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Previously leaked Sony Xperia Compact may be Japan-only ‘Xperia Ace 2’

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GSM ARENA
 
Reports began surfacing last year regarding a compact Sony Xperia smartphone. An Xperia smartphone’s renders leaked with a 5.5-inch screen and dual cameras. While many were excited about the possibility of the return of Sony’s popular Compact series, it seemed that the leaked render d...

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Japan Supercomputer Shows Doubling Masks Offers Little Help Preventing Viral Spread

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FOX BUSINESS
 
 The findings in part contradict recent recommendations from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that two masks were better than one
Japanese supercomputer simulations showed that wearing two masks gave limited benefit in blocking viral spread compared with one...

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Businesses In Tokyo Area Say State Of Emergency Extension Was Inevitable

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Businesses in the Tokyo metropolitan area said Friday's extension of the coronavirus state of emergency declared over the Japanese capital and nearby prefectures was inevitable given the virus situation but fretted over insufficient government aid.
"While I thought re-extension (of ...

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Honda Launches Next-Level Autonomous Vehicle

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Honda Motor Co. released the world’s first commercially available vehicle equipped with Level 3 automated driving technology on Friday.
When Honda’s Legend luxury sedan is in self-driving mode, the system can take control enabling the person in the driver’s seat to engage in such...

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Yahoo Japan Operator, Line Merge To Take On Foreign Tech Giants

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JAKARTA POST
 
Z Holdings, operator of Yahoo Japan online services, and messaging app provider Line merged on Monday to expand their online services globally as they aim to better compete with US and Chinese tech giants. With a combined user base of about 150 million in Japan, the merger of Z Hol...

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World's Biggest Wealth Fund Puts Kirin Holdings On Watch List Over Myanmar Link

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Norwegian central bank said on Wednesday it had put Kirin Holdings Ltd Co on a watch list for possible exclusion from its $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund over the beverage giant's business ties to Myanmar's military.
Kirin on Feb. 5 said it would end its partnership with Mya...

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Japan Job Availability Up, Unemployment Down In January

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan's job availability increased and the unemployment rate fell in January, government data showed Tuesday, indicating the immediate impact of the country's second pandemic-related state of emergency was limited.
The job availability ratio rose to 1.10 in January from 1.05...

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Softbank To Merge Paypay And Line Pay Apps In Japan

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BLOOMBERG
 
SofBank Group Corp.’s telecom arm, which on Monday completed the merger of its Japanese internet business with messaging service owner Line Corp., plans to combine the payment apps of those two entities.
The company will fold Line Pay into PayPay, backed by SoftBank Corp., its Yahoo J...

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Little-Known Fees Help Japan's Trust Banks Dominate Profitable Niche Market

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JAPAN TIMES
 
When Honda Motor Co. stopped using Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd. as its stock transfer agent last year, the automaker was hit with a roughly ¥426 million termination fee, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The break fee — ¥2,000 ($19) per shareholder — is a little-k...

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Japan Partly Ending Pandemic Emergency, Keeps It For Tokyo

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AP NEWS
 
The state of emergency Japan set up to curb the spread of the coronavirus will be lifted in six urban areas this weekend and remain in the Tokyo area for another week, a government minister said Friday.
Partially lifting the emergency, and just a week early, underlines Japan’s eagerness...

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