THE VERGE
 
There’s already one in California and Australia
Tesla’s latest virtual power plant is in Japan. The company announced Friday that it has been quietly installing its Powerwall batteries at homes on the island Miyako-jima since 2021 and now has over 300 installed.
It’s the largest comme...

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REUTERS
 
Suzuki Motor Corp (7269.T) will set up a global research and development company in India, its president said on Sunday, pushing deeper into a market that is set to become an electric vehicle (EV) hub for the Japanese carmaker.
The new company, a wholly owned unit of Suzuki Japan, will ...

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AFDB
 
Japanese businesses should invest more in Africa, where investment opportunities and returns on investment are among the highest in the world, African Development Bank President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina urged participants at the 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD8...

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WFMZ
 
They’re your run-of-the-mill “salarymen,” as company workers in Japan are called — hard-working, friendly and, well, rather regular.
But the chief executive and general manager at a tiny Japanese security company are among the nation’s biggest TikTok stars, drawing 2.7 million followers an...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Toyota Motor Corp has commenced sales of its completely redesigned Sienta minivan in Japan
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The Sienta was launched in September 2003 as a vehicle that combines the convenience of a minivan, with a spacious cabin and seating for seven passengers, into a compact body size.
Each gene...

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THE VERGE
 
 
It blames global economic challenges for the change
Sony is increasing its PS5 prices in the UK, Europe, Japan, China, Australia, Mexico, and Canada.
Prices are jumping by 10 percent in Europe, 21 percent in Japan, and by around 6 percent in the UK as inflation rates impact Sony and...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
South Korean messaging giant Kakao’s manga business is pushing back plans to go public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange until next year, aiming for a valuation of $6 billion or more.
Manga app operator Kakao Piccoma had previously planned an initial public offering for this December, but...

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REUTERS
 
Japanese trading firm Mitsui & Co (8031.T) is close to making a final decision to join a new Russian operator for the Sakhalin-2 liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, the Nikkei newspaper said, without citing sources.
Registered on Aug. 5, the new entity replaces project operator Sakhali...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Core consumer prices in Japan rose 2.4 percent in July from a year earlier, marking the sharpest increase in about seven and half years amid surging material and energy prices, government data showed Friday.
The nationwide core consumer price index, excluding volatile fresh food ite...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The Japanese operator of @cosme, one of the nation’s largest cosmetics and beauty portals, announced capital and business tie-ups with Amazon.com on Monday.
The U.S. tech giant will invest up to ¥14 billion in istyle Inc. through stock acquisition rights. When all the stock acquisiti...

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