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  • Technology › Softbank to issue record bonds for Sprint takeover
    Japanese mobile operator Softbank said Tuesday it planned to raise $3.9 billion through a record bond issuance in June to finance its proposed takeover of U.S. firm Sprint Nextel. Softbank, which is under pressure from Sprint shareholders to raise its bid, will sell five-year debt to Japanese investors after a…
  • Crime › Man calls police to report dumping a body 2 years ago
    Police in Kumamoto said Tuesday they received a call from a man who claimed to have illegally disposed of a corpse two years earlier. The man, who has been named as 59-year-old Koichi Koga accompanied police to a garage on company premises in Mashiki on Monday, TBS reported. After digging…
  • Technology › Fujitsu develops 3D gesture recognition tech capable of complex tasks with a single PC or tablet camera
    Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd and Fujitsu Research and Development Center Co China on Tuesday announced the development of 3D hand gesture recognition technology that, using video captured on a single PC or tablet camera, can detect not only vertical and horizontal hand motion, but also the forward and backward movements of…
  • Business › NEC to participate in African Fair 2013
    NEC Corp said Tuesday it will participate in African Fair 2013 at PACIFICO Yokohama from May 30 - June 2. As part of its cutting-edge technologies for public security, NEC will showcase some of the world's most accurate fingerprint identification and facial recognition technologies. NEC will also introduce its satellite…
  • Entertainment › Keanu Reeves makes directorial debut with modern kung fu film
    He's played a science-fiction hero, policeman and even Hamlet. But now actor Keanu Reeves is taking on a new role - as director of a contemporary martial arts movie aimed at both Chinese and Western audiences. Reeves has stepped behind the camera to make his directorial debut with "Man of…
  • Arts & Culture › Holocaust documentary raises questions of guilt
    When your enemy is sworn to exterminate every one of you, can you -- should you -- try to cut a deal with him to at least save some lives knowing that others are doomed? The question lies at the heart of a new documentary by Claude Lanzmann, author of…
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