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JAPAN
May 30, 2008
Ex-envoy to Latvia stays on to aid economic development
Toru Nagatsuka, 66, who stayed on in Latvia after resigning as Japan's acting ambassador in 2005, is working for an investment development public corporation to help the Baltic state following its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2004
Toyota still playing catchup in China with 'well-digging' VW
Last of five parts on problems Toyota Motor Corp. faces in China
BUSINESS
Aug 27, 2004
Toyota's snub of FAW took 20 years, Tianjin rescue to heal
A groundbreaking ceremony for joint venture company Tianjin Toyota was held in July 2000 under a baking sun, with temperatures soaring to 45 degrees.
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2004
Tianjin tieup Toyota's only way to get China joint venture nod
Guangzhou Motor Corp., China's fourth-largest vehicle maker, sounded out Toyota Motor Corp. in February 1994 for a joint venture after the Japanese auto giant gave up a plan to manufacture vehicles in Shanghai.
BUSINESS
Aug 25, 2004
China seen stringing Toyota along while wooing GM
Officials of Toyota Motor Corp. involved in its China project were elated at the end of the New Year's holidays in 1994.
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2004
Toyota facing up to China challenges
Akio Toyoda, senior managing director of Toyota Motor Corp., was handling himself deftly at a news conference at the international auto show in Beijing in early June when he suddenly found himself in the hot seat after a reporter asked him about the automaker's joint venture in China.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
Philippines wants U.S. and Japan to take over rail deal eyed by China
Delfin Lorenzana
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
At least one dead, seven missing after two MSDF helicopters crash off Izu Islands
Contact was lost with the two SH-60K helicopters, each carrying four crew, in an area east of Torishima in the Izu Island chain during anti-submarine warfare training Saturday night.
Tokyo Rainbow Pride lights up capital as organizers celebrate 30 years
Rainbow flags were flown through the capital's busy Shibuya and Harajuku areas for Tokyo Rainbow Pride events this weekend as organizers hailed 30 years of one of Asia's largest LGBTQ celebrations.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.

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