items tagged with Japan
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Sustainability
Category: Alternative energies
2007-05-22 22:36:51
According to the Worldwatch Institute, solar power has become the fastest growing energy source as the key ingredient, polysilicon, becomes more available; and as China begins to emerge as a low-cost producer.
Read More About Solar Power Brightens Its Future, But Can It Keep Up With The Sunny Demand?...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-13 04:40:32
SHINANOMACHI, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese motorists may one day pump their cars full of sake, the fermented rice wine that is Japan's national drink, if a pilot project to create sake fuel is a hit with locals in this mountain resort.
Read More About Sake May Power Cars In The Future...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-08 07:24:24
TOKYO, May 8 (Reuters) - Softbank Corp. (9984.T: Quote, Profile, Research said on Tuesday annual profit more than quadrupled thanks to its acquisition of Vodafone's (VOD.L: Quote, Profile, Research Japan unit and its efforts to shave costs and launch new price plans to lure subscribers.
Read More About Softbank Annual Profit Quadruples On Mobile Unit...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-07 08:17:47
TOKYO, May 7 (Reuters) - Japan's NTT DoCoMo Inc. (9437.T: Quote, Profile, Research said on Monday it had scrapped a plan to offer its wireless Internet technology to Hutchison Essar as Britain's Vodafone Group Plc (VOD.L: Quote, Profile, Research is set to buy a majority stake in the Indian mobile phone carrier.
Read More About DoCoMo, Hutch Essar Scrap Mobile Internet Alliance...
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-05-04 11:10:04
What is called flotsam science (the study of debris, wreckage, and refuse in oceans that are discarded accidently or deliberately from ships) is helping scientists learn about ocean currents.
Read More About Floating Junk, Tub Toys Help Oceanographers Learn About Currents...
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