Toshiba sets chip unit sale to Bain group
Struggling Toshiba announces the sale of its memory chip division to a Bain Capital-led group with investors from Japan,...
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Abe dissolves Lower House
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolves Japan's Lower House of Parliament, kicking off the de facto election campaign ahead ...
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Dropped panel part traced to ANA plane
A dropped plane panel found in Ibaraki Prefecture yesterday belongs to ANA's Boeing 767.
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Torrential rain lashes eastern Japan
Torrential rain in Kanagawa and Chiba Prefectures forces 3,200 residents to evacuate.
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First snow falls in Hokkaido
The first snow of the season falls on Hokkaido's Mt. Kuro in the Taisetsu mountain range.
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Mitsubishi Electric sued over harassment-linked suicide
The family of a young man who took his life after apparently being harassed by his boss is suing Mitsubishi Electric for...
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Pyeongchang Olympics map lacks Japan
A world map on the website for South Korea's Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics lacked Japan.
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33 years ago, this factory made the world's first notebook PC
33 years ago, a factory in northern Japan made the world's first notebook PC. What was its secret sauce?
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