Ghosn made his first public appearance since his audacious December escape at a combative press conference in Beirut on Wednesday
The 30-centimetre long hound-like machine comes complete with flapping ears and its eyes can show various emotions.
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/ 15 November 2011
Farmland in parts of Japan is no longer safe because of high levels of radiation in the soil, scientists say, following the Fukushima disaster.
Toyota’s president swapped his business suit for a worker’s uniform on Friday as he sought to reassure workers.
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/ 1 September 2009
The party that swept Japan’s weekend elections said on Tuesday it was ready to do battle with the mighty state bureaucracy.
A wink, a smile or a raised eyebrow could soon change the music on your iPod or start up the washing machine, thanks to a new Japanese gadget.
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/ 14 January 2008
Young Japanese people are evolving a new lifestyle for the 21st century based on the cellphones that few are now able to live without. While about one-third of Japanese primary school students aged seven to 12 years-old use cellphones, by the time they get to high school that figure has shot up to 96%.
Japan offered remorse for past atrocities on the anniversary on Wednesday of its World War II surrender as top leaders steered clear of a shrine at the heart of friction with neighbouring countries. Sixty-two years after Japan capitulated in the deadliest conflict in history, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged that his country would not return to war.
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/ 23 January 2006
Police on Monday raided Yamaha Motor on suspicion that the Japanese company tried to export illegally to China agricultural-use helicopters that can be converted for military purposes. While the major motorcycle maker denied any wrongdoing, police and customs mobilised 280 investigators to search 20 locations.