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BATTERIES

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 1, 2017
Toyota's solid-state battery to power future as automaker readies 'game-changer' for mass market
Toyota Motor Corp. is scrambling to solve outstanding issues as it races to commercialize a battery breakthrough during the first half of the 2020s with the potential to cut the cost of making electric cars.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2017
Portable phone charger catches fire aboard train on Tokyo's Yamanote Line
A portable phone charger apparently caught fire inside a college student's backpack Monday while he was riding Tokyo's busy Yamanote Line, police said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 10, 2017
Next-generation battery seen powering space projects, cars
Researchers at an Osaka-based firm are closing in on a safer generation of batteries that could weather extreme temperatures in outer space.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 9, 2017
Nissan to sell battery unit to Chinese private equity firm in $1 billion deal
Nissan Motor Co. is selling its battery business to Chinese private equity firm GSR Capital for about $1 billion, a person with knowledge of the matter said, as the carmaker seeks ways to improve competitiveness of its Leaf electric cars while reining in costs.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 13, 2017
Siemens, AES combine forces for battery-based energy storage venture
Siemens AG and AES Corp., the Virginia-based independent power producer, are forming a venture to focus on a sector that's revolutionizing electricity markets: battery-based energy storage.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2017
Bankers bet on big batteries that could revolutionize power grids
The idea that giant batteries may someday revolutionize electrical grids has long enthralled clean-power advocates and environmentalists. Now it's attracting bankers with the money to make it happen.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 13, 2016
EU slaps €166 million fine on Sony, Sanyo, Panasonic battery units over price cartel
The European Commission said Monday it has fined Sony Corp., Panasonic Corp. and Sanyo Electric Co. a total of €166 million ($176 million) for collusion on the pricing of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 24, 2016
Toyota expects to improve EV batteries 'in a few years'
Toyota Motor Corp. said it aims to develop a new, more advanced electric car battery "in a few years" that will allow it to improve driving range and battery life by up to 15 percent.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2016
Sony to sell battery business to Murata Manufacturing
Sony Corp. has agreed to sell a portion of its battery business to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd., as the electronics giant responds to slowing demand for smartphones.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 3, 2015
Panasonic to sell home solar batteries in Europe, pitting self against Tesla
Panasonic Corp., which makes the lithium-ion batteries for Tesla Motors Inc.'s cars, will begin selling batteries that power homes in Europe, starting in Germany, where people are given greater incentives to switch to solar-generated electricity.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2014
Australia wants new submarines to use Japan's lithium ion propulsion system
Australia wants a new Japanese propulsion system for its next generation of submarines, government officials with direct knowledge of the matter said, bolstering Tokyo's position as the likely builder of the multibillion-dollar fleet.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 27, 2014
For Panasonic, life after gadgets enriched by self-driving cars
Panasonic Corp.'s ratings upgrade last week shows that its investment in self-driving autos and car batteries has breathed new life into the company as it scales back on consumer electronics.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
By Thu-Huong Ha

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