THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The buzz at Auto Shanghai when it opened Tuesday was the slew of electric vehicles being showcased.
Japanese automakers were among the manufacturers pushing their EV concepts at one of the largest auto shows in the world. China also happens to be where EVs are proliferating rapid...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's trade minister Yasutoshi Nishimura and his U.S. counterpart Katherine Tai affirmed Wednesday further cooperation in advancing negotiations of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework to set high trade standards amid concerns over China's growing clout.
"I hope that Japan and the U...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
 
The industry ministry issued business improvement orders on Monday to five power companies, including Kansai Electric Power Co., over unauthorized access to customer information of rival companies.
The ministry has found that the scandal could undermine the purpose of the liber...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese gaming group Sega has offered to buy the creator of the popular Angry Birds franchise, Finland's Rovio, in a deal worth more than 700 million euros ($770 million), the companies said Monday.
The deal would mark the end the independence of Finnish mobile game makers, which b...

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ECO-BUSINESS
 
Local resistance and high palm oil prices have slowed huge expansion plans for power plants fired by palm oil.
In 2011, Japan faced an unprecedented energy crisis after the Tohoku earthquake had devastated the country and badly damaged the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
The...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The government is set to approve a plan by Osaka Prefecture and city to open what will be Japan's first casino resort in 2029, government sources said Wednesday.
The development comes as movement restrictions introduced during the coronavirus pandemic are removed, leading some local...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
A moon lander operated by Tokyo-based ispace Inc. will attempt to land on the moon at around 1:40 a.m. Japan Time on April 26 at the earliest, the startup has announced.
If successful, the space company’s lander would become the world’s first private sector lunar module to land o...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The bankruptcy filing by Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc has dealt a blow to Japan's hopes of building a domestic space industry, with plans for a Kyushu-based spaceport designed to attract tourism on hold for lack of funding.
Oita prefecture, home to Japan's largest num...

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CNBC
 
 
Key PointsJapan’s new central bank governor Kazuo Ueda on Monday said on Monday he will guide monetary policy flexibly, amid high economic outlook uncertainty.Ueda added there was no immediate need to revise a statement under which the central bank targets a 2% inflation target at the ea...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Mitsubishi Motors Corp will start sales of the new Delica Mini super height-wagon kei-car at sales affiliates throughout Japan on May 25.
The new Delica Mini is priced from 1,804,000 to 2,238,500 yen (10 percent consumption tax included).
Based on the concept of being a reliable and...

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