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VW unveils Internet-connecting concept car at CES

LAS VEGAS, United States - Germany's Volkswagen AG unveils a concept car incorporating smartphone technology for an Internet hookup, based on its mainstay Golf hatchback, at the U.S. International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 5, 2015.

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Japan eliminates stockpile of antipersonnel land mines

SHINASAHI, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi gives a signal at a ceremony in Shinasahi, Shiga Prefecture, on Feb. 8 to a Hokkaido firm on a satellite hookup to detonate the last 25 mines of about 1 million antipersonnel land mines held by the Self-Defense Forces. Japan thus destroyed its land mine stockpile in line with the Ottawa Treaty.

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Japan, U.S. resume talks on NTT phone hookup rates

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Richard Fisher (C) chats with Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami (R) at the Foreign Ministry on July 14 before resuming negotiations over telephone hookup rates charged by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT).

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Japan, U.S. resume NTT interconnection fee talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese and U.S. officials on July 10 resume talks in Tokyo on telecommunications deregulation in a bid to resolve their longstanding dispute over Japan's telephone interconnection rates before the July 21-23 Group of Eight summit in Okinawa Prefecture. The two countries are at odds over how to reduce the hookup fees that Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. charges its competitors for use of its local networks. The previous round of talks was held in March.

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Japan eliminates stockpile of antipersonnel land mines

SHINASAHI, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi gives a signal at a ceremony in Shinasahi, Shiga Prefecture, on Feb. 8 to a Hokkaido firm on a satellite hookup to detonate the last 25 mines of about 1 million antipersonnel land mines held by the Self-Defense Forces. Japan thus destroyed its land mine stockpile in line with the Ottawa Treaty. (Kyodo)

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Mohri talks with Obuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Mamoru Mohri (seen on the TV screen), who is on an 11-day mission on the U.S. space shuttle Endeavour, talks with Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (2nd from R) and Science and Technology Agency chief Hirofumi Nakasone (R) on Feb. 17. and emphasized the importance of protecting the environment. ''When you are in space, you reaffirm the fact that the Earth is the only place where we can live,'' Mohri said in a TV hookup.

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VW unveils Internet-connecting concept car at CES

LAS VEGAS, United States - Germany's Volkswagen AG unveils a concept car incorporating smartphone technology for an Internet hookup, based on its mainstay Golf hatchback, at the U.S. International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 5, 2015. (Kyodo)

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Japan, U.S. resume NTT interconnection fee talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese and U.S. officials on July 10 resume talks in Tokyo on telecommunications deregulation in a bid to resolve their longstanding dispute over Japan's telephone interconnection rates before the July 21-23 Group of Eight summit in Okinawa Prefecture. The two countries are at odds over how to reduce the hookup fees that Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. charges its competitors for use of its local networks. The previous round of talks was held in March.

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U.S. reiterates importance of reducing NTT hookup fees

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Richard Fisher (L) is pictured as Japan and the United States begin two-day deregulation talks in Tokyo on March 21. Fisher earlier reiterated the importance of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) reducing the connection fees it charges its competitors, saying such cuts would help boost Japan's economy.

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U.S. eyes WTO petition in NTT hookup rate dispute

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. Deputy Trade Representative Richard Fisher speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Washington on March 13. He said the U.S. is ready to file a complaint at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over access to Japan's telecom market if Tokyo continues to reject substantial cuts in interconnection fees charged by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT).