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Man arrested over Benesse data theft

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers emerge from an office in Tama, Tokyo, of Synform Co., a customer data management unit of Benesse Holdings Inc., on July 17, 2014, after raiding the firm. The same day, a 39-year-old man was arrested over a massive customer data theft from Benesse, a major correspondence education provider for children, on suspicion of downloading and copying Benesse's customer data onto storage media at the Synform office.

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Singer Agnes Chan donates song to UNICEF

NEW YORK, United States - Agnes Chan sings at UNICEF headquarters March 6 in New York. She donated one of her songs to UNICEF. The proceeds from downloading the song from UNICEF's homepage will go to the U.N. body.

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New digital radio broadcasting services to be tested

TOKYO, Japan - An marketing assistant holds a receiver for ticket sales and music-downloading services linked to terrestrial digital radio broadcasting which Telecom carrier KDDI Corp. and Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co. will launch on a trial basis. The two companies said March 3 will conduct trials for these new services at Tokyo Tower for three days from March 4, using a prototype mobile receiver developed jointly by the two companies and Tokyo-based electronics firm Vitec Co.

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Yamaha to launch electronic organs connectable to Internet

TOKYO, Japan - Yamaha Corp. said Jan. 15 it will begin selling on March 20 an electronic organ (in handout photo) that can be connected to the Internet, becoming the first company in the world to add such functions to keyboard instruments for household use. The organs, called STAGEA, can be connected to the Internet without using personal computers, and users will be able to do such things as previewing and downloading music data, Yamaha said. Yamaha will release two types of the organs and they will be priced at 1,081,500 yen and 693,000 yen, respectively.

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NTT DoCoMo launches 3G mobile service

TOKYO, Japan - A woman shows a new mobile phone able to subscribe to the third-generation (3G) mobile phone service launched in Tokyo by NTT DoCoMo Inc. on Oct. 1. The service enables the downloading of video images and high-speed Internet access six to 40 times faster than the current Internet-capable i-mode handsets.

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Smart technologies aid agricultural production in China's Henan

STORY: Smart technologies aid agricultural production in China's Henan DATELINE: Aug. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: ZHENGZHOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZOU HUIYI, Farmer of Zouzhuang Village 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI TONGGUO, Agricultural technician 3. various of the farmland in Xichuan County 3. various of the smart equipment STORYLINE: As a major grain-producing area in China, Henan Province has actively explored the construction of smart farmlands. Zou Huiyi, who has planted more than 100 mu (about 16.5 acres) of farmland, showed a smart irrigation system at his farmland in Zouzhuang Village of Xichuan County. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZOU HUIYI, Farmer of Zouzhuang Village "Irrigation is convenient now by using my phone. After downloading the app, I just need to speak to my phone to start or stop the irrigation. In the past, if you couldn't irrigate the farmlands properly, the yields were merely about 300 kg per mu (about 0.16 acres), or 400 kg

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China plane crash latest: engine wreckage pieces recovered, searching work continues

STORY: China plane crash latest: engine wreckage pieces recovered, searching work continues DATELINE: March 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the debris 2. STANDUP 1 (English): WANG JIAWEI, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: Pieces of engine wreckage of the passenger plane that crashed in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region earlier this week have been found, an official told a press briefing on Thursday. The recovered black box of the crashed plane of China Eastern Airlines with 132 people aboard was sent to a decoding laboratory in Beijing Wednesday night and the data downloading and analysis work is underway, according to an aviation official at the press briefing. Rescuers have been braving the rain to clear landslide debris and waterlogging while continuing the search and rescue work at the site. In the core area of the accident site, excavators and other equipment are busy working. STANDUP 1 (English): WANG JIAWEI, Xinhua correspon

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Black box data downloading and analysis work underway: official

