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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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Nikkei Plummets 3.34% At Start Of Trading After Dow Dives Amid China Worries

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JAPAN TIMES
Tokyo stocks opened sharply lower on Thursday following Wall Street’s steep declines overnight, as concerns about China’s economy continued to weigh on investor sentiment.
In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei stock average fell 591.51 points, or 3.34 percent, from ...

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Western Union’s New SMS Service Makes Sending Money Even More Convenient

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JAPAN TODAYTOKYO —Operating in Japan since March 2010 and serving consumers for over 160 years, Western Union launched a brand new SMS service in December 2015 that makes transferring money even more convenient. And to sweeten the deal, it’s also free *1.
When sending a payment to your loved ones...

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Japan’s Mobile Game Industry Is Poised For Consolidation

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BEACON REPORTS
 In May 2013 a Vietnamese game developer named Dong Nguyen shot to fame when a simple app he produced on a shoestring budget called ‘Flappy Bird’ became the most downloaded gaming app in the Apple App Store. The app took only a few days to produce and reportedly earned Nguyen $50,0...

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Japan Adjusts Its Quantitative-easing Programme

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ECONOMIST
THE Bank of Japan’s move to tweak its programme of quantitative easing (QE) on Friday came from left field. Financial markets had largely given up on any further action this year from the bank’s governor, Haruhiko Kuroda, and were in any case entirely focused on the rate rise by America...

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Denso Corp’s X-mobility Is Mini Electric Mobility Vehicle With In-wheel Motor System Controlled By Smartphone

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JAPAN TRENDS
At Ceatec Japan 2014 last week Denso Corp showcased a prototype mobility device for transporting babies and light luggage that can be controlled by your smartphone or tablet.
The X-mobility can have three or four spherical wheels, each with its own motor, battery, decelerator, contro...

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