Companies
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NTT Opens Tokyo Capsule Hotel to Collect Sleep Data; Company to Collaborate with Manufacturers to Develop Products to Improve Sleep
NTT Data Japan Co. has opened a capsule hotel equipped with its technology to analyze guests’ sle...
August 21, 2024
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Summer Sales Heat Up with Hotter Temperatures; Consumers Buy Up Portable Air Conditioners, Parasols
The summer shopping season is reaching its peak amid scorching daily temperatures. In addition to...
August 20, 2024
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Kobayashi Pharma Starts Accepting Compensation Requests
Osaka (Jiji Press)—Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. on Monday started accepting requests for compensa...
August 20, 2024
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Completion of Aomori N-Reprocessing Plant May be Postponed to 2027; 27th Postponement Since Construction Began in 1993
Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. (JNFL) is considering postponing the completion of a spent nuclear fuel r...
August 19, 2024
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Mos Burger Operator Opens 1st Drink Stand to Reduce Food Waste; Expects to Reduce Food Waste by 4 Tons per Year
The operator of the Mos Burger chain has launched a new business; a drink stand that offers juice...
August 18, 2024
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Japanese Firm Hitachi to Release Vacuum Using AR That Turns Cleaning Into a Game; Stressful Cleaning May Become More Enjoyable
Taking advantage of augmented reality, a Hitachi vacuum cleaner lets people feel as if they are p...
August 16, 2024
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Kobayashi Pharma Fails to Report 11 More Suspected Deaths
Osaka, Aug. 13 (Jiji Press) — Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. said Tuesday it has newly found 11 mor...
August 14, 2024
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Financial Institutions Offer Products Covering ‘Pair Loan’ Mortgages if Spouse Dies
Financial institutions have begun offering products that guarantee reducing the housing loan bala...
August 13, 2024
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Mitsui Fudosan Targets Wealthy Seniors with Ultra-Luxurious 36-Story Residence in Tokyo’s Minato Ward
Mitsui Fudosan Residential Co. plans to open a luxury senior living facility in Nishi-Azabu, Mina...
August 6, 2024
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Self-Driving Bus Service to Start at Facility near Haneda Airport; Hoped to Serve as Model for Coping with Driver Shortage
Major construction company Kajima Corp. has announced that it will begin in August operating pas...
July 31, 2024
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Mitsubishi May Join Honda-Nissan Camp on EVs
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is considering joining the camp of Honda Motor Co. a...
July 29, 2024
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Hitachi to Withdraw from Home Air Conditioner Business; Will Focus on Core Businesses, High-Growth Areas
Hitachi, Ltd. has announced the company would withdraw from manufacturing air conditioners for ho...
July 28, 2024
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Regular-Sized Yoshinoya Gyudon Price to Rise to ¥498; 4th Consecutive Year Hike
Gyudon beef-on-rice restaurant chain Yoshinoya will raise the price of its beef bowls at 2 p.m. M...
July 27, 2024
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Toyota Shows Off Fuel Cell Bike in Paris; Freezer on Front Wheel Holds Ice Cream for Spectators
Toyota Motor Corp. will distribute ice cream chilled with hydrogen power to spectators of the Par...
July 26, 2024
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‘Long Nose’ Shinkansen Bullet Train Expected to Bow Out in 2027; First Japan Train to Reach Top Speed of 300 Kph
The 500-series Shinkansen, the first Japanese train to reach a maximum speed of 300 kph, will be ...
July 26, 2024
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