Japan bio venture to sell jacket made with synthetic protein textile english.kyodonews.net

Mass production of the jacket is unlikely before 2021 when Spiber's protein fermentation facility, currently under construction in Rayong, Thailand, is planned to start operation, Sekiyama said.
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Volvo unit demonstrates driverless truck in Japan english.kyodonews.net

By Takuya Okamoto, KYODO NEWS - 11 hours ago - 18:22 | All, JapanThe Japanese unit of Sweden's AB Volvo demonstrated before journalists on Thursday a highly autonomous truck at a sugar factory in Hok…

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IN PHOTOS: Torrential rain floods southwestern Japan english.kyodonews.net

KYODO NEWS - 16 hours ago - 13:17 | All, JapanMassive flooding triggered by torrential rain in southwestern Japan has left three people dead and one missing, while more than 1,900 people were being a…

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Top Jobs in Japan You Can Apply to From Overseas – Week 35, 2019 blog.gaijinpot.com

These jobs accept applications from overseas and will sponsor your visa.
On Aug 29, 2019Each week GaijinPot looks through its daily updated database of jobs and selects the best opportunities for fin…

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Day in the Life of a Japanese Ramen Chef

This is Tokyo life working in Japan at a Japanese Ramen Shop as a Ramen Chef. Japanese workers are often portrayed as Salarymen but in this video we focus on Japanese food services industry and what…

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Lockheed to build F-35 maintenance, repair facility for Japanese fleet www.upi.com

Lockheed Martin was contracted on Tuesday for a regional maintenance, repair and upgrade facility for F-35s in Japan.
Photo courtesy of JASDFAug. 28 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin Co. will build a maintena…

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Toyota recalling 191,000 cars due to air bag issue www.cbsnews.com

Detroit — Toyota is recalling 191,000 cars in North America and Japan because the air bags may not inflate properly in a crash.
Toyota says the front passenger air bags in the cars were installed in …

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Pelli Clarke Pelli reveals Japan's tallest skyscraper www.dezeen.com

Construction has begun on Japan's tallest building, a 330-metre-tall skyscraper in Tokyo designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects.
Planned to be approximately 330 metres high, the main tower would b…

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Metabolism: The Japanese architects who treated buildings like living organisms cnn.com

In their conceptual manifesto, "Metabolism 1960: Proposals for a New Urbanism," the Metabolist founders used biological metaphors to call for buildings capable of regeneration.
The group included arc…

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Japan's Asteroid Probe Packs Up and Prepares for Return to Earth gizmodo.com

Image: JAXAFollowing a pair of successful touchdowns onto the surface of Ryugu, Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe is packing its precious cargo as it prepares to bring samples of the asteroid back to Earth.
Wi…

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