman (Temporarily) Outsells iPod (In Japan) [Digital Daily]

Yesterday - All Things Digital
Remember the Walkman? Evidently, Japan does, because Sony’s (SNE) digital music player has outsold Apple’s (AAPL) iPod there for the first time in... by John Paczkowski

Walkman temporarily outsells iPod in Japan

Yesterday - MacNN
Sony's Walkman line has temporarily passed the iPod for sales in Japan once more, researchers at BCN claimed today. Basic players like the S640 helpe...

Walkman Outsells iPods in Japan, Can Wristwatch Nano Change That?

Yesterday - Cult of Mac
Sales of Sony’s MP3 Walkman briefly outsold iPods in Japan again, but that was before the iPod Nano “wristwatch” hit the scene. This sma... by Nicole Martinelli

Walkman beats iPod in Japan, if only for a moment

2 days ago - CNET News
Sony's music gadget surpasses Apple's iPod in sales in Japan for the full month of August, coincidentally just ahead of Apple's annual refresh of its...

Buffalo serves up USB-powered portable 3D Blu-ray player in Japan

Yesterday - Engadget
Stuck with an ODD-less netbook or laptop, but can't quite shake the urge to watch a Blu-ray Disc on your next flight? If you call Japan home (or you... by Darren Murph

Aeon Looks Beyond Japan

Yesterday - Wall Street Journal
Aeon's appetite for Carrefour's stores in southeast Asia reflects the Japanese supermarket and general-merchandise retailer's struggles with weak dema...

Japanese Stocks Advance for Second Day on U.S. Factory Report

Yesterday - Business Week
Japanese stocks rose for a second day as faster-than-estimated growth in U.S. manufacturing boosted confidence in a global economic recovery

Japan Stocks Rise for Second Day on U.S. Factory Data