Subaru probing possible mileage data manipulation
December 21, 2017
Tokyo- Japan’s Subaru Corp. said Wednesday it will launch an investigation into whether the automaker manipulated fuel economy data of vehicles during pre-shipment checks. Some officials pointed to the possibility of such practice during a hearing by a law firm
University of Tokyo researchers develop repairable polymer
December 21, 2017
Tokyo- A team of researchers at the University of Tokyo recently said they have developed a hard transparent polymer that can be repaired at room temperatures if fragments are put together. The achievement was published last week on the online
Gov’t ups views on production, capex; economic overview unchanged
December 21, 2017
Tokyo- The Japanese government kept its basic economic assessment unchanged in its monthly report released on Thursday, while raising its views on industrial output and corporate capital expenditures and, by contrast, showing a bleaker picture of housing construction. “The Japanese
Toyota estimates another record in 2018 global sales
December 21, 2017
Nagoya- Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday its global vehicle sales in 2018 are estimated at 10,495,000 units, hitting a record high for the second straight year and topping 10 million for the fifth consecutive year. The Japanese automaker said strong
LDP remains undecided on Constitution’s Article 9
December 21, 2017
Tokyo- The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday failed to reach a specific stance over proposed revisions to the Japanese constitution’s war-renouncing Article 9. The LDP’s Headquarters for the Promotion of Revision to the Constitution agreed to consider two options
Crack in Shinkansen bullet train nearly caused derailment
December 20, 2017
Osaka- A crack found in a bogie frame of a Shinkansen bullet train last week was so deep that the frame nearly fractured to cause a derailment, the train operator said Tuesday. The crack in the square-tube frame had a
Abe renews resolve to effectuate new Constitution by 2020
December 20, 2017
Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reiterated his resolve on Tuesday to put a new constitution into force by 2020. “We should deepen constitutional discussions and hold active debates on what the country should be like,” Abe said at a
Cost estimate for 2020 Tokyo Games cut by 35b yen
December 20, 2017
Tokyo- The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee has newly estimated that costs to hold the 2020 Games will total 1,350 billion yen, down 35 billion yen from its initial estimate, informed sources said Wednesday. In May, the Tokyo metropolitan
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