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Honda will scrap the Honda 0 SUV, Honda 0 Saloon, and Acura RSX electric vehicles and take up to 2.5 trillion yen in charges, marking the automaker's first annual loss since going public in the 1950s as it shifts resources toward hybrid powertrains.

Japan's health ministry has conditionally approved two iPS cell-derived drugs, marking the first time regenerative medicines built from induced pluripotent stem cells will reach patients commercially.