Japanese News
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Foreign buyers flock to buy Japan’s used cars as yen weakens
The yen’s historic decline is drawing more overseas buyers to Japan’s used-car market, driving up prices already inflated as a...
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Toyota overtakes GM to lead U.S. auto sales for 2021
Japanese carmaker Toyota led U.S. automobile sales in 2021, according to figures released Tuesday, overtaking General Motors for the first...
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Japanese firms in China worry most about power shortage
What Japanese companies operating in China are most worried about is not a potential default of debt-laden property developer China...
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Nobel Physics Prize to two climate experts and Italian theorist
US-Japanese scientist Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann of Germany and Giorgio Parisi of Italy on Tuesday won the Nobel Physics Prize...
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European-Japanese spacecraft to get 1st look at Mercury
A joint European-Japanese spacecraft is set to fly by Mercury for the first time late Friday on its path to...
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Toyota banks on mobility technology for future growth
Japanese automaker Toyota is revving up acquisitions in mobility technology, adding Renovo Motors Inc, a Silicon Valley software developer, to...
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Japanese shipping giant planning to start autonomous cargo ships by 2025
It seems that kids these days just aren’t that interested in a life on the high seas anymore. Combined with...
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Japanese food giant Kikkoman wants soy sauce to be the 'ketchup of India'
Every dish tastes better with a dash of soy sauce, even dessert: That's the ambitious pitch of Japanese food giant...
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Japan asks Tokyo hospitals to accept more COVID-19 patients
The Japanese government and the Tokyo Metropolitan government appealed on Monday (Aug 23) to hospitals in the capital to accept...
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Luxury Japanese inn: Rent an entire kominka house built 400 years ago in the Sengoku Period
Operated by Tanaka Co Ltd, Shoya no Sato Kominka Tanaka, is a luxury ryokan inn built on a 1,000 tsubo...
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Japanese companies to be banned from locking cell phone SIM cards
Unlocking your cell phone provides an assortment of advantages. From being able to switch phone carriers more easily to staying...
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Man arrested after injuring 10 with knife on Tokyo train
Japanese police said Saturday they arrested a man who stabbed 10 passengers on a commuter train in Tokyo hours earlier,...
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Japanese scientists develop freeze-dried mouse sperm postcards
Good news: Scientists won't have to worry about their mouse sperm vials breaking in transit ever again.Researchers in Japan have...
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Japanese startup Navigation Logistics starts testing eco-friendly electric vehicle aidea AA-Cargo α
Navigation Logistics Co Ltd, a Japanese logistics start-up, is conducting a proof-of-concept demonstration of an eco-friendly parcel delivery service using...
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Smartphone app enables users to keep COVID-19 vaccination records
A Tokyo-based medical venture has introduced a smartphone app feature enabling users to keep records of their COVID-19 vaccinations as...
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Murakami adaptation by Japan's Hamaguchi vies for Cannes awards
Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi unveiled his awards contender at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, a tale of heartbreak and...