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Former Honda chiefs chide CEO over quality

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JAPANTODAY
 
Two former Honda Motor chiefs have called on CEO Takanobu Ito this year, urging him to focus more on quality issues, increasing the pressure he’s already under from U.S. regulators and politicians over mass air bag recalls.
 
Nobuhiko Kawamoto and Hiroyuki Yoshino made separate visit...

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Seven-Eleven Japan on track to 20,000 stores

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NIKKEI
 
Seven-Eleven Japan plans to open 1,700 stores next fiscal year, putting itself on course to become the first convenience store operator with 20,000 locations in the country by fiscal 2017.
 
The company has been adding more than 1,000 stores a year for several years. It plans to add 1,60...

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Soon, You Can Eat Gundam Burgers in Japan

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KOTAKU
 
Yep. Japan is getting official Gundam burgers with Gundam-themed buns.
 
AnimeAnime reports that the Tokyo Station Gundam Cafe is being turned into McDaniel Hamburgers Gundam Cafe. The restaurant appeared in the Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam anime as a secret meeting place for the Anti-Earth U...

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Japan: School holds ‘Sex Change Day’ for students

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PINK NEWS
 
A high school in Japan held a ‘Sex Change Day’ this week – where boys dressed in skirts, and girls wore suits and ties.
 
On Tuesday, Fuji Hokuryo High School, in the Yamanashi prefecture encouraged students to swap uniforms with the opposite sex for a day.
 
Despite the name, the eve...

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Japan is building a robot that can play baseball

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CNET
 
A baseball player needs to be able to do quite a few things: throwing the ball, batting, fielding, even running really fast. A human can do all of these things, because we're pretty great, but a robot? Well, getting a robot to do all of these things would be a little more tricky.
 
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Germany Is Starting to Look a Lot Like Japan

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SLATE
 
Three things have happened in the last 48 hours that tell you a lot about the state of the German economy:
 
Inflation and GDP figures were confirmed. Germany grew by 0.1 percent in the third quarter, with inflation of 0.8 percent in October.
German politicians have negotiated “schwarze n...

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Japan and America Meet in “Big Hero 6”

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NEWYORKER
 
First heard about Disney’s “Big Hero 6” and its unprecedented hybrid setting—an urban mashup of San Francisco and Tokyo called San Fransokyo—at this summer’s Anime Expo, North America’s largest annual convention devoted entirely to Japanese pop culture. Amid the throngs of cosplay (co...

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Joy of six for Aguirre Japan

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Javier Aguirre declared the time for testing over when he announced his latest Japan squad, and with familiar faces back in the fold, the Samurai Blue clicked smoothly into gear on Friday night.
 
After just one win in his first four games as Japan boss — and even that coming cou...

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Japan No-Hits MLB All-Stars in 4-0 Win in Game 3

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ABC NEWS
 
Takahiro Norimoto combined with three relievers on a no-hitter, and Japan beat the Major League Baseball All-Stars 4-0 on Saturday to take a 3-0 lead in their five-game series.
 
Hayato Sakamoto and Sho Nakata each hit a two-run homer.
 
Norimoto, who went 14-10 with a 3.02 ERA this se...

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Dollar hits seven-year peak versus yen on hopes of Japan sales tax delay

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REUTERS
 
The dollar on Tuesday climbed to highs against the yen last seen in 2007 after Japan's stock index surged on hopes Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may delay a planned sales tax increase.
 
The safe-haven yen typically struggles when Japanese stocks rise because investors often sell t...

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