Computer scientist Ohta Masataka says the solution makes as little sense as giving the letters in the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic alphabets the same codes.

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The approval could come as early as Friday evening following an expected formal safety order from the U.S. federal regulators, Transport Minister Akihiro Ohta said in a statement on the ministry's website.

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