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Japanese Venture Launches $680,000 'Hoverbike'

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NHK
 
A Tokyo-based venture firm has unveiled its so-called "hoverbike", a motorcycle-type vehicle that flies through the air like something out of a sci-fi movie.
A.L.I. Technologies gave a demonstration of the manned drone at a motor circuit in central Japan and started taking orders on Tuesday...

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Tokyo Game Show 2021 Starts Online Again

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
 The Tokyo Game Show 2021 kicked off on Thursday in an online format, just like last year, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, with most companies offering a peek into their new games through online platforms.
With restrictions placed on large-scale events to prevent the spread ...

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Tokyo Game Show 2021 Starts Online Again

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
 The Tokyo Game Show 2021 kicked off on Thursday in an online format, just like last year, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, with most companies offering a peek into their new games through online platforms.
With restrictions placed on large-scale events to prevent the spread ...

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Japan Considers Easing Covid-19 Curbs In Tokyo, Osaka From June 21

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BUSINESS STANDARD
 
The Japanese government is considering easing the Covid-19 restrictions in Tokyo and Osaka from June 21, an official said.
Tokyo and Osaka are likely to be kept under a quasi-state of emergency with less tough measures to be implemented, and the state of emergency for most of ...

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Olympian Yamaguchi Says Japan 'Cornered' Into Holding Tokyo Games

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BUSINESS STANDARD
 
One of Japan's best-known Olympians and an executive member of the Japanese Olympic Committee says Tokyo has been cornered into holding the games during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In an outspoken editorial published Friday, Kaori Yamaguchi said the International Olympic Committee,...

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Olympian Yamaguchi Says Japan 'Cornered' Into Holding Tokyo Games

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BUSINESS STANDARD
 
One of Japan's best-known Olympians and an executive member of the Japanese Olympic Committee says Tokyo has been cornered into holding the games during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In an outspoken editorial published Friday, Kaori Yamaguchi said the International Olympic Committee,...

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Tokyo Games Cancelation Likely To Cost Japan ¥1.81 Tril: Nomura

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Canceling the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics this summer would cost Japan around 1.81 trillion yen ($17 billion), a research institute estimate showed Tuesday, as Japan scrambles to curb coronavirus infections with the major sporting event now just two months away.
The Nomura Resear...

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Of Losses As Asia-Pacific Markets Rise Tokyo Motor Show Canceled

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. said Thursday it will cancel the Tokyo Motor Show scheduled for this autumn.
“We thought about doing something online, but we decided that it would be difficult to provide the main program that would let many visitors appreciat...

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Japan Spends Millions On Technology For Absent Olympic Fans

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RUTLAND HERALD
 
 
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top telecommunications company is getting 7.3 billion yen — about $67 million — in taxpayer money to design mobile tracking software to curb the spread of coronavirus infections during the Tokyo Olympics.
There's one catch: Few Olympic fans from abroad will...

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Olympic Host Japan Will Not Take Part In China Vaccine Offer

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BUSINESS STANDARD
 
 Japan will not take part in China's offer accepted by the International Olympic Committee to provide vaccines for participants" in the postponed Tokyo Games and next year's Beijing Winter Games
Japan will not take part in China's offer accepted by the International Olympic Co...

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