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Sharp to sell 'health cockpit'

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp.'s "health cockpit" equipped with a sphygmograph, a weight scale and a blood-pressure gauge capable of measuring body fat percentage, bone density, basal metabolic rate, etc., while being seated is photographed in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, on June 5, 2014. The device is expected to go on sale within fiscal 2014.

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Sharp unveils security robot

TENRI, Japan - A photo taken on June 4, 2014, shows a security robot unveiled by Sharp Corp. at its factory in Tenri, Nara Prefecture. The puppy-size robot walks around the entrance of a home and tells suspicious people, "I need you to leave."

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Sharp to boost latest LCD panel production

OSAKA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Sharp Corp.'s liquid crystal display panel plant in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, on Oct. 21, 2012. Industry sources said the same day the electronics maker will begin production of "IGZO" power-saving panels with enhanced picture quality at the plant.

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Sharp to boost latest LCD panel production

OSAKA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Sharp Corp.'s liquid crystal display panel plant in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, on Oct. 21, 2012. Industry sources said the same day the electronics maker will begin production of "IGZO" power-saving panels with enhanced picture quality at the plant.

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Sharp to boost latest LCD panel production

OSAKA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Sharp Corp.'s liquid crystal display panel plant in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, on Oct. 21, 2012. Industry sources said the same day the electronics maker will begin production of "IGZO" power-saving panels with enhanced picture quality at the plant.

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Jungian psychoanalyst Kawai dies at 79

TOKYO, Japan - Noted Jungian psychoanalyst and former Agency for Cultural Affairs chief Hayao Kawai (file photo taken in March, 2005) died of a brain infarction at a hospital in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, on July 19. He was 79. Kawai, who was also a professor emeritus at Kyoto University, had remained unconscious since last August when he suffered a stroke and was taken to hospital.

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Olympic silver medalist Shinohara to call it a day

TENRI, Japan - Shinichi Shinohara, who won the silver medal in the men's judo over-100 kilogram weight class at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, tells reporters at Tenri University in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, on April 15 that he will retire after the All-Japan championship on April 29.