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The government has moved anew the bidding for the lease of its Fujimi property in Tokyo, Japan to March from February.
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Asian-American activists offended that MARTA re-named the train line into the heart of Atlanta's Asian community the "yellow line" will take their objections to the transit agency's chief on Friday.
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Japan Airlines Rejects Delta, Stays With American
Japan Airlines, wooed for months by Delta Air Lines with promises of cash and a broad global network, spurned the world's biggest carrier and opted to keep its alliance with American Airlines.
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Japan's Media Lashes Out at Toyota's Slow Response
Major Japanese newspapers lashed out at Toyota Motor's slow response to safety problems with its cars and warned the fiasco could hurt the country's hard-won reputation for trustworthy technology.
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Can Toyota Digg its way out of recall crisis?
As Toyota careened from one recall crisis to the next, the contrast was almost funny.
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Body Found In Landing Gear Of US Flight
Japanese authorities have found the body of a man in the landing gear of an airliner that arrived in Tokyo from New York.
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Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., and Shinichi Sasaki, executive vice president of the company, arrive for a news conference in Nagoya, Japan, on Friday.
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Most of Japanese support death penalty - survey
Over 85% of Japanese believe that death penalty is necessary under certain circumstances, the Japanese government has said.
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Toyota accused of slow response on safety issues
Toyota's recalls and disclosures in recent months are part of a long-term pattern in which the automaker has often reacted slowly to safety concerns.
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Mid-Atlantic blizzard...Talking jobs...Japanese media attack Toyota
The mid-Atlantic region is buried in snow. It's piled up on roadways and toppled trees onto apartment buildings and cars.
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In Japan, Akio Toyoda bowed in apology for the accelerator recalls from the car company with his name.
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Japan: Culture of Shame Drives Many Executives to Resign, Suicide
Loss of face and shame are powerful forces in Japanese society, and during Friday's hastily called Toyota press conference, CEO Akio Toyoda bowed repeatedly as he apologized for the car company's many product recalls and safety problems.
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Panasonic Books 3Q Profit on Better Overseas Sales
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Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis is in Tokyo, Japan. He is meeting with his counterparts responsible for economic and trade issues in Japan's government.
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Japanese emperor must repent for wrongdoings if he visits: S. Korea
Japanese Emperor Akihito should be willing to repent for his country's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula if he is to visit South Korea, South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un Chan said Friday.
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Art, games at 61st Sapporo Snow Festival
If only refueling missions in the Indian Ocean were as simple as building snow sculptures.
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A technician performs the recall service on a 2010 Camry. Photo: Bloomberg News
THE US yesterday stepped up pressure on Toyota to fix defects that have caused the recall of millions of vehicles because they may suddenly accelerate, causing drivers to lose control.
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A South Florida rarity: Cherry trees bloom at the Morikami in Delray Beach
Their deep, rosy-pink flowers erupted. They appeared in profusion, clothing the trees' naked black branches.
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US Parkinson's rates highest in whites, Hispanics, and Midwest, Northeast
The study, based on data from 36 million Medicare recipients, is both the first to produce any significant information on patterns of Parkinson's disease in minorities and to show geographic clusters for the condition.
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