Among those reported dead include an 87-year-old man who was hit by a falling tree in Chiba prefecture, according to the Japan Times.
JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images Scaffoldings, hit by typhoon Faxai, a…

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It was the largest amphibious flying boat in production up until China bested it with their AG600 amphibian that first flew in 2017.
But that aircraft isn't yet operationally deployed, the US-2 is, a…

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But today the Kadoma, Japan-based company really shook things up with a new flagship — the Toughbook 55, successor to the Toughbook 54 — that’s almost entirely modular.
That’s standard stuff as far a…

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A relatively new entrant in the emotion detection segment is Empath, a Toyko-based startup founded in 2017.
A range of products fill out Empath’s suite, including My Mood forecast, an app employees c…

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The Sega Dreamcast was released 17 years ago today in the United States.
A console defined by experimental games and features far ahead of the curve, it’s fair to say that the Dreamcast changed my li…

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Your browser does not support HTML5 video tag.Click here to view original GIFHere’s Japanese cosplayer 11Vadu with one of, if not the best Samus outfit I have ever seen.
The accuracy, the movement, i…

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The boss of Nissan, Hiroto Saikawa, has quit after admitting he received dubious income, broadening a scandal that led to the arrest of his predecessor Carlos Ghosn last year on charges of financial …

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Takeru Shoji Architects has completed a home in the Japanese city of Uonuma, with small rooms suspended above a double-height living space which sits in a "live-in foundation".
Takeru Shoji Architect…

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DreamcastLaunchLivestream — Kyle Orland (@KyleOrl) September 9, 2014Yes, I know there's a typo in here.

DreamcastLaunchLivestream — Kyle Orland (@KyleOrl) September 9, 2014I was probably a bit too en…

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Image copyright iStockNissan chief executive Hiroto Saikawa will step down next week as the carmaker grapples with an executive pay scandal.
Earlier, Mr Saikawa told Japanese media he was "keen to pa…

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