Hyogo, (Japan): Local hope Masamichi Uehira fired a third round score of six-under-par 65 for a narrow one-shot lead over Filipino sensation Juvic Pagunsan at the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open golf here on Saturday. India's Shiv Kapur was tied 11th. It was Uehira's best score of the week as he returned with 14-under-par 199 but has nine players who are within four shots off the pace at the $1.9 million event...
04:35 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Hyogo (Japan): Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh continued his strong comeback from injury with a fine four-under 67 to be tied 11th after the opening round of the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open here on Thursday. Also shooting a fine opening round of 67 was Shiv Kapur. Kapur and Jeev, forced into rest for a few weeks because of an injury on his trigger finger, was five short of the leader, Japanese...
04:39 PM, Sep 20, 2012
Hyogo, (Japan): Asian Tour stalwarts Jeev Milkha Singh and Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee are upbeat about winning the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open despite struggling with injuries. Jeev has an injured trigger finger and Thongchai twisted his right ankle earlier but they will play at the US $1.9 million event sanctioned by the Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour starting Thursday. Thongchai and Singh will make up a total of five Asian Tour...
02:32 PM, Sep 19, 2012
Tokyo: Long-time Japanese rivals Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. are working together to develop next-generation TV panels called OLEDs in a reversal of decades of rivalry as they try to catch up with South Korea's Samsung Electronics. The companies said in a joint statement Monday they will share core technologies to develop OLED, or organic light-emitting diode, panels. They are aiming for low-cost mass production by 2013. Both Sony and...
10:03 AM, Jun 26, 2012
Producer of Rs.15 crores first high quality 3D film 'Katari Veera Sura Sundarangi' Munirathna Naidu despite of high tension for the film has decided to make another 3D film after all problems get over. Meanwhile he has used for KVSS the first Panasonic AG3DA 1 camera for major portions of the Kannada film KVSS that is also used for the television programs. After getting the satisfactory result of it watching...
04:30 PM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: Local favourite Digvijay Singh closed with a flawless six-under-par 66 to end an agonising 12-year wait for his maiden Asian Tour title at the Panasonic Open India in New Delhi on Sunday. Singh produced a grandstand finish with a 12-foot birdie putt on the last to defeat Asian Tour winners Mohammad Siddikur of Bangladesh and Gaganjeet Bhullar of India by two shots at the $300,000 event sanctioned by...
08:38 PM, Apr 01, 2012
Tokyo: Japanese electronics giant Panasonic Corp is expected to shift all production of its mobile phone handsets abroad as early as this summer as it looks to re-enter overseas markets this fiscal year, the Nikkei daily said on Sunday. Panasonic, which is to post a record loss of 780 billion yen ($9.7 billion) for the business year ended on Saturday, still makes about half of its handsets in Japan and...
10:58 AM, Apr 01, 2012
New Delhi: Considered one of India's most gifted golfers, Ashok Kumar on Saturday took a big step towards his breakthrough win as he took the sole lead at the end of the third round of the Panasonic Open India here. Ashok rolled in a 15-footer on the 18th for a final birdie to card a second straight 69 and move to eight-under 208. Ashok was atop the leaderboard that had...
07:29 PM, Mar 31, 2012
New Delhi: Manav Jaini was flawless for the second successive day, while Gaganjeet Bhullar did not miss a single fairway and the duo, along with Ashok Kumar and Shankar Das, were close on the heels of the leader Bangladesh's Siddikur (67) after the second round of the Panasonic Open India here on Friday. Siddikur, who holed a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole at the Delhi Golf Club (DGC)...
08:21 PM, Mar 30, 2012
New Delhi: Anirban Lahiri overcame all the challenges that the Delhi Golf Club presented, by getting off to a great start in rather tough conditions in the Panasonic Open India 2012, in New Delhi on Thursday. Bringing home the only card under 70 with a three-under 69, Lahiri was one clear of a group of seven players tied for second at 70 at the Delhi Golf Club. It was a...
