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Micron Technology buying Elpida for about $750M
Memory-chip maker Micron Technology Inc. has agreed to buy Elpida Memory Inc. for approximately $750 million in cash in a deal that would boost its ...
1st Japan reactor goes online since nuclear crisis
Dozens of protesters shouted and danced at the gate of a nuclear power plant as it restarted Sunday, the first to go back online since Japan shut down ...
Whistleblower wins in Supreme Court in Japan first
Japan's Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a whistleblower for the first time in a case that highlights the harsh treatment outspoken employees have ...
SKorea puts off Japan military pact at last minute
Japan and South Korea put on hold an intelligence sharing pact less than an hour before it was to be formally signed Friday, in a major embarrassment ...
Fears, hopes grow for Sony under new president
The record 9,000 shareholders that packed Sony's annual meeting was no cause for celebration. After four years of losses and a halving of the share ...
New Sony president gets shareholder approval
Kazuo Hirai, the former head of Sony's game division, won shareholder approval Wednesday to steer a turnaround at the struggling Japanese electronics ...
Japan sells first fish caught since nuclear crisis
The first seafood caught off Japan's Fukushima coastline since last year's nuclear disaster went on sale Monday, but the offerings were limited to ...
US computer graphics scientist wins Kyoto Prize
An American regarded as the father of computer graphics, an Indian literary critic and a Japanese molecular cell biologist are winners of the annual ...
Crashes fuel uproar in Japan over US aircraft
Recent crashes involving the U.S. military's latest transport aircraft are fueling an uproar in Japan that could threaten plans to deploy them to the ...
Nintendo to start selling 3DS with larger screens
Japanese game maker Nintendo Co. has upgraded its 3DS handheld to sport a screen nearly twice as big as the previous model amid hot competition ...
Japan OKs restart of 1st reactors since tsunami
Japan's government on Saturday approved bringing the country's first nuclear reactors back online since last year's earthquake and tsunami led to a ...
Comparing prices for tourist itinerary in 5 cities
The Associated Press sent reporters out with a tourist's itinerary on a weekday in June in five cities around the world — New York, Paris, Tokyo, ...
A tourist's day in 5 cities: Expensive, exhausting
It's an hour on line to the top of the Empire State Building and $82 for a cab from Haneda Airport in Tokyo. The Louvre Museum is closed on Tuesdays, ...
Last fugitive caught in '95 Japan nerve gas attack
His trail cold for years, the last fugitive suspected in a doomsday cult's deadly nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subways in 1995 was caught at a comic ...