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Toyota Posts $13.3 Billion 2012 Profit

Company rebounds from recalls and natural disasters.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/05/08

Terumo Cardiovascular Systems announces U.S. distribution agreement with Nonin Medical for Nonin's EQUANOX(TM) 7600 Regional Oximetry System. The Nonin EQUANOX system's rSO2 technology offers real-time management of patients at risk for brain damage or other major organ injury during surgery. (PRNewsFoto/Terumo Cardiovascular Systems)

Terumo Cardiovascular Gets U.S. Distribution Agreement For Oximetry System

Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Friday announced a multi-year distribution agreement with Nonin Medical Inc., a leader in noninvasive medical monitoring.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/04/07

Advanced Photonix Announces Industrial Sale to Japanese Market

Advanced Photonix Inc. (NYSE Amex: API) said last week that it had received $760,000 in orders for multiple T-Gauge terahertz systems.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/08/09

Greensburg Plant Launches ILX (Honda photo)

Honda Expands Indiana Plant, Promises More U.S. Production

Honda says it plans to make North America the centerpiece of its global product efforts.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/07/18

ProQuest Adds Formerly Secret U.S.-Japan Communications

ProQuest is expanding its acclaimed Digital National Security Archive with newly declassified files that provide researchers with fresh insights into the modern relationship between the U.S. and Japan.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/07/18

New Car Prices Drop As Inventories Return To Normal

New vehicle prices have dropped $500 in the past year, mainly because Japanese automakers have restocked dealers after car shortages in 2011.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/06/27

This photo recovered from his camera shows Matt Johnson at the summit of Japan's Mt. Fuji. (credit: Facebook)

Memorial Service Set To ‘Honor’ Michigan Hiker

Family and friends of a Michigan businessman who died while hiking on Japan’s Mount Fuji plan to honor his life.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/06/25

Lawrence Tech robotics competitors Christopher Kawatsu (holding the umbrella at left), Jonathan Ruszala, Dan McGee and Ryan Matthews confer on last minute adjustments to vuLTUre2 at the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition held at Oakland University. In the background are Professor CJ Chung, Dean Hsiao-Ping Moore of the College of Arts and Sciences, and Jenna Diamond. Photo: Lawrence Tech

LTU Fifth Of 47 Schools In Robotics Competition

Lawrence Technological University’s robot, vuLTUre2, finished fifth in the Auto-Nav Challenge, the main event at the 20th annual Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition held at Oakland University June 8-11.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/06/14

Michigan Tech Student Heads To Japan

It’s a long way from Detroit to Houghton, and it’s even farther to Osaka, Japan, but distances don’t seem to faze Chanavia Smith. As a teenager, she left her home in Detroit to travel nearly 500 miles north by northwest to attend Michigan Technological University on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. This fall, she’s off to Japan.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/06/10

IBS Will Offer HiQube Business Analytics Solutions in Japan

Altair Engineering Inc. announced that Intelligence Business Solutions, a Tokyo-based business consulting and process solutions provider, will become a reseller and implementation partner for Altair’s HiQube business analytics technology, integrating HiQube as part of their solution offerings to companies throughout Japan.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/05/31

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