(AFP/File) - Boxes of Wii Nintendo consoles. Japan's video game market shrank for the first time in four years in 2008 in the absence of new console launches, a report has said.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)

DAILY REPORTS

Jan 07 Japan gets special Yakuza PS3 (play.tm) Jan 05 Phone to include voice translator (Asahi) Jan 04 Softbank's One-Seg iPhone TV tuner handled (intomobile.com) Jan 04 In Economic Slump, Some Japan Firms Investing for Recovery (semiconductor.net) Dec 29 DSi owns Christmas in Japan (play.tm) Dec 28 Wii to get video and food services in Japan (1up.com) Dec 24 Recession leads to copy machine graveyard (Asahi) Dec 22 Feeling nostalgic, older gamers fuel remake boom (Asahi) Dec 20 America and Japan have the most computers per person (The Economist) Dec 16 DSi Ware Hits Japan Christmas Eve (ds.ign.com) Dec 11 Japan mobile phone shipments hit record low (Forbes) Dec 10 Nintendo Bets on Recipe to Turn Gamers Into Gourmands (FoxNews.com) Dec 08 Government organizes recall of radioactive cell phone straps (Yomiuri) Dec 07 What's Wrong With Japanese Game Development? (Asian Week) Dec 06 Toshiba Denies Report of Plan for Flash Output Halt (Bloomberg) Dec 06 Nintendo Wii sales rank third in Japan (punchjump.com) Dec 05 Home products caused 234 accidents after recalls (Asahi) Dec 05 Sony go beyond the Bravia-drome (Stuff) Dec 03 Glass speakers--for just $168,000! (CNET) Dec 02 Flat TV, drying machines added to mandatory recycling list (Kyodo) Dec 02 NTT DoCoMo cancels Nokia E71 after Nokia ditches Japan (unwiredview.com) Dec 02 Digital TV transition behind pace (Yomiuri) Nov 27 Price battle pushes PCs around 30,000 yen (Asahi) Nov 27 Japan's 10 funniest tech-related ads (networkworld.com) Nov 26 Wii Sales Pass 7 Million Units in Japan (PC World) Nov 26 Japan Consumer Electronics Shipments Turn Negative (PC World) Nov 26 Sony's awesome but ridiculously cheap AM/FM HD Radio (CNET) Nov 25 Europeana digital library overwhelmed by traffic on first day (Mainichi) Nov 23 3G, GSM, Handsets: A Look at Tata's DoCoMo Deal (CXO Today) Nov 22 Home Business & Finance Markets U.S. U.K. Europe Asia Markets News Hot Stocks Bonds News Advances/D (Reuters) Nov 21 Japan far outstrips other industrial nations in mobile technology (Kyodo) Nov 21 Poke your boss, crush a stickman with new Japanese toy (AFP) Nov 20 Panasonic to streamline plasma panel production (Reuters) Nov 20 Panasonic's takeover of Sanyo all about green technology (Japan Times) Nov 20 Japan's DoCoMo eyes 'Google phone' launch next year (AFP) Nov 19 Is Nintendo's software success really a curse? (CNET) Nov 18 Apple iTunes faces battle in Japan (distorted-loop.com) Nov 17 Digital Camera with a Built in Printer (digimoe.com) Nov 17 High prices hit cell phone sales (Yomiuri) Nov 16 Where Are the Japanese Googles? (ecommercetimes.com) Nov 16 Ask the Internet: It knows everything (Japan Times) Nov 14 Catch a criminal with new Japanese game (thewest.com.au) Nov 13 Large-screen TV Sales Peak Out in Japan, Research Suggests (TechOn) Nov 13 Jackpot! Catch a criminal with new Japanese game (AFP) Nov 12 Optoma iPod mini-projector due for Apple Japan (ipodnn.com)