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Nikkei rises above 14,000 on overnight Wall Street advance

Stock MarketsTokyo - Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average on Friday rose above 1

Dutch robot wins international LEGO competition

Amsterdam - A robot built entirely from LEGO bricks by Dutch students has won the LEGO robot championship held in Tokyo, Japan, the Dutch newswire ANP reported on Thursday.

Tokyo stocks open lower on US interest rate cut

Tokyo stocks open lower on US interest rate cutTokyo  - Tradi

Toyota formally decides to invest in passenger jet business

Tokyo  - Toyota Motor Corp officially decided Wednesday to invest 10 billion yen (96.12 million dollars) in a passenger jet business of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

Taiwan-based Tibetans demand Japan release torch relay disrupter

Taipei - Some 100 Taiwan-based Tibetans and supporters on Wednesday demanded Japan release a Tibetan man with Taiwan citizenship who was arrested while trying to disrupt the Olympic torch relay in

ANA's net profit hit record high in fiscal 2007

Tokyo - All Nippon AirwaysAll Nippon Airways Co (ANA) saw a record net profit in

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