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©Reuters/Ina Fassbender Toyota to unveil concept fuel-cell car at Tokyo Motor Show Toyota said Tuesday it plans to unveil its latest fuel-cell concept car at the Tokyo Motor show, with an expected commercial rollout two years away.
05 November 2013
China accuses Japan of 'dangerous provocation' at sea Beijing's military accused Tokyo of a "highly dangerous provocation" by interfering in Chinese live-fire drills in the Pacific last week, warning that Japanese lives could be at stake.
02 November 2013
McDonald's Japan 'sorry' over homeless ban McDonald's Japan issued an apology Friday after it was revealed one of its outlets had posted a notice banning homeless people for more than a year.
02 November 2013
Japan's Foreign Minister Kishida Fumio. ©Reuters/Ahim Rani Japanese minister to visit Iran as ties with West thaw Japan's foreign minister will go to Iran next month, he said Tuesday, in the latest sign of Tehran's rapidly thawing relationship with the Western world.
30 October 2013
Japan's Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera. ©Reuters/Toru Hanai China behaviour jeopardising 'peacetime': Japan Beijing's behaviour in its row with Tokyo over disputed islands is jeopardising peace.
29 October 2013
©Reuters/Issei Kato Fukushima workers evacuated as small tsunami hits Japan Workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant were evacuated when a small tsunami hit Japan after a powerful undersea quake Saturday.
27 October 2013
©Reuters/Shohei Miyano Japan bank to punish executives over loans to gangsters: reports Japan's Mizuho Bank will punish more than 30 executives over revelations that the lender made loans to underworld figures, reports said Friday, in the latest chapter of a headline-grabbing scandal.
25 October 2013
©Reuters/Rick Wilking Panasonic to slash chip business workforce in half: reports Panasonic is set to cut its chip division workforce in half, axing thousands of jobs as the electronics giant overhauls its battered balance sheet after record losses.
24 October 2013
©Reuters/China Daily Japan firms to invest in Brazilian shipbuilder A Japanese consortium on Tuesday said it would buy a 30 percent stake in a Brazilian shipbuilder as its eyes the lucrative market for resource-exploration vessels.
23 October 2013
Japan typhoon search resumes as another storm looms The search resumed Monday for 19 people still missing after last week's typhoon-sparked landslides on a Japanese island, as meteorologists warned of another "very strong" storm.
21 October 2013
©Reuters/Gary Cameron Dolphin killings rise in Peru due to Asia shark fin sales Peru has dramatically increased its sales of shark fins to Asia, triggering the slaughter of about 15,000 dolphins a year used as bait.
20 October 2013
Groundwater radiation spikes at crippled Fukushima Groundwater radiation levels at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have soared near a tank that leaked 300 tonnes of toxic water in August.
20 October 2013
Frogmen join body hunt as Japan typhoon tolls hit 24 Frogmen were Friday scouring waters off the coast of a Japanese island where landslides buried houses when a huge typhoon rolled through, as the death toll reached 24.
19 October 2013
Japan gives muted welcome to US debt fix Japan's finance minister on Friday gave a muted welcome to the US debt deal, but hinted at the need for a more permanent solution to the warring in Washington.
18 October 2013
©Reuters Japanese doctor with TB saw over 600 patients: official A Japanese doctor infected with tuberculosis examined more than 600 patients without wearing a mask.
16 October 2013
Toyota unveils cars with auto pilot Toyota on Friday unveiled the next generation of cars featuring an auto pilot system that will swerve to avoid collisions and also keep to the middle of the road, all without drivers touching the wheel.
11 October 2013
More problems hit JAL Dreamliners: company A fresh series of troubles has hit Japan Airlines 787 Dreamliners, with two Tokyo-bound flights forced to turn around and another plane experiencing a minor glitch.
11 October 2013
©Reuters/Jason Redmond Broken toilet flush forces JAL Dreamliner to turn back A 787 Dreamliner bound for Japan was forced to turn around and fly back to Russia after toilets on the plane refused to flush.
10 October 2013
US, S. Korea, Japan hold naval drill despite N. Korea threat The United States launched a joint naval drill Thursday with South Korea and Japan despite dire warnings of a "horrible disaster" from North Korea.
10 October 2013
Cui Tiankai. Photo courtesy of cogitasia.com China: Japan defeated not only by atomic bombs Japan should realize it was defeated in 1945 "not just" by atomic bombs and thus not challenge the post-World War II order.
09 October 2013

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