In the middle of the 2020s, film cameras are still selling.Tokyo-based Ricoh Imaging Co. released the Pentax 17 this July, ...

The participants later share their lush retro-looking snaps online -- a trend a top Japanese camera brand wants to capture with its first new film model in two decades. Instead of pressing a ...

Popular Japanese camera brand Olympus announced plans to get out of business after 84 years. Hard-hit by the arrival of smartphones which shrunk the market for separate cameras, Olympus said that ...

Major Japanese camera manufacturers are competing at the Paris Olympics but not for spots on the podium or medals. Instead, they are shooting for a highly visible presence among the professional ...

Then, in 2020, Tomokuni Tsuji inherited the role as Sanrio's boss. He is the grandson of the firm's founder, Shintaro Tsuji, ...

Peak Design and Carryology team up to produce a new capsule of photography wearables inspired by ancient Japanese design ...

Another report by the Japanese news agency Kyodo citing an unidentified investigative source claimed that police found no illicit substances despite searching Kaufmann’s home. A Tokyo ...

Eikoh Hosoe, who died on Sept. 16 in Tokyo, was part of a group of avant-garde artists in postwar Japan who were determined ...

Panasonic has revealed the Lumix S 18-40 mm F4.5-6.3 lens, and in doing so has laid claim to the world's "smallest and lightest" zoom lens. While the Japanese camera brand is marketing the new ...

The Sharp Aquos R9 Pro has just been announced in its home market of Japan as quite the impressive camera phone. While the ...

Olympus is now seeking to strike a deal to carve off the camera part of its business so that its brands - such as Zuiko lenses - can be used in new products by another firm, Japan Industrial Partners.

Ricoh Imaging Co.'s Takeo Suzuki, who led the project to develop the Pentax 17, the company's first film camera in 21 years, is seen in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2024. (Mainichi/Ayane Matsuyama) TOKYO ...