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Hokkaido steam locomotive gives railway fans final photo opp on last run
The steam locomotive Niseko belched out clouds of steam amid light snow flurries on Nov. 3 as it embarked on its final run past picturesque Mount Yoteisan.
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Lucky riders whoosh along at 500 kph on maglev test run for the public
One hundred railway fans turned out Nov. 13 for the first round of test rides for the public on Central Japan Railway Co.’s maglev Shinkansen.
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Osaka Mayor Hashimoto not to run in lower house election
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto who is a co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, the second strongest opposition group in the lower house, said Sunday he will not run in the upcoming House of...
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Rugby: Japan's unbeaten run comes to end at hands of Georgia
Japan's hopes of finishing the calendar year unbeaten in test matches were dashed at Mikheil Meskhi Stadium on Sunday as they went down 35-24 to Georgia.
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LDP vows to follow through on "Abenomics" in run-up to election
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party pledged Tuesday to follow through on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's attempts to pull Japan out of deflation and revitalize the economy as it gears up for the Dec. 14...
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Diplomat aiming to promote strong image of Tokyo in Olympic run-up
Akio Miyajima, a career diplomat handpicked by Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe to head the capital's foreign affairs activities in the run-up to the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, has said he aims to...
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Over 1,150 candidates to run in lower house election
More than 1,150 people are expected to file candidacy papers for the Dec. 14 House of Representatives election in which 475 seats will be up for grabs, with 12 days of official campaigning set to start...
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Scotland's Salmond to run for UK Parliament seat
Weeks after his party lost an independence referendum and he quit as the Scottish leader, Alex Salmond has his eye on a seat in the British Parliament and a return to major political influence.
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1st Hokkaido Shinkansen crosses strait, arrives in Aomori on trial run
A cheering crowd of local residents and railway buffs greeted the first Shinkansen from Hokkaido as it came gliding out of the early morning mist into Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station here on Dec. 7.
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Halsall Racing To Run 2015 Suzuki BSB Team
Suzuki GB has announced its partnership with Halsall Racing for the 2015 MCE British Superbike season. Having agreed terms just last week, Suzuki has confirmed that it will entrust the company’s BSB...
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Okinawa lodges protest over hit-and-run
Officials in Okinawa have visited a US Marine headquarters in the prefecture to lodge a complaint against an officer's involvement in a hit-and-run accident last week.
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Ex-secretary general Hosono to run in Jan. 18 DPJ leadership election
Goshi, Hosono, a former secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, said Wednesday he will run in the largest opposition party's leadership race on Jan. 18 to pick the successor to outgoing DPJ...
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Japan XPRIZE hopefuls take lunar rover on 'moon run' in Hamamatsu dunes
A team of entrepreneurs and engineers held a trial run here on Dec. 18 of an experimental rover it developed for a high-profile Google Inc. contest to create a moon probe.
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CES 2015 : Panasonic's new 4K TVs will run Firefox OS under the hood
When it comes to TVs, viewers want to get to their favorite content, channels, devices, or applications as quickly as they can with as little hassle as possible. This year's Panasonic's Life+ Screen...
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Huge luxury suite on ship will run $5,000 a person per night
A new luxury cruise ship debuting in 2016 will have one of the largest and most expensive suites ever offered at sea.Regent Seven Seas will charge $5,000 a night, per person, for a luxury suite the...
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JR East to run bus service through Fukushima no-entry zone
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will start a bus service on Jan. 31 that runs through an area with high radiation levels near the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, officials said Jan. 22.
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Nissan already planning for EV sales once incentives run out
The way Nissan looks at it, no good deed goes unpunished. The Japanese automaker will likely be the first to see federal incentives for its electric vehicles disappear. And the company may already be...
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NEC launches solution to improve availability of SAP HANA(R) run on AWS
NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) announced today the global release of a solution employing NEC's EXPRESSCLUSTER clustering software to improve availability of the in-memory database software, SAP...
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Mitsubishui : Marc Returns Home To Family-Run Business
AUTOSALES Mitsubishi in Bilston has taken on a new Fleet Sales Manager with a familiar face, following an increase in interest from the business sector.
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Tokyo Marathon ends up a smooth run
Under the heaviest security in its history, the ninth edition of the Tokyo Marathon went off without a hitch on Sunday. Even the rain stayed away.
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