KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 17:02 | All, JapanAn earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit northeastern Japan on Thursday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the weather agency said.
The epic…

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KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 16:55 | Arts, Lifestyle, AllA national museum dedicated to the Ainu ethnic minority in northern Japan will exhibit more than 700 artifacts, an official said Thursday, as th…

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A new area to open at Tokyo Disneyland in 2022 will be named “Fantasy Nation”, operator Oriental Land Co. said Thursday.
The democratically themed area will mainly feature female characters that have…

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Share this post:IBM quantum computing hardware comes to Japan – thanks to the Japan-IBM Quantum Partnership, a new initiative led by IBM and the University of Tokyo to advance quantum computing in Ja…

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TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Aircraft is winning orders for its SpaceJet plane outside its home market, including in Europe, as it fights to become Japan's first global commercial aircraft maker despite numer…

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp (6502.T) does not feel threatened by Hoya Corp’s (7741.T) counter offer for Toshiba chip equipment unit NuFlare, saying that even if its own bid fails it does not expec…

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The defendant also denied asking for intervention in connection with investigators' decision not to build a case over the 2015 rape case, saying, "I didn't ask any politician, police officer or burea…

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Back in September, IBM Q announced a host of new tools catered to making quantum computing more accessible.
Amongst the new additions were a bunch of 5-qubit quantum computers, which extended the IBM…

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Tokyo — Toyota Motor Corp. has unveiled an upgraded version of its human-shaped T-HR3 robot.
Such a robot could one day be used to perform surgery in a distant place where a doctor cannot travel.
Toy…

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[Image: Brian Ashcraft | Kotaku]Every year across Japan, people line up at Kentucky Fried Chicken joints to place their orders for Christmas dinner.
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