JAPANESE STATION
The future will soon arrive for now, in Japan have been present robot kindergarten , first in the world named Meebo!
Small cute pink robot  and it will monitor the kindergarten children by taking photographs and their dance, which makes Meebo be the ideal companion to entertain c...

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JAPAN TRENDS
We were recently in the Muji in Yurakucho and noticed that half the store was empty of stock, and other areas were closed off completely. Prominent signs apologized for the “changeover” work taking place. What was afoot?
Well, we have now had a glimpse at the upcoming new store. And ...

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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO —The value of share repurchases by cash-rich Japanese firms leaped more than fivefold in August from a year earlier in their drive to reward shareholders. More buybacks are in the pipeline as companies take advantage of a pullback in the market.
Hit by worries of a China-led glo...

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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO —Japan’s Ajinomoto Co Inc could spend up to 200 billion yen for acquisitions and alliances by the end of the next fiscal year, its president said on Tuesday, as the company hunts for deals to help it grow into a top-10 global food maker.
Takaaki Nishii, who became president in J...

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JAPAN TIMES
Hitachi Ltd. plans to expand its reach into the market for offshore wind projects by adding a production line to make key turbine parts used in some of the largest wind-generation systems currently available.
The Tokyo-based company is considering adding a line to produce nacelles for...

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JAPAN TIMES
OSAKA – Sharp Corp. is in talks to sell one of its two head office buildings in Osaka’s Abeno Ward to furniture retail chain operator Nitori Holdings Co., sources close to the matter said Wednesday.
The struggling electronics maker aims to conclude a contract with Nitori in September ...

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JAPANESE STATION
During this time, usually when a disaster occurs in which there are victims trapped under debris or soil and sand at the site of the disaster, the rescue dogs are often used to find the missing person by detecting the smell of his body. However, the rescue dogs need guidance from...

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JAPANESE STATION
After mecha MegaBots of challenging America Kuratas of Japan and raise funds to deal, and this week other news emerged from the world of robotics in Japan. The leading oil companies in Japan called Mitsui has been announced that they are creating a power loader as seen in the fil...

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REUTERS
 
Mizuho Financial Group Inc (8411.T) has agreed to buy Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC's (RBS.L) (RBS) U.S. and Canadian loan commitments in a deal worth $3 billion, marking the latest move overseas by one of Japan's top banks.
 
Japan's second-largest lender by assets would buy RBS's $...

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CONSUMERIST
 
Will tacos, burritos and all the combinations in between work in a place where raw fish is the nation’s popular cuisine? One restaurant group in Japan seems to think so, with the announcement that it signed a franchise agreement with Yum Brands to open Taco Bell restaurants in the c...

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