Panasonic

The Japanese consumer electronics industry continues to feel the squeeze in the economy, with mass layoffs of workers representing one of the more painful effects. In the latest development, Panasonic

Aggressive demonstrations in and near Panasonic's and Canon's Chinese factories have forced the companies to temporarily suspend operations. According to the French news agency AFP, demonstrators are

On Wednesday, reports circulated that Panasonic was interested in injecting a $630 million capital investment into Olympus Corp, but Panasonic CEO Fumio Ohtsubo has stepped up to squash these rumors.

A return to form for Panasonic, and a M4/3 camera that photographers won't be suspicious of. Its weaknesses are largely the weaknesses of its class of camera, but beyond those it's solid, comfortable,

<a href="http://wirelessgigabitalliance.org">WiGig</a>, a multi-gigabit speed wireless communications technology, was first announced back in 2009, but it took companies like <a href="https://beta.tec

<a href="https://beta.techcrunch.com/tag/panasonic">Panasonic</a> isn't just making TVs, phones, or cameras, they are also producing household appliances. One such appliance has recently been introduc

Panasonic has been partnering with Victor Co. of Japan, which in 2008 merged with Kenwood to become JVC Kenwood, since 1954. But yesterday JVC Kenwood <a href="http://www.jvckenwood.co.jp/press/2012/0

Big news from Asia's mobile market today: Japan's biggest mobile carrier <a href="https://beta.techcrunch.com/tag/docomo">NTT Docomo</a> (55 million customers, over US$50 billion in sales per year) is

It took them quite a while, but as <a href="https://beta.techcrunch.com/2011/11/28/panasonic-to-start-selling-android-phones-in-europe-and-possibly-the-us/">reported</a>, <a href="https://beta.techcru

In the post-iPhone era, a lot of things changed in Japan, <a href="https://beta.techcrunch.com/2008/08/09/japan%E2%80%99s-super-advanced-mobile-web-too-unique-to-serve-as-a-global-blueprint/">once the

<img src="https://beta.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/gx1-3.jpg" alt="" title="GX1 (3)" width="640" height="424" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-448389" />Panasonic was one of the fir

He hoisted himself up a <a href="https://beta.techcrunch.com/2008/05/26/panasonic-robot-climbs-grand-canyon-cliff/">500 meter-cliff at Grand Canyon</a>, did his magic on the <a href="https://beta.tech

Panasonic Japan has <a href="http://panasonic.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/jn111012-1/jn111012-1.html">announced</a> [JP] two Android tablets for the domestic market yesterday, the so-called

We've already shown you <a href="https://beta.techcrunch.com/tag/panasonic">Panasonic</a>'s cool hair-washing <a href="https://beta.techcrunch.com/tag/robots">robot</a> on video, but the company is cu

<a href="https://beta.techcrunch.com/tag/panasonic">Panasonic</a> took the wraps off a new version of it's super-strange (and awesome) <a href="https://beta.techcrunch.com/2010/09/30/videos-panasonics

Sharp's <a href="https://beta.techcrunch.com/2011/09/29/sharps-new-android-phone-waterproof-body-4-5-inch-3d-qhd-display-12mp-cam-dlna/">AQUOS PHONE 102SH</a> wasn't the only cool Android phone to hit

<a href="https://beta.techcrunch.com/tag/panasonic/">Panasonic</a> Japan <a href="http://panasonic.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/en110926-2/en110926-2.html">announced</a> [press release in En

Panasonic sure knows how to promote their <a href="https://beta.techcrunch.com/tag/evolta/">EVOLTA</a> brand of rechargeable batteries: first, a cute mini robot powered by the batteries hoisted itself

If you like consuming media on your iPhone or iPod touch that's stored elsewhere, you might want to take a look at what <a href="https://beta.techcrunch.com/tag/panasonic">Panasonic</a> has <a href="h

Two weeks ago, during an exhibition in Tokyo, Panasonic showcased <a href="https://beta.techcrunch.com/2011/07/08/video-panasonic-shows-android-powered-e-book-readertablet-hybrid/">an Android-based e-