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Sony Corp. announced Wednesday that it is scheduled to release a new doglike “aibo” robot on Jan. 11, 2018.
As production of the previous “AIBO” model ended in 2006, the new robotic dog marks Sony’s first full-fledged entry into the home robot market in 12 years.
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TOKYO - Japan's top airline by passenger numbers, All Nippon Airlines, upgraded its full-year forecasts on Wednesday as profits soared to new records due to solid demand.
Parent company ANA Holdings said net profits for the first-half period from April to September had more than dou...

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The need to improve productivity as a growth driver has come under the spotlight. Although this is a task shared by the global economy, Japan’s productivity is relatively low — leaving plenty of room for improvement. Structural problems are revealed when looking at why.
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TOKYO - Japanese authorities are conducting safety checks at a Kobe Steel Ltd aluminium plant that supplied components for a domestically built aircraft and seeking to inspect other plants owned by the embattled company.
Kobe Steel's revelations of widespread tampering in the specif...

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Rise to 2.0009 trillion yen credited to Chinese streaming, live events,Your Name.
The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA) published its “Anime Industry Report 2017,” which examines industry trends from 2016, on Tuesday.
The report confirms the previous reports that the total ma...

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TOKYO - Japan's Canon on Tuesday raised its annual financial projections, saying demand for its office and medical equipment offset sagging demand for digital cameras as consumers increasingly turn to picture-taking smartphones.
The camera and copier marker revised up its net profit...

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TOKYO - Messaging app Line surged in Tokyo trade Thursday, posting its biggest gain since it was first traded on Japan's premier stock exchange in 2016 as the company reported better-than-expected earnings.
Shares in the company best known for its cartoon stickers -- which too-busy-...

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TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Toyota Motor Corp. launched on Monday an all-new taxi featuring “koiai” traditional Japanese deep indigo blue, aiming to tap demand from foreigners traveling in Japan.
The JPN Taxi (Japan Taxi) is the first taxi model released by the automaker in 22 years.
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TOKYO - Tokyo's Nikkei 225 on Monday posted the longest winning streak in its nearly 70-year history as markets cheered the weekend election victory of Japan's pro-business prime minister.
The benchmark index rose 1.11%, or 239.01 points, to end the day at 21,696.65, its 15th consec...

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ISA, Kagoshima (Jiji Press) — Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. is working to start mining a new gold ore deposit in its Hishikari Mine, the only existing commercial gold mine in the country, in 2019 at the earliest.
The company recently showed the mine in Isa, Kagoshima Prefecture, ...

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