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Burger Chain Shake Shack to Open Second Store in Japan This Spring

  • Category:Cafe
JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — Popular American burger chain Shake Shack is set to open its second store in Japan this spring, following the success of its first store which opened last autumn, The Sazaby League, the chain’s management company in Japan, announced in a press release.
 
The second store wil...

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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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Gasoline Hits 80-month Low At Pump

  • Category:Tourism
THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Jiji Press
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The average retail price of regular gasoline in Japan as of Tuesday dropped ¥1.5 from a week before to ¥118.9 per liter, marking the lowest level in six years and eight months, the Natural Resources and Energy Agency said Thursday.
The average fell...

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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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