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Japan's Java wars: Convenience stores angle for coffee market crown
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REUTERS
Japan's convenience store operators are jostling for eminence in a famously cut-throat industry, and one product has come up trumps for the market's top players - coffee.
Millions and millions of cups of it.
Inspired by a popular 100 yen ($0.93) blend launched by McDonald's in 2008, S...
Japan's convenience store operators are jostling for eminence in a famously cut-throat industry, and one product has come up trumps for the market's top players - coffee.
Millions and millions of cups of it.
Inspired by a popular 100 yen ($0.93) blend launched by McDonald's in 2008, S...
- October 21, 2014
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Chinese smartphones lift Japan’s electronics business
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THEAUSTRALIAN.com
Japan-China’s smartphone boom is being fuelled by an unlikely source: Japanese parts makers.
Upstart Chinese phone makers like Xiaomi Inc., Lenovo Group Ltd. and Huawei Technologies Co. are increasingly undercutting smartphone giants like Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co....
Japan-China’s smartphone boom is being fuelled by an unlikely source: Japanese parts makers.
Upstart Chinese phone makers like Xiaomi Inc., Lenovo Group Ltd. and Huawei Technologies Co. are increasingly undercutting smartphone giants like Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co....
- October 21, 2014
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Toyota to recall 1.67 million vehicles globally
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JAPANTODAY
Toyota said Wednesday it would recall 1.67 million vehicles globally over brake problems and other glitches that pose a fire risk, the latest in a string of problems for the world’s biggest automaker.
The Japanese giant pointed to three problems in several models including its luxury...
Toyota said Wednesday it would recall 1.67 million vehicles globally over brake problems and other glitches that pose a fire risk, the latest in a string of problems for the world’s biggest automaker.
The Japanese giant pointed to three problems in several models including its luxury...
- October 16, 2014
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JAL launches new mobile site in 12 languages for overseas customers
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JAPANTODAY.com
Japan Airlines (JAL) has announced the launch of new easy-to-use multilingual mobile sites to assist overseas customers with their travel needs. Customers can access JAL’s overseas mobile sites (via www.jal.com) which are available in 26 regions and 12 languages, with their smartph...
Japan Airlines (JAL) has announced the launch of new easy-to-use multilingual mobile sites to assist overseas customers with their travel needs. Customers can access JAL’s overseas mobile sites (via www.jal.com) which are available in 26 regions and 12 languages, with their smartph...
- October 15, 2014
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Biofuels planned for skies over 2020 Tokyo Olympics
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THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
Airlines, universities and other organizations have started an initiative to produce and supply biofuels in Japan, with a target of having commercial flights using such fuel by the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
By April next year, the group, called Initia...
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Airlines, universities and other organizations have started an initiative to produce and supply biofuels in Japan, with a target of having commercial flights using such fuel by the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
By April next year, the group, called Initia...
- October 10, 2014
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Toshiba floppy disk factory reborn as vegetable farm
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THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
A factory deserted for decades after once thriving as a producer of floppy disks has made a comeback, growing spinach and baby leaf lettuce.
Major electronics maker Toshiba Corp. has set up a vegetable farm inside the factory in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. The plant had bee...
A factory deserted for decades after once thriving as a producer of floppy disks has made a comeback, growing spinach and baby leaf lettuce.
Major electronics maker Toshiba Corp. has set up a vegetable farm inside the factory in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. The plant had bee...
- October 10, 2014
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McDonald’s Japan forecasts first operating loss in 41 years
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THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
McDonald’s Holdings Co. (Japan) is forecasting an operating loss of 9.4 billion yen ($86.78 million) for fiscal 2014, its first operating deficit in 41 years, after a food safety scandal in China crippled sales here.
The company, which posted an operating profit of 11.5 billio...
McDonald’s Holdings Co. (Japan) is forecasting an operating loss of 9.4 billion yen ($86.78 million) for fiscal 2014, its first operating deficit in 41 years, after a food safety scandal in China crippled sales here.
The company, which posted an operating profit of 11.5 billio...
- October 10, 2014
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Line, three companies to promote online manga in global market
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THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
Mobile application developer Line Corp. and three other Japanese companies have started a joint venture to promote its online manga business in the global market, Line said on Oct. 8.
Two of Line’s partners are publishers Kodansha Ltd. and Shogakukan Inc. ...
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Mobile application developer Line Corp. and three other Japanese companies have started a joint venture to promote its online manga business in the global market, Line said on Oct. 8.
Two of Line’s partners are publishers Kodansha Ltd. and Shogakukan Inc. ...
- October 10, 2014
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Apple reports record 4 million-plus orders for iPhones on first day
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JAPANTIMES
Apple had more than 4 million advance orders of its new iPhones in the first 24 hours, exceeding its initial supply, the company said Monday.
The company said the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will be delivered to customers starting Friday and throughout September, but many won’t be del...
Apple had more than 4 million advance orders of its new iPhones in the first 24 hours, exceeding its initial supply, the company said Monday.
The company said the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will be delivered to customers starting Friday and throughout September, but many won’t be del...
- September 17, 2014
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McDonald's Japan sales plunge 25% in Aug., biggest fall since 2001
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rWhnsMTgE4
NEWSONJAPAN
McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) said Tuesday its sales plunged 25.1 percent in August from a year earlier on a same-store basis due largely to food safety concerns, marking the biggest fall since it went public in 2001.
After one of its supp...
NEWSONJAPAN
McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) said Tuesday its sales plunged 25.1 percent in August from a year earlier on a same-store basis due largely to food safety concerns, marking the biggest fall since it went public in 2001.
After one of its supp...
- September 17, 2014
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