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Toshiba to spin off operations
Toshiba announces plans to spin off four of its core business divisions from the parent company to help it regain its fi...
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Police to allow self-driving car tests on public roads
Japan's national police agency to allow self-driving car tests on public roads.
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Electronics retailer giant to embrace Bitcoin
Shoppers at this electronics chain will be able to use virtual currency.
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Govt boosts hi-tech safety cars with new designation
As accidents involving elderly drivers rise, Japan boosts sales of cars loaded with hi-tech safety features by naming th...
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Toshiba gets approval for chip unit sale
Toshiba moves to sell its profitable memory chip unit amid huge losses.
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Island stranded by tsunami gets new bridge
Workers in Kesennuma, northeast Japan put in place the main span of a key bridge destroyed by the 2011 tsunami.
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Red-faced drinkers more likely to break bones
People who turn red when they drink alcohol are more likely to develop osteoporosis and fracture their femurs, a new stu...
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New video from Fukushima Daiichi
New video from inside a crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor shows possible melted fuel.
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'Hybrid ice' could revolutionize fisheries
A new 'hybrid ice' flash-freeze method might just shake up the fisheries industry.
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Govt seeks unified automatic brake standards
Japan is moving to create unified standards for automatic brakes to halt a rise in accidents involving elderly drivers.
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