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Shibuya Retailers Use Tech To Speed Up Inbound Tourist Sales

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
To speed up service for customers from overseas, Shibuya 109 and 109 Men’s have introduced a new duty-free POS system called RefundPro.
While the hike in the sales tax from 5% to 8% affected domestic retail sales, tourists are exempt and can claim the tax back from their purchases ...

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Toyota Keeps Top Global Automaker Crown, Selling 10.15 mil Vehicles In 2015

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — Toyota on Wednesday kept the title of world’s biggest automaker for the fourth straight year after saying it sold 10.15 million vehicles globally in 2015, driving past Volkswagen and General Motors. Dented by a pollution-cheating scandal, Volkswagen earlier logged sales of 9...

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‘Robodogs’ To Help In Disasters

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 THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The Yomiuri ShimbunScientists at Tohoku University and other institutions have developed a system featuring a high-tech vest that can be attached to search dogs and transmit information from rescue sites through its camera, global positioning system and other devices.
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Appetite For ‘Nonstandard’ Foods, Fish Growing

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
By Wakako takeuchi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
Many vegetables and fish are labeled unfit for sale because of their irregular sizes or imperfections. These products were generally discarded until recently, when a movement to make use of them took hold. Many so-called nonstanda...

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Suzuki Unveils Ignis Compact Crossover

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — Suzuki Motor Corp has unveiled the Ignis compact crossover.
For the vehicle, the company employed a new platform designed for the
A-segment. The platform is also used for the Solio compact car. The fuel efficiency of the Ignis is 28.8km/L.
While the Solio is sold only in Jap...

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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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