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 April 16, 2002 (TOKYO) -- Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd., NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Itochu Corp. announced on April 15 that they will start a nationwide business this month of automatic vending machines linked with the i-mode mobile communications system. From Japan  April 15, 2002 (TOKYO) -- Despite the slumping business in the consumer electronics sector caused by the recession in IT-related industries, Japanese makers have begun marketing home electric appliances with links to the Internet. From Japan April 15, 2002 (TOKYO) -- At the end of October 2001, the stock market was bracing for Sharp Corp.'s midterm results for September 2001. The average price of liquid-crystal displays, Sharp's mainstay product, had plunged by more than 30 percent in the past year, and most of its rival firms had turned into the red. From Japan  April 15, 2002 (TOKYO) -- The long-sluggish global cellular phone market appears to be showing signs of a recovery. From Japan  April 16, 2002 (TOKYO) -- IBM Japan Ltd. disclosed that it will withdraw from the personal digital assistant (PDA) business in Japan within 2002. From Japan April 16, 2002 (SHANGHAI, China) -- Exports from Shanghai ports hit US$17.2 billion in the first quarter, a rise of 13 percent over the same period in 2001, according to the Shanghai customs authority. From China April 16, 2002 (TOKYO) -- "We don't expect that all customers will migrate fully to the Microsoft environment," said U.S. Microsoft Corp. Vice President Jonathan Murray. From Japan April 16, 2002 (SEOUL) -- With Hynix Semiconductor Inc. reaping 109-billion-won worth of operating profits during the first quarter of this year, speculation is rising regarding independent survival of the chipmaker, which has been involved in a prolonged sales negotiation progress with Micron Technology Inc. From Korea April 16, 2002 (TOKYO) -- Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. developed a new antenna technology that reduces the cost of third-generation wireless communications systems. From Japan  April 11, 2002 (TOKYO) -- FreeBit.Com Co., Ltd. is a venture company that specializes in providing and hosting equipment for services, such as mail servers, for Internet service providers (ISPs). From Japan    |
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