Posted in Uncategorized, tagged convention, Japan, sony, technology, Tokyo, Panasonic, electronics, CEATEC, Hitachi, Sharp, Toshiba, Kyocera, 3M, TDK, exhibition on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CEATEC (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) Japan is a leading IT and electronics trade show and exhibition held annually in Tokyo.
This year, it was held from October 6-10, 2009 in the Makuhari Messe Convention Center in Chiba (just outside Tokyo).
Entrance fee at the door is 1,000 yen, but you can pre-register online for [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged convention, games, Japan, sony, Tokyo, YouTube, otaku, Playstation, Microsoft, xbox360, Konami, Sega, Koei on October 8, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The 19th annual Tokyo Game Show was held in Makuhari Messe Convention Center in Chiba (just outside Tokyo) from September 24-27, 2009. For last year’s coverage, see my blog post here.
Total attendance was about 185,000, down from 194,000 last year.
The major game platform developers were prominent with large booths like Sony [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dan Brown, Hollywood, Japan, movies, Paramount, poster, sony, Star Trek, Tom Hanks on April 28, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Two upcoming movies that I want to watch are the new Star Trek and Angels and Demons movies.
Sony Pictures Angels and Demons starring Tom Hanks (playing the same role in Da Vinci Code) is opening in Japan on May 15, coinciding with its worldwide release (which is unusual). The Japanese movie poster is shown below.
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged booth, convention, cosplay, games, Japan, Microsoft, models, otaku, Playstation, sony, Tokyo, xbox360, YouTube on October 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Last weekend, the annual Tokyo Game Show was held in Makuhari Messe Convention Center in Chiba (just outside Tokyo), where otaku game players gathered to get a first hand look at the latest and upcoming games.
Thursday and Friday were business (press) days with attendance about 25,000, while the weekend was open to the public [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged brand, Japan, Matsushita, National, Panasonic, Roppongi, sony on October 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Earlier this week, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co marked its 90th anniversary. For those of you outside Japan, you may not be familiar with this company, but you will probably know its famous brands called Panasonic and National. The company has also decided to unify under a brand name and selected Panasonic, due its greater global [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blu-ray, Japan, laptop, LCD, news, PSP, sony, TV on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sony has been in the news recently from Tokyo:
Sony says laptops overheat, urges repairs
Sony unveils new Blu-ray disk recorders
Sony unveils improved PlayStation Portable
Sony unveils world’s slimmest LCD TV
We have a Sony Bravia LCD TV and a Sony PlayStation 3. Do you own a Sony product?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blu-ray, gaming, Japan, language, playstation3, sony on April 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Recently, we bought a new Sony Playstation 3 at a local Yodobashi store in Tokyo. I believe the white console is not available in North America so I have posted a picture below.
My Japanese is not so good (ok, I’ll be honest – it is terrible or non-existent), so you can set the system language [...]
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