08:16 PM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: Seasoned Indian golfer Jyoti Randhawa will celebrate a milestone 200th Asian Tour appearance when he joins 25 other Tour champions at the Panasonic Open India in New Delhi, from March 29. Title holder Anirban Lahiri, Prayad Marksaeng of Thailand and Korean-American Anthony Kang, who have won a combined total of 11 Asian Tour titles, will also headline the USD 300,000 showpiece event, to be staged at the Delhi...
01:27 PM, Mar 14, 2012
Tokyo: Japan's Panasonic Corp and South Korea's Samsung Electronics have each decided to propose capital ties with Olympus Corp, the Mainichi newspaper reported on Wednesday. Among the firms jostling to partner with the scandal-hit endoscope and camera maker, Fujifilm Holdings Corp has already proposed an alliance while Terumo Corp has said it wants to strength ties. Sony Corp is also interested, sources have said. In addition to Panasonic and Samsung,...
11:32 AM, Feb 01, 2012
Tokyo: NTT Docomo Inc, Japan's biggest mobile phone service operator, said Tuesday it will partner with South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co and other Japanese firms to develop chips for smartphones. Docomo and Samsung will be joined by NEC Corp Panasonic Corp and Fujitsu Ltd in the venture. Docomo will invest $5.8 million to create a subsidiary in preparation for the start of the partnership, it said in a statement. Fabricating...
02:23 PM, Dec 27, 2011
Tokyo: Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Tuesday after the failure of US trading firm MF Global Holdings and fresh worries about Europe raised concerns on the global economic outlook, prompting profit-taking. Panasonic skidded 3.8 per cent after it said on Monday that it expects to post an annual net loss of 420 billion yen ($5.5 billion), its biggest in a decade, as it cut unprofitable businesses deeper and faster...
08:24 AM, Nov 01, 2011
Tokyo: Japanese electronics maker Panasonic Corp will scale back domestic semiconductor output by the end of March 2012 and cut about 1,000 jobs, reflecting its recent move to reduce TV panel production, the Nikkei business daily said on Sunday. All of the firm's five domestic chip-manufacturing facilities, including the state-of-the-art Uozu plant in Toyama prefecture, will cut output, the report said. The company is likely to outsource more semiconductors from...
08:03 AM, Oct 23, 2011
Shiga Prefecture, Japan: Jeev Milkha Singh finished tied fourth for the second week in a row after bringing home a card of even-par 72 in the final round of the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open here on Sunday. The Indian golfer dropped an early double bogey on the fourth and then a late bogey on the 17th, besides four birdies, to finish the week at four-under 280. Anirban Lahiri (73) totaled 287...
06:43 PM, Sep 25, 2011
Shiga: Japan's Tetsuji Hiratsuka completed a dream week when he battled to victory by signing off with a four-under-par 67 to win the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open golf here on Sunday. India's Jeev Milkha Singh shared the fourth place. Hiratsuka closed with a eight-under-par 276 total to finish two shots clear of South Korea's SK Ho and Kim Do-hoon, who signed for matching 279s at the $ 1.7 million event jointly...
02:55 PM, Sep 25, 2011
Shiga Prefecture (Japan): A patient Jeev Milkha Singh hung in on a difficult day to return a one-under 70 and improve to tied sixth place at the end of the third round of the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open title here on Saturday. Jeev is now four-under 209, four shots behind Japan's Daisuke Maruyama (68). India's only other challenger, Anirban Lahiri, carded 72 and was placed tied 28th. Jeev played steady golf...
06:22 PM, Sep 24, 2011
Shiga Prefecture (Japan): Jeev Milkha Singh and Anirban Lahiri brought in good news for the Indian contingent even as four others missed the mid-way cut in the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open on Friday. Jeev (69), a four-time winner in Japan, was lying tied eighth, while Anirban Lahiri (69), two-over after first round, added a two-under 69 to make the cut in tied 29th place. The cut came at three-over as SSP...
11:08 AM, Sep 24, 2011
