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Toyota Brings The Store to You with Self-driving Concept Vehicle

  • Category:Driving
THE JAPAN NEWS
 
LAS VEGAS - Self-driving buses aren't new, but Toyota's concept vehicle unveiled Monday aims to be more than just that -- a mobile platform for e-commerce, ridesharing and medical services, for a start.
The Japanese auto giant's president Akio Toyoda unveiled the new initiative a...

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New $1.6 bil. Toyota-Mazda Plant to Create 4,000 Jobs for Alabama

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Automakers Toyota and Mazda on Wednesday announced plans to build a mammoth $1.6 billion joint-venture plant in Alabama that will eventually employ about 4,000 people.
Several states had competed for the coveted project, which will be able to turn out 300,...

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Renewable Japan Completes 3.8MW Solar Plant in Hokkaido

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JAPAN TODAY
 
HOKKAIDO - Renewable Japan Co Ltd has completed a solar power plant with an output of about 3.86MW in Ashibetsu City, Hokkaido.
The plant is scheduled to start to sell electricity later this month.
The plant has 14,568 solar panels on 95,249.05 square meters of land.
The plant is ex...

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Live Mitsubishi Webcast Promotes New SUV

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Tuesday it will put on the market a new support-utility vehicle in March, the Japanese automaker’s first new vehicle launch in some four years since the revelation of its fuel economy data fabrication scandal.
Mitsubishi Motors st...

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Bitcoin Proving Big Hit in Japan

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Known as "Miss Bitcoin" on Japanese social media, Mai Fujimoto says she invests all of her savings in the virtual currency that has proved a huge hit in Japan.
"I convert all my disposable income into cryptocurrency," the 32-year-old tells AFP. "I've been doing this for near...

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Abe Again Urges Business Leaders to Raise Wages by 3%

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday once again urged business leaders to raise wages by 3% in fiscal 2018 and asked for aggressive investment to boost the country's economy.
"To create a cycle of economic growth, I ask you to hike wages by 3%," Abe said in a speech at a New ...

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Keidanren Chief Expects Recovery to Pick Up Pace

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The nation’s economic recovery is expected to pick up its pace this year on the back of a global economic expansion, business leader Sadayuki Sakakibara said in a New Year interview.
“I hope that 2018 will be the year when [the government] can declare an end ...

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Over 80% Of Major Japanese Companies Expect Economy to Grow in 2018

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - More than 80% of major Japanese companies surveyed expect the nation's economy to grow in 2018, citing a recovery in corporate capital investment and personal spending, but also remained cautious about hiking wages, the results of a Kyodo News survey showed Tuesday.
The perc...

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Business Leaders Feeling Positive About 2018 Economy

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Japan’s top business leaders are feeling upbeat about the prospects for the nation’s economy during the upcoming year, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey.
Of 30 leaders of major companies surveyed, 28 said the economy is currently “recovering moderately” and 26 — nearly 90 per...

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New Year to Herald Price Hikes for Daily Living

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Some systems and schemes closely related to daily living will change starting in January 2018, and the prices of various goods and services such as imported cars and some types of foods are set to rise.
Taxes for married couples will rise or fall in accordance with their annual i...

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