Quiet e-cars to have noise-making devices

Quiet e-cars to have noise-making devices

Japan will require all new quiet electric and hybrid cars to have noise-making devices by 2018.

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Sendai reactor no. 1 undergoes inspection

Sendai reactor no. 1 undergoes inspection

The Sendai nuclear reactor no. 1 in Kagoshima Prefecture undergoes its first periodic inspection under post-Fukushima re...

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 39 stranded following Typhoon Chaba

39 stranded following Typhoon Chaba

39 people are stranded in central Japan in the wake of Typhoon Chaba.

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Typhoon Chaba topples cars

Typhoon Chaba topples cars

Typhoon Chaba spawned gusts powerful enough to topple cars in western Japan on Wednesday.

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Panel grapples with Fukushima decommissioning

Panel grapples with Fukushima decommissioning

Officials considering who will pay to decommission Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant meet for the first t...

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Regulators approve reactor safety measures

Regulators approve reactor safety measures

Japan's nuclear regulators give the nod to safety measures at an aging nuclear reactor, paving the way for it to receive...

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Typhoon Chaba slams Japan

Typhoon Chaba slams Japan

Typhoon Chaba slams southwestern Japan with experts fearing it will make landfall in the north of the nation.

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U.S. to resume Harrier flights in Okinawa

U.S. to resume Harrier flights in Okinawa

The U.S. Marine Corps in Japan will resume flights using the AV-8B Harrier jet in Okinawa in the wake of a crash involvi...

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Honda and Yamaha plan partnership

Honda and Yamaha plan partnership

Rival motorcycle manufacturers Honda Motor and Yamaha Motor plan an alliance to boost competitiveness in the small scoot...

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First frost graces central Hokkaido town

First frost graces central Hokkaido town

The season's first frost is observed in a town in northern Japan.

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