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Sony beefs up electric vehicle ambitions with plans for new company

Journalists wait for Sony Corp's new President and Chief Executive Officer Kenichiro Yoshida's news conference on the company's business plan at Sony's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, May 22, 2018.

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First Olympic online gaming event held ahead of Tokyo Games

A view of virtual baseball. /Mayu Yoshida E-sports, or competitive video gaming, may be inching closer to becoming an official Olympic sport after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) hos

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Fortnite-maker Epic completes $1B funding round

How much is Epic Games worth? Well, we’ve long ago surpasses the realm of dollar figures regular humans can contextualize. With its latest round, the gamer hits an equity valuation of $28.7 billion. Y

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Sony unveils AirPeak, its camera-carrying video drone

When Sony teased the AirPeak late last year, it didn’t give us much to go one. We knew the consumer electronics giant was finally getting in the drone business — but beyond that, not much else.

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Daily Crunch: Facebook bans Trump for two weeks

Online platforms take action against President Trump, Lenovo tries out a swiveling screen and Roblox raises $250 million. This is your Daily Crunch for January 7, 2021.The big story: Facebook bans Tr

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Remembering TechCrunch Japan’s Hirohide Yoshida (1971-2020)

On New Year’s Eve, TechCrunch Japan’s Editor-in-Chief Hirohide Yoshida passed away at age 49. In addition to being a tremendously valuable member of our international team who helped build the site’s

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Japan preparing to send military nurses to areas hit hard by COVID-19

Passersby wearing protective masks walk on a snow-covered street in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, February 26, 2020. /Reuters The emergence of Japan's coldest city as a COVID-19 hotspot has raised

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Hollywood takes center stage with disaster self-relief during COVID-19 pandemic

by Julia Pierrepont III Hollywood, often at odds with the Trump Administration, was nonetheless swift to praise Congress and the White House last month for enacting the CARE Act, the government re

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Japanese company in Hunan upbeat about China market

Despite the development strain brought by the coronavirus, the president of Changsha Pacific Hanya Auto Parts Company in central China's Hunan Province is confident abo

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Olympic flame arrives in Japan amid coronavirus fears

The Olympic flame arrived in Japan on Friday amid coronavirus fears with only four months until the scheduled opening time of the Tokyo Games.The Tokyo 2020 Go, a chart

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China's Wang Jingyi wins silver at 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics

00:16 Chinese speed skater Wang Jingyi claimed silver in the women's 500 meters to mark her country's first medal at the ongoing 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne. Earlier, the 17

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Mercedes-Benz unveils electric car inspired by Avatar

Meanwhile, the Japanese car manufacturer Toyota has announced its plans to build an entire city at the base of Mt Fuji.

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Sony unveils autonomous car predicting mobility to be next 'mega-trend'

Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida predicts mobility will take over from mobile communications as the main focus for tech firms.