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Car sharing: A cheaper alternative to owning a car in the city
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JAPANTIMES.co.jp
Owning a car in Japan can be a hassle if you live in a city because it often comes with the extra cost of renting a parking space.
That partly explains the rising popularity of car sharing. Many people have come to see it as not only cheaper but also more practical than owning ...
Owning a car in Japan can be a hassle if you live in a city because it often comes with the extra cost of renting a parking space.
That partly explains the rising popularity of car sharing. Many people have come to see it as not only cheaper but also more practical than owning ...
- October 17, 2014
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At Japan Robot Week, mechanical barista treats visitors to coffee
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JAPANTIMES.co.jp
If people visit Kawada Industries Inc.’s booth at the Japan Robot Week exhibition, the firm will serve them a cup of coffee — not from a human barista, but from a robot.
Called Nextage, the company describes it as a “next-generation industrial robot.” It debuted in 2011 and has...
If people visit Kawada Industries Inc.’s booth at the Japan Robot Week exhibition, the firm will serve them a cup of coffee — not from a human barista, but from a robot.
Called Nextage, the company describes it as a “next-generation industrial robot.” It debuted in 2011 and has...
- October 17, 2014
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Nintendo’s new 3DS console hits shelves in Japan
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JAPANTIMES
Nintendo Co. on Saturday launched the latest version of its 3DS portable game console in Japan in time for the year-end shopping rush, in an effort to prop up its flagging console sales.
The New Nintendo 3DS offers clearer 3-D graphics than existing models and an increase in the numb...
Nintendo Co. on Saturday launched the latest version of its 3DS portable game console in Japan in time for the year-end shopping rush, in an effort to prop up its flagging console sales.
The New Nintendo 3DS offers clearer 3-D graphics than existing models and an increase in the numb...
- October 16, 2014
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Line releases app for iPad
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THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
Line Corp., owner and operator of the free call and messaging app Line, on Oct. 15 announced the global release of the app for iPads.
Line for iPad was designed as a sub-device for the smartphone version of the app, the company said.
Users can access their friends list and p...
Line Corp., owner and operator of the free call and messaging app Line, on Oct. 15 announced the global release of the app for iPads.
Line for iPad was designed as a sub-device for the smartphone version of the app, the company said.
Users can access their friends list and p...
- October 16, 2014
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Internet addiction is rising in Japan
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NHK
A panel of experts in Japan says more than 4.2 million people in the country are addicted to the internet.
The health ministry panel interviewed more than 4,000 people last year. The subjects were aged 20 and older and were selected randomly.
The results suggest internet addiction is up 5...
A panel of experts in Japan says more than 4.2 million people in the country are addicted to the internet.
The health ministry panel interviewed more than 4,000 people last year. The subjects were aged 20 and older and were selected randomly.
The results suggest internet addiction is up 5...
- October 16, 2014
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Kit Kat’s papercraft train set is so cool we almost don’t need the chocolate it comes with
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ROCKETNEWS24.com
Living in Japan, we’ve been kind of spoiled by all the special Kit Kat flavors the country gets. We love a sweet snack as much as anyone, but when almost every region of Japan has its own version of the chocolate wafers, it takes something a little more unusual than matcha green ...
Living in Japan, we’ve been kind of spoiled by all the special Kit Kat flavors the country gets. We love a sweet snack as much as anyone, but when almost every region of Japan has its own version of the chocolate wafers, it takes something a little more unusual than matcha green ...
- October 15, 2014
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Japan 0-4 Brazil: Neymar hits four in Selecao rout
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GOAL.com
A four-goal haul from Neymar helped Brazil to a 4-0 win over Japan on Tuesday as Dunga's strong start to his second spell in charge continued.
Following a disastrous World Cup elimination on home soil under Luiz Felipe Scolari, 1994 World Cup winning captain Dunga has now guided the na...
A four-goal haul from Neymar helped Brazil to a 4-0 win over Japan on Tuesday as Dunga's strong start to his second spell in charge continued.
Following a disastrous World Cup elimination on home soil under Luiz Felipe Scolari, 1994 World Cup winning captain Dunga has now guided the na...
- October 15, 2014
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10 types of Japanese men, according to Japanese women
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vjHp0LhSD0
JAPANTODAY.com
If you or someone you know were described as a cabbage roll, how would you react? What if someone called you a hyena or said you were especially “creamy”?
There are apparently 10 distinct categories into which men fall in Japan, with wo...
JAPANTODAY.com
If you or someone you know were described as a cabbage roll, how would you react? What if someone called you a hyena or said you were especially “creamy”?
There are apparently 10 distinct categories into which men fall in Japan, with wo...
- October 15, 2014
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Japan’s weapons-makers now open for business
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JAPANTODAY.com
Often dubbed a hawkish nationalist, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has lived up to his billing. Since he returned to power in late 2012, Japan has seen two consecutive rises in defense spending, as well as a record third request for ¥5.5 trillion, currently under deliberation.
In July...
Often dubbed a hawkish nationalist, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has lived up to his billing. Since he returned to power in late 2012, Japan has seen two consecutive rises in defense spending, as well as a record third request for ¥5.5 trillion, currently under deliberation.
In July...
- October 15, 2014
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Japan rises to challenge of becoming ‘hydrogen society’
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JAPANTIMES.co.jp
Since the 2011 onset of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan has had to drastically revise an energy policy that had long heralded atomic power as its main source of energy.
The new energy policy announced in April outlines plans to decrease Japan’s nuclear dependence as much ...
Since the 2011 onset of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan has had to drastically revise an energy policy that had long heralded atomic power as its main source of energy.
The new energy policy announced in April outlines plans to decrease Japan’s nuclear dependence as much ...
- October 13, 2014
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