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Toyota: Change at the Top Looks Closer
More news on the possible replacement of Toyota chief Katsuaki Watanabe with Akio Toyoda, grandson of the company's founder. Today's Nikkei newspaper reckons Toyoda's ...
Nations move to fight slump
Britain cut a key interest rate yesterday to the lowest in 315 years and Japan pledged $13 billion to financial institutions, steps aimed at reversing an economic slow...
SanDisk's G3 SSDs Deliver 40,000 RPM Speeds Without Breaking the Bank [Ssd]
SanDisk's new G3 SSD drives are set to offer read speeds equivalent to a 40,000RPM platter drive at prices that won't make you queasy. The age of SSD laptops is lookin...
SanDisk's G3 SSDs are Super Fast, Relatively Cheap [Ssd]
SanDisk's new G3 SSD drives are set to offer read speeds equivalent to a 40,000RPM platter drive at prices that won't make you queasy. The age of SSD laptops is lookin...
NPA asks taxi firms to bolster security
The National Police Agency is asking taxi organizations to take safety measures in light of a recent string of armed robberies, including fatal attacks, in western Jap...
Toyota cut output and now takes aim at pay
Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it is negotiating with its workers in Japan to slash salaries as it stops production to adjust to slumping global demand. Toyota spo...
Honda weighing 12 offers for Formula One operation
Honda's Formula One executives are considering 12 offers for the team with its parent company in Japan, which pulled out of the ...
False labeling of bamboo shoots prompts raids
NAGOYA (Kyodo) Police searched an agricultural product wholesaler in Aichi Prefecture and four other companies Thursday on suspicion they sold bamboo shoots farmed in ...
Foreign visitors to Japan saw first fall in five years in 2008
The number of foreign visitors to Japan in 2008 turned downward for the first time in five years, totaling about 9.15 million, down 5,800, or 0.1 percent, from the pre...
Monju restart faces yet another delay
TSURUGA, Fukui Pref. (Kyodo) Resumption of the suspended Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor is likely to be postponed for several more months, sources close to the J...
