Kioxia and Western Digital Joint Venture Scores Subsidy
Kioxia and Western Digital announced their joint venture will receive up to 92.9 billion yen from the Japanese government.
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Sharp Launches Blu-ray Recorders Featuring Tantiv4 ThingaOS
Tantiv4 announced that Sharp Corporation has launched two new voice-enabled Blu-ray Disc recorders incorporating its ThingaOS smart platform.
NHK Launches 8K Broadcasting Service
NHK announced it will launch its new 8K Ultra-High Definition broadcasting service on December 1st.
Netflix Hooks Up with SoftBank
Netflix Inc. announced that it is hooking up with SoftBank for the launch of its video streaming service in Japan.
Rimage Celebrates Ten Years in Japan
Rimage Corporation announced that it is celebrating ten years of operations in Japan.
Netflix Heading to Japan
Netflix announced that it plans to launch its streaming film and TV subscription service in Japan sometime this fall.
Nippon TV to Acquire Hulu Service in Japan
Hulu, LLC announced that Nippon Television Network Corporation will acquire Hulu’s Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) business in Japan.
Toshiba Readies 4K Ultra HDTVs
Toshiba Corporation announced that it will launch a new series of 4K Ultra High-Definition televisions (Ultra HDTVs) at the end of June in Japan.
Pioneer Cut Costs, Axes 800 Jobs
Pioneer Corporation announced it plans to cut costs and eliminate roughly 800 jobs in Japan, as well as review its optical disc and other businesses with an eye toward achieving further savings.
Sony Music Unlimited Service Hits Japan
Sony Corporation announced that its Music Unlimited cloud-based music subscription service is now available in Japan.
Sony Offloads Chemical Products Business to Japanese Government
Sony Corporation announced that it will sell its Sony Chemical & Information Device Corporation subsidiary to the Development Bank of Japan for 58.0 billion yen (US $731 million).