Toyota, NTT announce tie-up on connected cars
March 28, 2017
TOKYO- Toyota Motor Corp. and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. said Monday they have agreed to collaborate on the development of Internet-connected cars. The partnership covers the fields of big data, the Internet of Things, fifth-generation wireless systems and artificial intelligence,
Seven students, teacher killed in avalanche at ski resort
March 28, 2017
Nasu, Tochigi Pref.- Seven high school students and a teacher were confirmed dead after being engulfed by an avalanche at a ski resort in the town of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Monday. The avalanche occurred near Nasu Onsen Family
Japan to urge operators to do more against gambling addiction
March 28, 2017
TOKYO- The Japanese government plans to urge operators of publicly run gambling events and firms that run “pachinko” pinball parlors, to step up measures to combat gambling addiction, Jiji Press learned on Monday. The government will hold a meeting of
First revision in 11 years eyed for life table in Japan
March 28, 2017
TOKYO- The Institute of Actuaries of Japan is expected to revise the standard mortality table, based on which death insurance premiums are calculated, in spring 2018 reflecting an increase in longevity in the nation, Jiji Press learned Monday. Following the revision,
Tokyo could block Toshiba chip business sale to foreign firm
March 28, 2017
TOKYO- With embattled Toshiba Corp.looking for a buyer of its prized flash memory , the Japanese government plans to put any bid by a foreign company or fund under close scrutiny. As a result of a screening under the foreign exchange
Japan not to join talks on nuclear arms ban treaty
March 28, 2017
NEW YORK- Japan will not take part in negotiations on concluding a treaty to ban nuclear arms, Nobushige Takamizawa, its ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament, said Monday. Takamizawa showed Tokyo’s policy in a speech he delivered during the talks that
8 people in cardiac arrest after being hit by avalanche in Tochigi
March 27, 2017
NASU- Eight people are in a state of cardiac arrest after being engulfed by an avalanche at a ski resort in the town of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Monday, local authorities said. The eight include students of prefectural Otawara
Japan forms amphibious training unit
March 27, 2017
TOKYO- A ceremony was held on Monday at the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force’s Ainoura camp in Sasebo in the southwestern prefecture of Nagasaki to mark the launch of a training unit for a planned amphibious rapid deployment brigade. The brigade, modeled
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