Ryohtaroh Satoh

3 days ago | asia.nikkei.com | Ryohtaroh Satoh |Tamayo Muto

TOKYO -- The Bic Camera electronics store in the Ikebukuro district of Tokyo was bustling with activity in late May. The launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 was drawing near, and staff were busy preparing for the influx of fans expected to flood the store on release day. Due to constraints on the console's production, both Nintendo and retailers have implemented strict sales limits.

2 weeks ago | ft.com | Kenji Kawase |Zijing Wu |Michael Acton |Cheng Ting-Fang |Lauly Li |Kim Jaewon | +1 more

Hello, this is Kenji, presenting this edition of the #techAsia newsletter from Tokyo.

2 weeks ago | asia.nikkei.com | Kim Jaewon |Ryohtaroh Satoh

SEOUL/TOKYO -- Hwang Sung-hyun, head of law firm Confidence in southern Seoul, can't say enough about how a new legal tech service has helped him save time and money. The senior attorney said SuperLawyer, developed by South Korean startup Law&Company, helps him analyze similar cases and draft legal documents to submit to courts. "When you hire an associate lawyer, you should pay him 5 million won ($3,500) per month.

3 weeks ago | asia.nikkei.com | Ryohtaroh Satoh

TOKYO -- Panasonic Holdings will take "one more decisive step" to reform its low-profit TV business, part of a major restructuring that includes 10,000 job cuts. "We've been steadily shifting our TV business toward a light-asset model, working closely with our partners who handle production," CEO Yuki Kusumi told reporters this week while admitting that these reforms might have been insufficient to turn around the struggling division.

4 weeks ago | asia.nikkei.com | Ryohtaroh Satoh

TOKYO -- Panasonic Holdings will undertake a major restructuring across a range of its business, including consumer electronics, cutting 10,000 jobs globally, as the Japanese company plans to streamline, spinning out struggling divisions in hopes of reversing its dwindling market share and fending off fierce Chinese competition.