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Toyota plus 4 other Japanese car makers caught cheating on certification tests

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Several Japanese automakers have been caught faking certification tests, and Toyota may be the worst offender. Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) reported yesterday that its ongoing investigation into 85 domestic manufacturers, including several automakers, had found that most were acting within the law, but not Mazda, Yamaha, Honda or Suzuki. The … Read more

Japanese billionaire pulls the plug on private lunar mission ‘DearMoon’ Starship | TechCrunch

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The Japanese billionaire who commissioned SpaceX for a private mission around the moon on a Starship rocket has abruptly canceled the project, citing continued uncertainty about when the launch vehicle will be ready to fly. “I signed the contract in 2018 based on the assumption that dearMoon would be launched by the end of 2023,” … Read more

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