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Japan’s hydrogen fuel cell stations begin to open, but are they worth the switch?
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ROCKET NEWS
With Toyota’s first hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (FCV), Mirai, now available, many wait to see if this revolutionary car with take off or fall flat in Japan. On 25 December, JX Nippon Oil & Energy began selling hydrogen for these new vehicles at a cost of 1,000 yen per kilogram (US$8/...
With Toyota’s first hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (FCV), Mirai, now available, many wait to see if this revolutionary car with take off or fall flat in Japan. On 25 December, JX Nippon Oil & Energy began selling hydrogen for these new vehicles at a cost of 1,000 yen per kilogram (US$8/...
- January 8, 2015
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Survey reveals 55 percent of women in Japan wouldn’t marry a divorced man
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ROCKET NEWS
With people generally getting married at a later age than in our parents’ generation, it sometimes feels like we have to throw out the whole rule book on marriage and starting a family in order to write a brand new one. But what do you do when your potential partner already has a bu...
With people generally getting married at a later age than in our parents’ generation, it sometimes feels like we have to throw out the whole rule book on marriage and starting a family in order to write a brand new one. But what do you do when your potential partner already has a bu...
- January 8, 2015
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Hyogo Prefecture starts operation of solar plant
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JAPAN TODAY
The government of Hyogo Prefecture has started operating a 5MW solar power plant in the Harima Science Garden City.
The installation area is 6 hectares. The plant is expected to generate about 5,000,000kWh of electricity, which is equivalent to the amount consumed by 1,400 househo...
The government of Hyogo Prefecture has started operating a 5MW solar power plant in the Harima Science Garden City.
The installation area is 6 hectares. The plant is expected to generate about 5,000,000kWh of electricity, which is equivalent to the amount consumed by 1,400 househo...
- January 8, 2015
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Japanese Government to assist Vietnam with urban development
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Akihiro Ota and Vietnamese Construction Minister Trinh Dinh Dung signed memorandums of understanding on Saturday to promote bilateral cooperation in eight areas, including urban development in Vietnam.
The eight areas also in...
Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Akihiro Ota and Vietnamese Construction Minister Trinh Dinh Dung signed memorandums of understanding on Saturday to promote bilateral cooperation in eight areas, including urban development in Vietnam.
The eight areas also in...
- January 8, 2015
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Japan strike twice to beat Auckland City FC 2-0 in Asian Cup warmup in Cessnock
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STUFF
The Japan national team have had to rely on a deflected shot and a last-minute goal to beat New Zealand club champion Auckland City 2-0 in a pre-Asian Cup friendly in Australia.
J-League superstar Yasuhito Endo's long-range shot took a deflection and hurtled past Auckland keeper Tamati ...
The Japan national team have had to rely on a deflected shot and a last-minute goal to beat New Zealand club champion Auckland City 2-0 in a pre-Asian Cup friendly in Australia.
J-League superstar Yasuhito Endo's long-range shot took a deflection and hurtled past Auckland keeper Tamati ...
- January 8, 2015
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Kyoto taxi drivers reduce convenience store robberies by 48% by doing absolutely nothing
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JAPAN TODAY
Throughout 2014, Kyoto prefectural police began an initiative having taxi drivers and late-night convenience stores work together to reduce incidents of armed robbery. Although still early, the program has so far been rousing success, leading to a 48% decrease in convenience store r...
Throughout 2014, Kyoto prefectural police began an initiative having taxi drivers and late-night convenience stores work together to reduce incidents of armed robbery. Although still early, the program has so far been rousing success, leading to a 48% decrease in convenience store r...
- January 8, 2015
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Ring in the new year with a real robot suit, on sale at Keisei department store
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JAPAN TODAY
The New Year season is often a peak shopping time in Japan, and as such stores pull out the big guns in what are known as “fukubukuro” (lucky bags). These are bags full of the merchandise a particular shop peddles. Sometimes it’s random which means you could end up with a laptop, ot...
The New Year season is often a peak shopping time in Japan, and as such stores pull out the big guns in what are known as “fukubukuro” (lucky bags). These are bags full of the merchandise a particular shop peddles. Sometimes it’s random which means you could end up with a laptop, ot...
- January 8, 2015
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Shinzo Abe re-elected as Japan's prime minister
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CNN
Japanese MPs have re-elected Shinzo Abe to serve another term as prime minister after his party's landslide victory in snap elections earlier this month.
Mr Abe won 328 votes against 73 in the lower house of parliament, or Diet.
After the upper house confirmed his re-appointment, Mr Abe...
Japanese MPs have re-elected Shinzo Abe to serve another term as prime minister after his party's landslide victory in snap elections earlier this month.
Mr Abe won 328 votes against 73 in the lower house of parliament, or Diet.
After the upper house confirmed his re-appointment, Mr Abe...
- December 25, 2014
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Japan's first Firefox OS phone is transparent
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ENGADGET
Transparency has always been one of Mozilla's big selling points with Firefox OS, but a new smartphone from KDDI in Japan is taking that idea to its literal extreme.
KDDI's Fx0 is the first Firefox OS phone to hit Japan, and as you can see, its clear case (crafted by designer Yoshiok...
Transparency has always been one of Mozilla's big selling points with Firefox OS, but a new smartphone from KDDI in Japan is taking that idea to its literal extreme.
KDDI's Fx0 is the first Firefox OS phone to hit Japan, and as you can see, its clear case (crafted by designer Yoshiok...
- December 25, 2014
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Suzuki Alto goes back to basics in Japan
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AUTOBLOG
Believe it or not, you're looking at a brand new car. Not an old model from the '80s that's still being manufactured in some far-flung corner of the world, not a rehash of old technologies, but an all-new model introduced in Japan for the Japanese domestic market.
Looking like a cros...
Believe it or not, you're looking at a brand new car. Not an old model from the '80s that's still being manufactured in some far-flung corner of the world, not a rehash of old technologies, but an all-new model introduced in Japan for the Japanese domestic market.
Looking like a cros...
- December 25, 2014
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