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Sony Corp announced three series of its Bravia LCD TVs supporting 3D video.

Kyocera Corp announced that its "recrystallized ruby" was employed by the "MR-G," the highest-class model of the Casio Computer Co Ltd's G-Shock impact-resistant wrist watch.

Panasonic Corp announced the "DMC-G2" mirror-less camera featuring a replaceable lens unit in Japan.

A research group at the Tokyo Institute of Technology drastically improved a photovoltaic (PV) cell based on silicon quantum dots in terms of the open voltage (Voc) and the form factor (FF) value of current-voltage (I-V) characteristics.

Toyoda Gosei Co Ltd exhibited a white LED packaged with a glass material for reference at LED Next Stage 2010, an exhibition that took place from March 9 to 12, 2010, in Tokyo.

Sony Corp announced eight models of its Bravia LCD TVs supporting 3D video.

SolarEdge Technologies Inc exhibited its DC-DC converter for photovoltaic (PV) power systems at PV EXPO 2010, a trade show that took place from March 3 to 5, 2010, in Tokyo, Japan.

Showa Shell Solar Co Ltd exhibited its second-generation CIGS (CuIn-GaSe) photovoltaic (PV) panel at PV EXPO 2010, a trade show that took place from March 3 to 5, 2010, in Tokyo, Japan.

Iwatani Corp exhibited a fuel-cell assisted bicycle that charges a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery by using a polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) system with an output of about 60W.

Hitachi Maxell Ltd exhibited a laminated lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery for reference at the 1st Int'l Rechargeable Battery Expo, which took place from March 3 to 5, 2010, in Tokyo.

Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA) announced the sales ranking of the passenger vehicles sold in February 2010 in Japan.

Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd exhibited an A6-size laminated all-solid lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery at the 1st Int'l Rechargeable Battery Expo, which took place from March 3 to 5, 2010, in Tokyo.

Sanyo Electric Co Ltd announced a power-assisted bicycle that can generate electricity with a motor and store it in a lithium-ion battery even when running on a level ground.

Alps Electric Co Ltd announced a new magnetometric sensor whose detection range is about 1.6 times longer than that of the company's existing product.

Tanita Corp developed a body composition meter-integrated weighing machine using an SD memory card and will release it in April 2010 in Japan.

Kyocera Corp announced that it has completed its second plant for polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) cells in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.

Minebea Co Ltd developed new input devices with a flat surface in collaboration with Kazuo Kawasaki, professor at Osaka University.

Nano-Optonics Energy Inc and Chubu University succeeded in a superconducting direct-current (DC) power transmission over a distance of 200m for the first time in the world.

Mitsubishi Electric Corp announced March 1, 2010, that it will start production of monocrystalline silicon PV cells within 2010.

Toshiba Corp will start selling residential solar cell systems using SunPower Corp's monocrystalline silicon solar battery module April 1, 2010.