Takashi Mochizuki wrote about Asian tech companies as well as casino and bitcoin development in Japan from The Wall Street Journal Tokyo bureau.

The AIBO token was named after Sony’s robotic dog, while TORO used the Toro Inoue gaming character, both copyrighted. While AIBO tokens have been created freely on Pump.fun, Soneium refused to ...

Yoko Kubota is The Wall Street Journal's deputy bureau chief in Beijing, responsible for business news coverage in China including the technology, autos and consumer sectors.

Samsung's Ballie robot, powered by Google Gemini AI, launches in summer 2025. Offering mobility, visual intelligence, and ...

Sony is celebrating 25 years of Aibo by releasing a soulbound NFT collection on the Soneium blockchain, an Ethereum layer-2 network. These NFTs cannot be traded or transferred and can be minted for ...

Students will experiment with these primitives and help develop new ones using the Tekkotsu software framework on the Sony AIBO robot dog. Prior robotics experience is not necessary, but strong ...

Things are quiet for a few days at N-Tek (with the robotic dog problems of last week, 'Berto's now developed a robotic cat reminiscent of Sony's Aibo [who's the studio making this show!?!]), so Rachel ...

A dog that bit a 2-year-old child inside a home in Pittsburgh has been surrendered to Humane Animal Control. Pittsburgh Police responded to a reported dog attack around 1:30 p.m. on the 200 block ...

As a non-U.S. company quite dependent on the tastes and sentiments of consumers, Sony (NYSE: SONY) is particularly vulnerable in the current tariff war. That, at least, was the take from an ...

Susan and Adam Withers' two dogs, Apollo and Echo, got out of their condo through a front door with a broken latch and violently attacked Jo Ann Echelbarger. In February, a Pickaway County jury ...

Sony's new ULT line of audio products is expanding with three new Bluetooth speakers and the new ULT Mic. The speakers are a nice step up from their predecessors. Executive Editor David Carnoy has ...

In 2025, Sony is mixing the old with the new. On one hand, Sony is adding three new TVs to its catalog for 2025. But it's also bringing the rest of its range from last year, too. The brand new ...