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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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10 types of Japanese men, according to Japanese women

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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After 15 years of ninja action, manga Naruto is ending next month

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JAPANTODAY.com
“Naruto,” creator Masashi Kishimoto’s wildly popular weekly ninja series, is just weeks away from its final installment.
 
When “Naruto” made its debut in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump in 1999, it’s doubtful that even the most optimistic editors at the magazine expected it to las...

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Typhoon slams into Kyushu; dozens injured

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JAPANTODAY.com
Powerful typhoon Vongfong barreled into Japan Monday morning, with at least one person missing and dozens injured, while more than 300 flights were grounded, officials and local media said.
 
Winds of up to 180 kilometers per hour whipped ashore as the season’s 19th typhoon made la...

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Japan to scrap visa requirement for Indonesians

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NEWSONJAPAN.com
 
The Japanese government will allow Indonesian nationals to enter the country visa-free.
 
Starting from December, the government will not require Indonesian visitors to Japan to obtain a visa as long as they submit in advance their e-p...

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