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Nissan's autonomous Leaf shows its smarts on Japanese test track
Now that Nissan's partially automated Leaf has the proverbial green light to traverse some of Japan's roadways, we figured we'd place our lives in the hands of various computer systems in order to have one whisk us around a test track at CEATEC. This year's autonomous Leaf demo was a step up from last year, with our test vehicle trained to not only stay between the lines, but also pause and evaluate the situation when faced with a fellow car.
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New radioactive leak reported at crippled Fukushima nuclear plant
A new radioactive water leak has been discovered at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator said on Wednesday, according to Japanese news agencies.
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The New Honda NSX Is Hot Enough To Make Tea
We always like to talk about a car being awesome or amazing or even "the hottest," but so far we haven't come up with a good way to use all that heat. Lucky for us, Honda figured out that you could just use its new sports car, which will be debuting here as the 2015 Acura NSX, to make tea. A lot of tea.
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The ocean is broken: "After we left Japan, it felt as if the ocean itself was dead"
A Newcastle sailor's trip across the Pacific Ocean after the Japan tsunami was frighteningly similar to a nightmare.
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Why have young people in Japan stopped having sex?
What happens to a country when its young people stop having sex? Japan is finding out…
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Meet Japan's robot comedy double act
A Japanese university team has invented a robot comedy duo
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Twitter's Top 5 Accounts Are All in Japan — Here's Why
Japanese Twitter users have set this record many times, most recently on New Years Eve 2013 when the clock struck midnight in Japan and Korea. A separate Japanese broadcasting of Castle in the Sky resulted in the tweets per second record back in 2011 and, during the 2010 World Cup, a Japanese goal during a match against Cameroon resulted in 2,940 tweets per second, a record at the time.
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Japan’s elderly are increasingly taking up a bizarre hobby: stalking
When people retire, they often find new hobbies to fill the time—golf, maybe, or contract bridge. Perhaps Xbox. Rising numbers of elderly Japanese, however, are picking up a more sinister pastime: stalking. In 2012, the number of stalking incidents perpetrated by people aged 60 and over hit 1,834, a surge of 3.8 times compared with 2003.
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Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant undamaged after new quake
The operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant said on Saturday there was no damage or spike in radiation levels at the station after a large earthquake struck in the ocean east of Japan, triggering a small tsunami.
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No reports of damage after 7.3 magnitude earthquake hits Japan
An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck early Saturday off Japan's east coast, the U.S. Geological Survey said, and Japan's emergency agencies issued a tsunami advisory for the region that includes the crippled Fukushima nuclear site. Tsunamis of up to 15 inches were reported at four areas along the coast, but the advisory was lifted less than two hours after the quake.
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Help wanted in Fukushima: Low pay, high risks and gangsters
Tetsuya Hayashi went to Fukushima to take a job at ground zero of the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. He lasted less than two weeks.
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Report: Japan is hunting its whales and dolphins to extinction
An "archaic" tradition has killed over a million small cetaceans in the past 70 years.
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Fuk-‘hush’-ima: Japan’s new state secrets law gags whistleblowers, raises press freedom fears
Many issues of national importance to Japan, probably including the state of the Fukushima power plant, may be designated state secrets under a new draft law. Once signed, it could see whistleblowers jailed for up to 10 years.
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David Suzuki's Fukushima Warning Is Dire And Scary (VIDEO)
David Suzuki has issued a scary warning about Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, saying that if it falls in a future earthquake, it's "bye bye Japan" and the entire west coast of North America should be evacuated. The "Nature of Things" host made the comments in a talk posted to YouTube after he joined Dr. David Schindler for "Letting in the Light," a symposium on water ecology held at the University of Alberta on Oct. 30 and 31.
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‘Jetman’ Yves Rossi flies past Mount Fuji in Japan
Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy has completed a flight near the iconic Japanese landmark, Mount Fuji, in his custom-built jet suit, his first such flight in Asia. Rossy, also known as “Jetman” performed his stunt on the carbon-Kevlar jetwing with four engines celebrating Mount Fuji’s designation as a world heritage site.
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Wrecked Japanese nuclear plant to double pay after criticism
The operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant will double the pay of contract workers as part of a revamp of operations at the station, after coming under criticism for its
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Haruhiko Kawaguchi Wraps Love in Plastic Bags And Sucks Out the Air
Some couple try all kinds of romantic tricks to keep love alive for longer, but Japanese photographer Haruhiko Kawaguchi takes a more literal approach – he wraps people in plastic wrap, sucks out the air and takes photos of their distorted bodies.
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Japanese relief team returns favor
A team of 25 medical workers and disaster relief experts from Japan arrived in Manila on Monday night, keen to help a nation that lent a hand during their time of need. They are among some 400 health workers from different countries now in the Philippines, according to the Department of Health.
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50 years after JFK's death, daughter takes public office in Tokyo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Caroline Kennedy, daughter of slain U.S. President John F. Kennedy, arrived in Japan on Friday to take up her first high profile job in public office, making a late start to a political
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Highly Dangerous Fukushima 4 Fuel Removal Begins Monday
The highly dangerous and unprecedented removal of the highly radioactive nuclear fuel rods in Fukushima Unit 4 will begin on Monday, November 18.
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