The K computer is a wholly made-in-Japan supercomputer, from the research and development of the processors, to system design and manufacturing.
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According to Christopher Redl of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, an American investment bank, two-thirds of a typical Japanese car is still made in high-cost Japan.
Today the Wisconsin-made product is big in Japan, where orders are up 15%.
Made in Japan, the X-E1 exudes precision, elegance and premium quality that can be seen from each of its components.
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One rumour is that Mr Takano was fired for a remark he made about co-operation between America and Japan in possible regional emergencies.
Good health and a relatively low birth rate have made Sri Lanka the country with the third-oldest population in Asia after Japan and Singapore.
The gains in Tokyo have made Japan the world's best-performing major stock market over the past three months.
The wings are crafted in Japan by the Mitsubishi group using Toray-made carbon fiber.
Two decades of stimulative, low-interest-rate fiscal policy have made Japan the most indebted nation in the developed world, and as new Prime Minister Naoto Kan recently said, in his first address to Parliament, that situation is not sustainable.
The Japan-made portion of global production dropped to 24% in 2012 from 38% four years earlier, although with increasing sales, the export levels from Japan stayed relatively steady at 60%.
It has made more progress in disposing of banks' non-performing loans than have Thailand or Indonesia (or Japan, indeed), so Korean banks are now able to make new loans to both firms and households.
Just over two years after the Japan earthquake and tsunami, researchers made a startling discovery in a 20-foot-long Japanese fishing vessel that washed ashore last month near Long Beach, Washington: five tropical fish, alive and well.
While manned exploration had until now seen a 52-year hiatus, scientists have used two robotic unmanned vehicles to explore the Mariana Trench: Japan's Kaiko made a dive there in 1995 and the US-based Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's vessel Nereus explored the deep in 2008.
Recalled models in Japan include the Cube, X-Trail, Maxima and Teana, made from August 2000 to January 2004, spokesman Chris Keeffe said.
Analysts say this may be because the U.S. said the rocket actually made it over Japan, while the last time North Korea tried testing a Taepodong-2, in 2006, it fizzled less than a minute after launch.
Part of what is driving Zimmer's momentum is its acquisition--and so far smooth integration--of Centerpulse, which made it the largest orthopedic products company in the United States, Europe and Japan.
Aside from the infrastructure, which Japan simply transferred to China once the in-kind payment in resources had been made, China also got a whole lot of know-how.
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That is why unions across Japan reeled at the news in January that Toyota's trend-setting union had made the unprecedented move of giving up (very early in the game, too) pay-scale increases this year.
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