Japanese electronics maker NEC Corp. displayed a “flying fax machine” on Monday described as a “large drone-like fax machine with four propellers” that “hovered steadily while rapidly firing out facs…

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The last-generation RX-8 left much to be desired and felt like the company had given up on its history.
But if a new report from Japan’s Best Car is to be believed, those acolytes may soon be satiate…

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On the day the Subaru BRZ and Toyota 86 dropped, enthusiasts have demanded one modification: more power.
Japan’s Best Car says that the already confirmed next-generation of the Subaru BRZ and Toyota …

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Tokyo — Three power company executives were acquitted by a court in Japan on Thursday of negligence related to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
The meltdown caused by a tsunami after a powerful e…

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Shortly after smaller rival Softbank said it is accelerating its Japanese 5G network deployment by two years, targeting 60% population coverage by 2023, top carrier NTT Docomo confirmed that it’s als…

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As the Rugby World Cup prepares to kick-off in Japan for the very first time, it is worth casting the mind back to June.
Rugby World Cup most iconic pictures Show all 36 left Created with Sketch.
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Three executives have been cleared of professional negligence in the only criminal trial stemming from the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Following the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, tens of th…

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Korean carriers have already signed up well over a million 5G customers, and top vendor Samsung alone has sold over 2 million 5G handsets worldwide, with plans to sell 4 million by the end of 2019.
B…

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During the Tokyo Game Show, legendary Street Fighter player Momochi forfeited tens of thousands of dollars in prize money because he doesn’t have a pro-gaming license in Japan.
Junior high school stu…

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Starbucks is releasing a new hardware product in Japan this month, and it’s a pen.
Not a stylus or anything — an actual pen, with “coffee brown” gel ink, a drip coffee machine-inspired design, and th…

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