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Panasonic confirms data breach after hackers access internal network

Japanese tech giant Panasonic has confirmed a data breach after hackers gained access to its internal network. Panasonic said in a press release dated November 26 that its network was “illegally acc

Google Maps gets improved Live View AR directions

Google today announced a few updates to Live View, the augmented reality walking directions in its Google Maps app that officially launched last year. Live View uses your phone’s camera and GPS

Google Cloud launches its second region in Japan

Google today announced the launch of its Osaka region, its second cloud region in Japan and seventh in Asia Pacific. With this, the company now offers its users a total of 20 regions, all of which fea

China’s Didi Chuxing launches taxi-hailing service in Japan

China’s Didi Chuxing is fighting fires at home around passenger safety, but overseas the ride-hailing giant has moved into another new market after its taxi-booking service began operations in J

Ibuki is the 10-year-old robot child that will haunt your dreams

Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro makes robots in Osaka. His latest robot, Ibuki, is one for the nightmare catalog: It’s a robotic 10-year-old boy that can move on little tank treads and has a soft rub

Hong Kong co-working startup Campfire pulls in $18M ahead of global expansion

WeWork may be doubling down on Asia, having initially focused its efforts on China, but that isn’t stopping local players from hatching ambitious expansion plans of their own. One of those eying

China’s Didi Chuxing is close to launching a taxi-booking service in Japan

Days after raising $500 million via a strategic investment from travel giant Booking Holdings, Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing has continued its international push with the launch of a local

M3-Kindy and Noby: Japan gets two scary kid robots (video)

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/M3-Kindy_1.jpg" /> Remember M3-neony and M3-synchy, two humanoid robots from Japan we've shown you <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/20

Mitsubishi installs five 80-person capacity elevators at office building in Osaka

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/mitsubishi_elevator.jpg" /> Mitsubishi Electric today <a href="http://global.mitsubishielectric.com/news/news_releases/2010/mel0799.pdf"

Meet Tsutenkaku, a robot that looks like a tower (video)

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Tsutenkaku_Robot.jpg" /> Japan has a lot of <a href="http://search.beta.techcrunch.com/query.php?s=japan+robot">different robots</a> so

The Solar-UFO is a UFO-shaped vessel that serves as a water purifier

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/solar_ufo_2-620x214.png" /> A Japanese company called <a href="http://www.ntt-f.co.jp/profile-e/">NTT Facilities</a>, a subsidiary of te