Bullet train service back to normal

Bullet train service back to normal

Bullet train service in western Japan is back to normal after a 5-hour power outage.

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Toshiba favors intl group to buy chip business

Toshiba favors intl group to buy chip business

It's been learned Japan's Toshiba Corporation favors a Japanese, U.S. and South Korean group to buy its semiconductor bu...

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Both Toyosu and Tsukiji to have fish markets: Koike

Both Toyosu and Tsukiji to have fish markets: Koike

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike says Tokyo's famous fish market will move to a contaminated new site at Toyosu, and the old...

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Luxury train launches amid fanfare

Luxury train launches amid fanfare

Japan's latest luxury train leaves Osaka for an overnight western journey amid fanfare.

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Japan and the EU talk trade

Japan and the EU talk trade

Negotiators from Japan and the European Union kick off trade talk in Tokyo that might make cheese cheaper in Japan and J...

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Embattled Takata to file for bankruptcy

Embattled Takata to file for bankruptcy

Takata Corporation, the Japanese company facing defective airbag recalls worldwide, is to file for bankruptcy by the end...

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Final decision due on Tsukiji move

Final decision due on Tsukiji move

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike will soon announce her decision to move the famous Tsukiji fish market, with relocation bein...

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Abolition of tariffs on soft cheese considered

Abolition of tariffs on soft cheese considered

People in Japan may soon be enjoying cheaper cheese as Japan and the EU discuss abolishing import tariffs on European so...

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Queen Elizabeth says Japanese train 'comfortable'

Queen Elizabeth says Japanese train 'comfortable'

England's Queen Elizabeth rides a Hitachi train to commemorate the first train ride by a British royal 175 years ago.

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3D roadmaps to pave the way for self-driving cars

3D roadmaps to pave the way for self-driving cars

To pave the way for autonomous cars, a firm backed by Mitsubishi Electric and other investors will aim to map Japan's ro...

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