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TOKYO - Fujifilm Holdings and Xerox Corp. say the Japanese company will take over Xerox in a restructuring intended to slash costs. The companies said Wednesday that Fuji Xerox, their 56-year-old joint venture, will combine with Xerox. Fujifilm Holdings ... ( read original story ...)

In late December, Tokyo Olympic organizers said the games would cost 1.35 trillion yen, which is about $12.4 billion at the present exchange rate of 109 yen to the dollar. But at a news conference last Friday, Koike said the city would spend an added 810 ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Line Corp plans to launch a cryptocurrency exchange, a move that comes as regulators investigate such exchanges in the country after hackers stole $530 million in digital money from Coincheck in one of the world’s biggest ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that management systems at cryptocurrency exchanges needed to be strengthened after hackers stole $530 million of digital money from Tokyo-based Coincheck. Aso, who doubles as financial ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA – The nation’s first drone museum opened in the city of Osaka in December featuring a wide variety of drones on display and for sale, with visitors able to try them out. “There are not many places in Japan where people can see and touch drones ... ( read original story ...)

An American professor at Emory University and an Australian scientist have been awarded the Japan Prize for research in immunology. The winners were announced Tuesday at a news conference in Tokyo. The Japan Prize Foundation said the work of Emory ... ( read original story ...)

Li told Kono that relations between China and Japan “are not just about the two countries but have an important impact on the region and the world”, state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday. Stressing that the two economies were “highly ... ( read original story ...)

according to court documents quoted by Kyodo News. The plaintiff, who has not been named, is one of an estimated 16,000 people who were sterilised without their consent under Japan’s eugenics law, which remained in force until 1996. Speaking at a ... ( read original story ...)

A Tokyo Metropolitan Government survey released last week shows that there are an estimated 4,000 “internet cafe refugees” who choose to spend their nights at such facilities because they don’t have a stable residence. The survey, conducted from ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Japan and China are likely to restart their education and training exchanges for defence officials in September, after a six-year hiatus, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. Both governments are making ... ( read original story ...)

Starting next month, a Tokyo-based hospital will start a clinical study to ascertain whether HIV infection rates can be reduced if high-risk individuals take anti-viral medicine on a daily basis, a source close to the matter said Monday. In the first such ... ( read original story ...)

He said the company may seek financial assistance, according to Kyodo News service. Japanese TV footage showed a small group of customers standing outside the company’s Tokyo head office Friday night. Coincheck, which calls itself the leading Bitcoin and ... ( read original story ...)

This is expected to lead to an increase in self-consumption of power that is generated using solar systems and energy storage systems, as one Japanese company, Solar Frontier, told Energy-Storage.News in 2016. From 2020, all new Japanese homes are also ... ( read original story ...)

A Tokyo Metropolitan Government survey released last week shows that there are an estimated 3,000 “internet cafe refugees” who choose to spend their nights at such facilities because they don’t have a stable residence. The survey, conducted from ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Members of a Japanese girl pop group, the Virtual Currency Girls, said on Monday they had refused an offer to be paid in yen and would stay loyal to cryptocurrencies despite a $530 million cyber heist jeopardizing their chances of getting ... ( read original story ...)

In short, anything goes.(Photo: Yokohama) Yokohama Tire’s latest racing partnership has juice. The tire maker is now the official tire of the 24 Hours of Lemons, the madcap race series featuring cars that cost a whopping $500 or less (not including tires ... ( read original story ...)