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Prosecutors formally indicted Japanese judo champion Masato Uchishiba on charges he raped a teenage student who was a member of the judo team at the school where he coached
TOKYO (TR) – Beginning Saturday, the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show will highlight the latest in environmentally friendly vehicles from automakers worldwide.
The week-long event, held at Tokyo Big Sight in Koto Ward, will feature cars powered by plug-in hybrid, fuel-cell, and next generation hybrid systems from among the approximately 179 exhibitors expected to attend.
Yet attracting the most attention at a press event on Wednesday was a flashy prototype from Toyota for which the power source is undecided. The Fun-Vii is a slim and sleek three-seat concept car that uses capacitance-screen technology to emit messages on its door panels. “It’s a four-wheeled smart phone,” said Akio Toyoda, the president of Toyota.
Book written by a Japanese man who evaded police for two-and-a-half years after the murder of a young British English teacher is being made into a movie
Camera maker is embroiled in a scandal for attempting to hide substantial investment losses
Toshiro Shimoyama: 'It was a mistake to bring a foreigner in to be president'
Firm's stock price fell from ¥15 per share to ¥5 in the nine days after the company issued additional stock
Former chairman admitted to a breach of trust in connection to the transfer of company funds to his personal account
Fees Olympus paid to advisors on at least 4 deals may have been indirectly funneled to organized crime
Ex-chairman may have gambled away most of the funds at overseas casinos