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TOKYO (AP) — Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman, became the world’s oldest living person at age 116, following the death of 117-year-old Maria Branyas, according to the Guinness World Records.
(Reuters) -- Goodyear Tire & Rubber will sell its off-the-road equipment tire business to Japan's Yokohama Rubber for $905 million in cash, it said on Monday, as part of a drive to streamline its business.
Some Japanese voiced support for the move, even arguing it should be expanded to other tourist spots, while critics said it would be “xenophobic” and could hurt the country’s image.
TOKYO -- Surging market values for precious metals have started to turn silver crowns and teeth into potential gold mines.
Such misbehaviour has been coined baito tero, a combination of arubaito, the Japanese version of the German word for “work”, and an abbreviated form of the English term “terrorism”.