[August 23, 2011] Industry Brief Tweet (Japan Economic Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) TOKYO, Aug. 24 -- (Kyodo) _ ---------- ANA to fly B-787 on new Haneda-Frankfurt route TOKYO - All Nippon Airways Co. said Tuesday it will launch flights linking Tokyo's Haneda airport and Frankfurt in January using Boeing Co.'s advanced B-787 aircraft. ---------- Renesas eyes returning chip shipments to prequake level in mid-Sept. TOKYO - Renesas Electronics Corp. will restore its semiconductor shipments at its main factory in Ibaraki Prefecture to the level prior to the March 11 disaster by mid-September, moving up the initial target for doing so by half a month, company officials said Tuesday. ---------- MetaMoji releases text-writing application for iPad in 123 countries TOKYO - MetaMoji Corp. on Tuesday released a text-writing application for the iPad in 123 countries that enables users to enter text in English into the portable device using handwriting recognition technology. ---------- Taito starts offering Puzzle Bobble online game in S. Korea TOKYO - Taito Corp. on Tuesday started offering an online version of its arcade game Puzzle Bobble in South Korea jointly with the country's Neowiz Games Corp., the major Japanese game company said. ---------- Yahoo Japan to renew online auction service in early Sept. TOKYO - Online retailer Yahoo Japan Corp. said Tuesday it will conduct a renewal of its online auction service on Sept. 6 by dividing lineup lists into two -- one for bidding and the other for snap deals with fixed prices -- in a bid to further activate the Internet auction market launched 12 years ago. (c) 2011 Kyodo News International, Inc. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]