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Robot climbs Grand Canyon with batteries
May 28 2008, AP

Watch out Energizer Bunny. Robot Evolta kept climbing and climbing _ up a rope dangling from a Grand Canyon cliff for nearly seven hours on a pair of AA batteries that Japan’s Panasonic is billing as the world’s longest lasting.To prove how durable its...

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61-year-old woman gives birth in Japan
AP, Tokyo
A 61-year-old Japanese woman gave birth to her own grandchild, using an egg donated by her daughter, a clinic said Thursday.
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US company sues Nintendo in Wii wand patent suit
AP, Tokyo
Nintendo’s hit Wii console with its wandlike remote controller has been targeted in patent infringement complaints by a U.S. technology company.
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Tokyo police no better off chasing monkeys
Zach P, Okayama
When a JR Tokyo station platform attendant was shot at close-range during a dispute amidst early morning rush hour back in 2004, the suspect’s clean getaway from...
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Japan's trade surplus falls 86.6 percent in July
AP, Tokyo
Japan’s trade surplus in July fell 86.6 percent from a year earlier as spending on imports grew because of higher prices for oil and other commodities, the...
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Monkey eludes dragnet at Tokyo train station
AP, Tokyo
Morning train commuters in Tokyo were joined on their way to work by an unusual companion Wednesday: a wild monkey.
Japan, Wild, Monkey, Chase
made popular Aug 20 2008
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Toyota mulls Japan price hike amid soaring costs
AP, Tokyo
The soaring cost of steel has Toyota considering raising prices in Japan without a model makeover for the first time in three decades, the Japanese automaker said...
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made popular Aug 20 2008
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Soaring costs has Toyota mulling Japan price hike
AP, Tokyo
Soaring material costs has Toyota considering raising prices in Japan without a model makeover for the first time in three decades, the Japanese automaker said...
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made popular Aug 20 2008
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Bank of Japan keeps key interest rate steady
AP, Tokyo
Japan’s central bank chief said Tuesday he expects the world’s second-largest economy to stay stagnant for the time being but denied it was headed toward...
Japan, Central, Bank, Business
made popular Aug 19 2008
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Japan reports 2 iPods overheating, suspects defect
AP, Tokyo
Japan is investigating a possible battery defect in the popular iPod Nano music player after reports that two overheated in Tokyo, scorching nearby paper and a woven...
Japan, iPod, Technology, Business
made popular Aug 19 2008
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Japan to start overseas cell phone technology push
AP, Tokyo
Japan will start an aggressive push to market abroad its mobile technology, especially the nation’s popular “wallet phone,” a government official said...
Japan, Wireless, Technology, Business
made popular Aug 19 2008
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MUFG to buy rest of UnionBanCal for $3.5B
AP, Tokyo
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and UnionBanCal Corp. agreed on a tender offer at a raised price of $73.50 a share in a deal worth $3.5 billion, the Japanese bank...
Japan, Mitsubishi, UFJ, UnionBanCal
made popular Aug 18 2008
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Japan seeks to arrest anti-whaling activists
AP, Tokyo
Japanese police are pursuing arrest warrants against three activists from the U.S.-based animal rights group Sea Shepherd for allegedly attacking Japanese whaling ships...
Japan, Whaling, Investigation, World
made popular Aug 18 2008
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MUFG: Willing to talk with UnionBanCal on takeover
AP, Tokyo
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group said Thursday that there is no immediate change to its plans to fully acquire UnionBanCal but it is willing to negotiate after the U.S....
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made popular Aug 14 2008
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Japanese economy posts second-quarter contraction
AP, Tokyo
Japan’s economy shrank for the first time in a year in the second quarter, the government said Wednesday, but officials _ joined by many economists _ denied the...
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made popular Aug 13 2008
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Japan, NKorea agree to reinvestigate abductions
AP, Tokyo
North Korea and Japan have set guidelines for a new probe into Pyongyang’s kidnappings of Japanese citizens, aiming to finish the investigation this fall and...
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made popular Aug 13 2008
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Japan's economy shrinks in second quarter
AP, Tokyo
Japan’s GDP contracted in the second quarter as the world’s second largest economy succumbed to high oil prices and the prospects of a global slowdown.
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made popular Aug 13 2008
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Diary shows Tojo resisted surrender till end
AP, Tokyo
Japanese World War II leader Hideki Tojo wanted to keep fighting even after U.S. atomic bombs destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, accusing surrender proponents of being...
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made popular Aug 12 2008
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Japan wholesale prices rise 7.1 percent in July
AP, Tokyo
Japan’s corporate goods prices rose at their fastest pace in more than 27 years, pushed up by surging oil and commodities prices, the Bank of Japan said Tuesday.
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made popular Aug 12 2008
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Tokyo to get electric car recharging sites
Justin, Rochester
Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) plans to set up as many as 200 recharging stations for electric cars around the Japanese capital next year, the Nikkei business daily...
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made popular Aug 8 2008
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Uranium spill at Japan fuel plant, no injury
AP, Tokyo
A small amount of liquid containing uranium splashed out of a container at a Japanese nuclear fuel plant near Tokyo, slightly exposing two people to radiation, the...
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made popular Aug 8 2008
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