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Rich Buyers Stifle Tokyo Housing Sales

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THE JAPAN NEWS
Bloomberg
 
TOKYO (Bloomberg) — Rich buyers taking advantage of record low borrowing costs have pushed prices in Tokyo beyond the reach of many ordinary buyers, taking the wind out of property sales.
While the average sales price of an apartment in greater Tokyo rose 9.1 percent ...

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Tokyo Investors eye Fed, BOJ Meetings Next Week After Nikkei Surges

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — The first policy meetings of the year for the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan will be key trading cues for Tokyo investors next week, after the Nikkei surged Friday. The benchmark index soared nearly 6% on speculation of extra stimulus, finishing a volatile week b...

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Honda To Offer New Fuel Cell Vehicle In California By End Of 2016

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
 
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Honda Motor Co. said on Thursday it will start selling its new hydrogen fuel cell vehicle in California by year’s end. Honda is the latest automaker to bring a small number of hydrogen powered vehicles to market amid increasing zero emission vehic...

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Government-backed Fund Offers Toshiba to Purchase Its White Goods Sector

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The Yomiuri Shimbun
A government-backed fund has proposed to Toshiba Corp. the purchase of the ailing electronic giant’s white goods sector, it has been learned.
 
According to sources, a plan that the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) would make a 100 percent inves...

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Presentation Whiteboard App Released For Android And iOS

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — Presentation Whiteboard, a new graphics app developed by Akashi Hamada for Android and iOS, has just been released on Google Play and iTunes. The graphics app turns your smartphone or tablet into a virtual whiteboard where you can write in freehand, draw diagrams, use a came...

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iPhone App Creates LINE Creators' Stickers From Hand-drawn Illustrations

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JAPAN TODAY
 
KOBE — Live2love Japan Inc has released “Shuttle Sticker,” the world’s most simple iPhone app for creating LINE Creators’ Stickers from hand-drawn illustrations. You do not need a scanner, PC, or image editing software at all. You can create application files for LINE Creators’ Stic...

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Hamada: Speed Up Structural Reforms To Boost Abenomics

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 THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The Yomiuri Shimbun
 
The Japanese economy continues to recover steadily due to the effects of the Abenomics economic policies such as monetary easing by the Bank of Japan and other stimulus policies, Special Adviser to the Cabinet Koichi Hamada said.
 
During an interview with ...

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Kuroda Sees Moderate Recovery ‘Continuing’

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Jiji Press
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japanese economy continues to recover moderately, although exports and production have been affected by a slowdown in emerging economies, Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said Monday.
 
The economy “is expected to continue recovering moderate...

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Clever Ad Publicly Shames Commuters In Real-time For 'Smartphone Walking' In Train Station

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NEWS ON JAPAN
A metro operator set up a monitoring device and announcement system to single out individual commuters caught using their smartphones while walking near escalators or passing trains.
 
See the video :
 
https://youtu.be/9UieO6eqBfE
 
Texting while walking, smartphone walking, howeve...

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Auto Industry's Green Push Challenged by Low Gas Prices

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JAPAN TODAY
 DETROIT —Beneath the hoods of the cars showing in Detroit this week lie engines that are as powerful as ever, but are smaller and, helped by direct injection, guzzle less gas.
Automakers have subbed out stainless steel for aluminum and other lighter-weight materials, and added more g...

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