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NECs concept piezoelectric remote control runs without batteries

Posted by DeshRaj on 19/11/2009

NEC Electronics and Soundpower Corp.s concept piezoelectric TV remote control will definitely be the one stop solution to your fears concerning the battery failure, when it hits the production lines. Since the touch-sensitive device uses the...

NEC Electronics Piezoelectric remote control Soundpower Corp. Embedded Technology 2009 Kohei Hayamizu Technology Environment Japan

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Japan: Press North Korea on Human Rights

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 19/11/2009

(New York) - The new Japanese government should take a leadership role in helping to improve human rights conditions in North Korea, Human Rights Watch and three other nongovernmental organizations said today in a letter to Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. read more

Press release Asia Citizens Alliance for North Korean Human Rights Hatoyama Japan Japan Life Funds for North Korean Refugees North Korea North Korea refugee The Society to Help Returnees to North Korea

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Japan: Artist and morality

Posted by Oiwan Lam on 18/11/2009

Neojaponisme has a blog post about the protocol for Japanese record labels to pull their artists' CDs from stores when they are arrested on drug charges or for any other anti-social acts.

East Asia English Entertainment Japan Law Music Roundups

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Bamboo greenhouse wins Japan Good Design award 2009

Posted by AditiJ on 18/11/2009

Nobuhiro Hirai and Hirohide Kobayashiand of Kyoto University along with Toshiharu Nakagawa of Nakagawa bamboo workshop designed an innovative greenhouse. Their masterpiece called the "BGH bamboo greenhouse" gave them the privilege of winning the...

Nobuhiro Hirai BGH bamboo greenhouse Kyoto University Bamboo Environment Japan

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NYK Super Eco Ship 2030 is the vessel of the future

Posted by DeshRaj on 17/11/2009

With a reduced vessel weight and a minimal drag, supplementary deployment of fuel cells, solar panels and wind turbines, the concept NYK Super Eco Ship 2030 went on to bag the Japan Good Design Award 09 for its outstanding design and eco-credentials..

NYK Super Eco Ship 2030 Solar-powered Green Boats Japan Good Design Award 09 Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization Design Environment Japan

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