Companies
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Panasonic group to expand housing-related business in India
Panasonic group is strengthening its housing business in India by increasing lineups, mainly of its ...
December 12, 2022
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Japanese company’s lander rockets toward moon with UAE rover
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, b...
December 11, 2022
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Lawson to start collecting used clothing
Lawson Inc. will begin an initiative to collect clothes people no longer need at convenience stores ...
December 10, 2022
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Tokyo startup plans to launch Japan’s 1st commercial space station
A Tokyo-based startup is planning to build a commercial space station in what will be the first proj...
December 10, 2022
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Nissan, Mitsubishi mini EVs named Japan Car of the Year
Electric minivehicles jointly developed by Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. were named 2...
December 9, 2022
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EV charging station operators target apartment blocks for expansion
Services to install electric vehicle chargers in apartment buildings are being offered by an ever-gr...
December 9, 2022
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NEC develops gateless biometric authentication system to ease congestion
NEC Corp. announced that it has developed a biometric authentication system that does not require ga...
December 8, 2022
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Japan Post unveils drones for deliveries
Japan Post Co. has unveiled a new model of drone to be used for deliveries that it aims to put into ...
December 7, 2022
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Ex-BOJ Inaba to become NHK president
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese public broadcaster NHK said Monday it will appoint former Bank of Japa...
December 6, 2022
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JAL, major paper firm begin recycling paper cups
Japan Airlines Co. and Nippon Paper Industries Co. began a joint initiative Thursday to recycle pape...
December 6, 2022
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Small makers’ unions to raise pay hike demand
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — An umbrella body of labor unions at small and midsize manufacturing firms said ...
December 6, 2022
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Mitsukoshi opens store in Philippines
MANILA (Jiji Press) — Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. has recently opened a commercial facility in t...
December 4, 2022
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Spread of telework helps Japan companies move head offices out of Tokyo
Thanks to the spread of teleworking during the pandemic, many companies are no longer requiring empl...
December 4, 2022
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Green Lawson opens in Tokyo with avatars, aiming for zero food waste
Convenience store chain operator Lawson, Inc. on Monday opened its first Green Lawson, aiming to ac...
December 4, 2022
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JR East’s self-driving bus to begin operations in Miyagi
TOME, Miyagi Pref. (Jiji Press) — East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will start operating a self-drivi...
December 3, 2022
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