STORY: Black box data downloading and analysis work underway: official DATELINE: March 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rescue site 2. various of the press conference 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHU TAO, Official of Civil Aviation Administration of China STORYLINE: The recovered black box of the China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed Monday in south China with 132 people aboard was sent to a decoding laboratory in Beijing Wednesday night and the data downloading and analysis work is underway, an aviation official told a press briefing Thursday. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHU TAO, Official of Civil Aviation Administration of China "The first black box has been sent to a decoding laboratory last night. The data downloading and analysis work is underway. But the possibility of storage unit damage cannot be ruled out. Before the rescue work started, we've provided professional training to armed police officers and firefighters who participated in the re

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Morix IC card with fingerprint authentication

By downloading an application (application software) to a PC, smartphone or tablet terminal, users can send and receive crypto assets. The system is expected to be used with seven virtual currencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum, and will also support ERC20-standard tokens in the future. President Kubota said, "We can improve the security by excluding identity theft. The company is also developing an IC card with a fingerprint authentication function without a battery as a payment card with a fingerprint authentication sensor for credit cards and other financial fields. The IC card has an electronic paper display on the upper right and a fingerprint sensor on the lower left. (Photo taken on April 2, 2020, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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ATOUN

ATOUN, a Nara City-based company, announced on April 3 its concept of developing a new wearable robot with enhanced software. ATOUN proposes a service in which the wearer of the robot can experience the movements of others by downloading their movement data to the robot. The company aims to realize the idea by 2030. The movements of a person wearing the robot will be uploaded to the cloud and stored as "activity data. (Photo taken on June 3, 2020, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Toyota to launch car under WiLL brand next year

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. will launch a next-generation car as early as next year under the WiLL brand, a brand promoted by a variety of companies. The car will be equipped with a navigation system similar to the one featured in the WiLL VC, a car that Toyota launched at the Tokyo Motor Show in November. A console located left to the driver's wheel will connect to the G-Book, a network service that Toyota will start as early as next June, providing e-mail services and data such as maps and news reports. The console can also be used for downloading music, for karaoke and for making reservations at restaurants.

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Singer Agnes Chan donates song to UNICEF

NEW YORK, United States - Agnes Chan sings at UNICEF headquarters March 6 in New York. She donated one of her songs to UNICEF. The proceeds from downloading the song from UNICEF's homepage will go to the U.N. body. (Kyodo)

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Man arrested over Benesse data theft

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers emerge from an office in Tama, Tokyo, of Synform Co., a customer data management unit of Benesse Holdings Inc., on July 17, 2014, after raiding the firm. The same day, a 39-year-old man was arrested over a massive customer data theft from Benesse, a major correspondence education provider for children, on suspicion of downloading and copying Benesse's customer data onto storage media at the Synform office. (Kyodo)

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New digital radio broadcasting services to be tested

TOKYO, Japan - An marketing assistant holds a receiver for ticket sales and music-downloading services linked to terrestrial digital radio broadcasting which Telecom carrier KDDI Corp. and Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co. will launch on a trial basis. The two companies said March 3 will conduct trials for these new services at Tokyo Tower for three days from March 4, using a prototype mobile receiver developed jointly by the two companies and Tokyo-based electronics firm Vitec Co. (Kyodo)

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NTT DoCoMo launches 3G mobile service

TOKYO, Japan - A woman shows a new mobile phone able to subscribe to the third-generation (3G) mobile phone service launched in Tokyo by NTT DoCoMo Inc. on Oct. 1. The service enables the downloading of video images and high-speed Internet access six to 40 times faster than the current Internet-capable i-mode handsets.

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Bandai, Microsoft to jointly market speaking toy robot

NEW YORK, the United States - Bandai America Inc., a U.S. unit of Japan's Bandai Co., and Microsoft Corp. plan to market the Power Rangers toy, based on a Power Rangers character in the popular U.S. TV series, ''Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue,'' in September. The speaking toy robot can be plugged into a television during the broadcast of the TV series and will automatically download up to seven phrases or sounds from each episode in about a minute. The Deluxe Interactive Omega Megazord toy robot can play back such phrases or sounds by pressing a button following the downloading process.