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Kirby is second Nintendo has provided “most downloaded games in Japan” Switch charts for 2022, and it’s looking real good for Pokemon Legends. Providing rankings for the first half of 2022, Pokemon Legends takes the undisputed crown from every other Switch game: benefitting from a January 2022 launch. Right behind it is Kirby and the Forgotten Land, followed by Nintendo Switch Sports (which is doing better than some expected it to). From there we dive into third-party land with Monster Hunter Rise, then are reminded…

Chipmaker SK Hynix warned on Thursday of a supply disruption due to an escalating trade dispute between South Korea and Japan, and said it would cut investment and production to support a nascent recovery in chip demand.The global memory chip market is bottoming out after more than a year of steep price falls, and hopes of a recovery are being buoyed by Japan's restrictions on exports of some chipmaking materials to South Korea - home to the world's top two memory chipmakers, Samsung and Hynix."We are trying to secure…

Insulting someone online could land an individual in Japan a one-year prison term under an amendment to the country’s penal code enacted on Thursday morning. Following the apparent suicide of Hana Kimura and a paltry for one of the men accused of bullying the Terrace House star in 2020, government officials began a review of Japan’s cyberbullying laws. Under the previous version of the country’s penal code, the punishment for posting online insults was a fine of ¥10,000 or less and fewer than 30 days in prison. Now, the…

Japan's Nikkei closed 1 percent higher as investors hunted for beaten-down technology stocks, with sentiment underpinned by gains in Asian stocks and US futures. The Nikkei share average advanced 1.03 percent, to 26,423.47. The broader Topix rose 0.5 percent to 1,879.12. "Investors took a fresh view on technology and growth stocks as U.S. yields stabilised." They were buying back shares that fell too much. " Shoichi Arisawa, general manager of the investment research department at IwaiCosmo Securities. US President, Joe…

Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has installed the first wind turbine at Japan’s Akita Noshiro offshore wind farm. Akita Noshiro will feature 33 V117-4.2 megawatt (MW) wind turbines. Japan already operates several demonstration offshore wind turbines, but Akita Noshiro is its first commercial offshore wind farm. Akita Noshiro offshore wind turbine. Photo: Vestas Twenty wind turbines will be installed off the Port of Noshiro, and 13 will be installed off the Port of Akita, in the northeast of Honshu, Japan’s main…

Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp and India's Tata Motors have formed a strategic partnership to design, develop and manufacture semiconductor solutions, the firms said. The move comes as a persistent global shortage of semiconductor chips has hobbled the automotive and electronics industries, among others, forcing production cutbacks while highlighting global dependence on a few sources, such as Taiwan. Renesas will collaborate with Tata Motors, India's biggest manufacturer of electric cars, on developing…

Japanese Renesas Electronics Corporation, a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership with Tata Motors and Tejas Networks Ltd (a Tata Group company) to design, develop and manufacture semiconductor solutions.The aim is to enhance innovation across electronics systems for the Indian and emerging markets.Renesas will collaborate with Tejas for implementing next-generation wireless network solutions, including design and development of semiconductor solutions for…

Microsoft has been reminding everyone willing to listen that the end of Internet Explorer is nigh, but many businesses in Japan seemingly did not take heed. Almost half are reportedly still using the browser. According to Nikkei, many of those companies put off making the switch to other browsers, whether that’s Microsoft’s own Edge, or others. This could cause chaos for months across the country. Many were trapped using Internet Explorer because of systems their clients used, while others are using the browser to handle…

has been for Internet Explorer for months, but many businesses in Japan seemingly did not take heed. Almost half were said to still be using the browser, for which Microsoft , as of March. According to , many of those companies have dragged their heels on switching to other browsers, which some have warned may cause chaos for months. IT provider Keyman's Net conducted a survey of Japanese companies earlier this year and found that many were forced to use Internet Explorer because of systems their clients used to handle…

Electric motor maker Nidec Corp. said that it would combine group semiconductor purchases into a single procurement unit to strengthen ties with chip makers and ensure it could source key components amid continued uncertainty over supplies. "The chip industry environment is more uncertain than it has ever been," said Ryuji Omura, deputy chief technology officer of Nidec, makes motors for electric vehicles, household appliances and other products. The company's decision to centralize procurement is a sign that chip…