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Segway Japan seeking to expand sales of 2-wheeled EV

TOKYO, Japan - Segway Japan Ltd. President Hiroshi Otsuka takes a ride on a segway two-wheeled, self-balancing vehicle in Yokohama on May 14. Segway Japan said it plans to expand sales of its personal transporter electric vehicles to Japanese companies to more than 1,000 units by the end of March 2012 from about 300 units that it hopes to sell by next March.

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State lab found to have kept hazardous bacteria in lax manner

TSUKUBA, Japan - Shingo Ichimura (C), an official of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, apologizes, along with two others, in Tsububa, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 17 after International Patent Organism Depository, one of its units, was found to have been keeping about 300 strains of biohazard materials in a careless manner against internal regulations.

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Jewelry maker to sell platinum Snoopy doll for commemoration

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a platinum Snoopy doll which Jewelry maker I.K. Co. will offer for sale to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the popular cartoon character. The company said Dec. 14 it will produce and sell 10 units valued at 5.5 million yen each for orders through department store operator Isetan Co.'s principal store in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. Covered with 231 small white and pink diamonds, the doll is about 5 centimeters high and weighs 300 grams.

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Spanish expert optimistic about China-Europe freight train services

STORY: Spanish expert optimistic about China-Europe freight train services DATELINE: Sept. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-Europe freight trains 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): DANIEL ALBALATE, Expert in transport economics at the University of Barcelona STORYLINE: A Spanish expert has said that people "will no doubt see" an increase in the volume of freight transported by the China-Europe freight trains. With 82 routes reaching Europe, the China-Europe freight trains now reach 196 cities in 24 European countries, transporting more than 50,000 types of goods. By the end of July, the total number of train trips had surpassed 57,000, with shipments of 5.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units of goods worth nearly 300 billion U.S. dollars. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): DANIEL ALBALATE, Expert in transport economics at the University of Barcelona "Rail freight transport between China and Spain has grown a great deal in a short period of time. In Spain's trade wit

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Segway Japan seeking to expand sales of 2-wheeled EV

TOKYO, Japan - Segway Japan Ltd. President Hiroshi Otsuka takes a ride on a segway two-wheeled, self-balancing vehicle in Yokohama on May 14. Segway Japan said it plans to expand sales of its personal transporter electric vehicles to Japanese companies to more than 1,000 units by the end of March 2012 from about 300 units that it hopes to sell by next March. (Kyodo)

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Jewelry maker to sell platinum Snoopy doll for commemoration

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a platinum Snoopy doll which Jewelry maker I.K. Co. will offer for sale to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the popular cartoon character. The company said Dec. 14 it will produce and sell 10 units valued at 5.5 million yen each for orders through department store operator Isetan Co.'s principal store in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. Covered with 231 small white and pink diamonds, the doll is about 5 centimeters high and weighs 300 grams. (Kyodo)

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State lab found to have kept hazardous bacteria in lax manner

TSUKUBA, Japan - Shingo Ichimura (C), an official of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, apologizes, along with two others, in Tsububa, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 17 after International Patent Organism Depository, one of its units, was found to have been keeping about 300 strains of biohazard materials in a careless manner against internal regulations. (Kyodo)