On the other hand Akihabara, the famous
Japanese electronics market is beginning to adopt the Bitcoin.
Not exact matches
Japanese electronics manufacturers also established a strategic foothold in the burgeoning computer hardware industry, virtually monopolizing the
market for semiconductor chips, circuit boards and other computer components — nearly everything except for CPU chip production, which was still dominated by American companies.
The Canadian and
Japanese markets are complementary in many ways — for example, Canadians buy
Japanese consumer
electronics, and Japan needs our natural resources and food products.
The
Japanese electronics giant arrived surprisingly late to the tablet
market and only began selling its first device this month, the Sony Tablet S.
The CM1 tablet PC is actually based on the 4th generation Classmate design that Intel has launched at the Cebit
electronics show held in Germany in March this year and is going to be introduced in the
Japanese market in the start of August 2010.
Japanese electronics company Sharp now feels the Galapagos tablet that it has been developing for some time now is now matured enough for a stint in the
markets and can stand up to the likes of the iPads and the Galaxy Tabs on its own.
Having set things straight in its home
market, which includes the launch of the Galapagos line of tablets followed by the launch of the Galapagos content service involving tie ups with e-book and online magazine publishers, the
Japanese electronics powerhouse now seems to be in expansion mode.
Barnes & Noble and a number of other companies, including Apple, have jumped into the e-reader
market in a bid to compete with the Kindle from online retail giant Amazon and the Sony Reader from the
Japanese electronics company.
Despite having shown no interest in the tablet PC
market in the past, the launch of Apple's iPad has seemingly inspired the
Japanese consumers
electronics giant to take a long hard look at its options.
Even Andrew House, global chief executive of Sony Interactive Entertainment, the video game division of the
Japanese electronics giant, had doubts about how quickly virtual reality would be embraced by the mass
market.
Bic Camera to Trial Bitcoin Payments
Japanese electronics chain Bic Camera has partnered with Tokyo - based bitFlyer, which runs the country's largest bitcoin exchange that currently comprises about 10 % of the Bitcoin
market.
Despite having shown no interest in the tablet PC
market in the past, the launch of Apple's iPad has seemingly inspired the
Japanese consumers
electronics giant to take a long hard look at its options.
In Japan, some of the largest
electronics manufacturers, budget hotel chains, airlines, and retailers have already started to accept bitcoin as a payment method since early 2017, almost immediately after the
Japanese government legalized bitcoin and regulated its cryptocurrency exchange
market.