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...for railways and Won10.6tn for telecommunications....
...On the other hand, racks full of electronics need to be replaced frequently. What is more annoying is that they are not monopoly businesses. Customers are demanding and capricious....
...JR East, one of Japan’s largest railway companies, introduced a rechargeable, contactless fare card in 2001....
...“We will set up an industrial estate with export manufacturing zones, and invite the motorcycle and electronics industries.”...
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...These shifts are already well advanced at Hitachi and Toshiba, which have moved into sectors such as railways and nuclear plants. Panasonic is delving deeper into the housing and automotive sectors....
...In addition to Kuroda Electric, Mr Murakami and funds related to his family own a 6 per cent stake in Sanshin Electronics, a 6 per cent holding in Excel, a trading company of electronic devices, and a 19...
...that assemble smartphones and manufacture consumer electronics....
...“Japan’s railway business will become extinct unless a global presence can be established,” Mr Nakanishi says....
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...Transnet, the state-owned railways company, said on Monday that 1,064 electronic and diesel locomotives would be built by a combination of Bombardier, the aircraft and train manufacturer that has headquarters...
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...(Bloomberg) - Berkshire’s BNSF Railway considers switch to natgas. (Wall Street Journal) - China seeks to apply some of US shale success at home....
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