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Line Taxi launches, gives Uber first major challenger in Japan

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TECH IN ASIA
 
Finally, Japan gets a taxi war of its own. China has Didi Dache versus Kuadi Dache. India has Ola and TaxiForSure. GrabTaxi and EasyTaxi are duking it out across Southeast Asia. Even Vietnam has a Tolkien-esque battle of five armies. But Japan? It was enjoying a serene peace under ...

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Asia to face 'significant economic challenges' in 2015

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DW.DE
 
Japan has returned to recession, and growth in Asia's developing countries is expected to slow down. Economist Rajiv Biswas talks to DW about the main risks and opportunities the region's economies face in 2015.
 
As China's economic expansion moderates and Japan struggles to come out of ...

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Games Console And Software Sales In Japan Return To 90s Levels

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FORBES
 
In a recent issue of Famitsu, the last 27 years of Japanese console software and hardware sales were laid bare. In short, console gaming has regressed to where it was at the beginning of the 90s. With the success of mobile gaming in the region thought to be the cause.
 
Now that may soun...

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Japan: 'Made in China' labels dropped to boost sales

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BBC NEWS
 
Chinese manufacturers have stopped using "made in China" labels on clothes sold in Japan in an effort to improve sales, it's reported.
 
The move is an attempt to overcome perceptions that Chinese-made clothes are poor quality, the South China Morning Post website reports. Instead, clo...

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Hitachi to acquire water facilities engineering company in Singapore

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JAPANTODAY
 
Hitachi Ltd plans to acquire Aqua Works and Engineering Pte Ltd, an engineering company that specialises in water related installations for commercial facilities, public spaces and residential properties in Singapore, through Hitachi Infrastructure Systems (Asia), its regional superv...

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NTT DoCoMo files arbitration request to sell $1 billion Tata Teleservices stake

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JAPAN TODAY
 
NTT DoCoMo Inc on Monday said it has asked a London court to ensure Tata Sons Ltd finds a buyer for the Japanese carrier’s stake in an Indian joint venture for $1 billion, after Tata failed to do so by an agreed date.
 
DoCoMo paid 266.7 billion yen ($2.22 billion) for 26.5% of Tata...

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Toyota to give away fuel-cell patents to boost industry

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Toyota will give away thousands of patents for its fuel-cell cars, it said Tuesday, in an effort to encourage other automakers into the new industry.
 
The world’s largest vehicle maker said it will allow royalty-free use of about 5,680 patent licenses, including 1,970 related to fu...

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JAL carried over 2 million passengers between Dec 19 and Jan 4

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JAPANTODAY
 
JAL Group carried a total of 437,334 passengers on its international flights and 1,569,379 passengers domestically during the 17-day new year vacation period in Japan between Dec 19 and Jan 4.
 
On international routes, the passenger count increased 3.3% on the same period last year ...

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Nissan targets growth in Brazil despite sales slump

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Nissan plans to maintain investment and increase its share in the Brazilian auto market despite a 7.15% drop in car sales across the country last year, the firm’s chief executive said Tuesday.
 
“We are disappointed in where the Brazilian market stands but we shall continue to inves...

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Abenomics boost for property shrinks back to Tokyo

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JAPAN TODAY
 
An economic rebound and loose money policy under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe briefly halted a long slide in Japan’s commercial property market, but the benefits of “Abenomics” appear increasingly limited to Tokyo, leaving a moribund hinterland.
 
For a while, as the Bank of Japan prin...

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