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Sony‘s new Bravia Postcard service for cellphones pretty much does what it says on the pack - sends virtual message cards from compatible phones to net-connected Bravia TV sets.

If actual karaoke in the nasty ole world beyond your bedroom is a bit too scary, then how about doing it in front of a computer with any Tom, Dick or Taro looking in? Best of all, you can even do it in Japanese.

Picking a decent compact digital camera from the limitless lineup of near-clones is no easy task, but anyone looking to pick up something new could do a lot worse than the latest FinePix from Japan.

If you’ve ever wanted access to a satellite for your own nefarious ends, then the latest collaborative space project out of Japan might just suit you down to the ground.

The marvelously named Pacific-Rim Symposium on Image and Video Technology, which kicked off this morning here in Tokyo, is home to many wondrous devices, but few as likely to alter our lives as a piece of software from Toshiba.

You know that new camera from Takara Tomy that features a little Zink printer that pops 2x3in photos out one end?

Good ole Gordon over at Camera Labs has just posted his usual workaholic review of Sony’s Alpha A900 DSLR and it’s a biggie.

Of the many huge Japanese electronics purveyors that we’ve long been familiar with, one name that rarely stands out from the pack is that of Sanyo.

All-round good egg/camera obsessive Gordon Laing at Camera Labs not only has the most detailed review (video here too) of Sony’s new Alpha A200 entry-level DSLR but he’s even found time to branch out with a new camera uber site.

Panasonic Japan has come up with an intriguing solution to a problem no one knew we had – a device that can grab and print stills from a high-definition video file.

Casio’s new 60 frames-per-second EX-F1 super camera may have some impressive numbers backing it up but what we didn’t expect was a claim from the Japanese company that it might be the first step towards doing away with shutter buttons on digital cameras.

Developing camera lenses based on liquids is nothing new, but an investment by a Japanese giant in a small US firm promises that we could soon find fluid optics in our digital cameras and cellphones within a few years.

The latest prototype product from NEC Japan has to be one of the most novel uses of alternative energy we’ve ever seen - it’s a wireless security camera that draws its power directly from fluorescent light tubes.

Blog-happy Tokyo residents might want to make a note of a fun event taking place in early December at which they could walk off with not just a Sanyo Xacti camcorder for free, but also plenty of insight from a living, breathing Japanese video-blogging legend.

The latest in the ever-evolving range of Cyber-shot digital cameras from Sony has just been given a global launch date and it’s a fully loaded consumer snapper with 4GB of its own memory for storing photos without a memory card.

We see a lot of prototype and concept devices here but few are as obviously pointless as the Pixi, an add-on for mobile phones devised by Panasonic of Japan working with two British design companies.

Just two weeks after we caught whiff of a rumor that Hitachi would be releasing a Blu-ray camcorder in the fall, the Japanese company has announced that the portable high-definition technology is, in fact, ready now.

If its claims are to be believed, Panasonic just made digital photography easier than ever, with the launch of three new 8.1-megapixel Lumix models that make digital cameras as simple as point-and-click disposables.

Biometric security techniques, such as face or iris recognition, are not particularly new, but have tended to be limited to official business or novelty products until now. That seems sure to change with the commercial debut this month of a mobile phone lock from Oki Japan that is opened simply by looking at it.

Spending money can hardly get any easier than this – a new online shopping service in Japan allows shoppers to buy music CDs simply by taking a photograph of them with a cameraphone and to pay for them on credit by keying a PIN into the very same mobile phone.

Anyone in the market for a hype-free, yet simple and attractive mobile phone might want to take a quick look at Samsung’s latest designer phone, the SGH-E590, a super-lightweight beauty due out later this month.

Camera Labs are on the ball as usual, bringing us their review of Panasonic’s retro-styled D-SLR, the Lumix DMC-L1.

Ever the Stakhanovite, Gordon at Camera Labs has been at it again and now shares with the world his review of Panasonic’s 10-megapixel Lumix DMC-FZ50.