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Now a sign-language service via iPads
East Japan Railway Co. has started testing a sign-language interpretation service in Tokyo on Monday using a videophone application on an Apple iPad tablet for guiding hearing-impaired people. According to the Japan Times, the company earlier used written messages for guiding such people. Through this application, passengers at information booth can use sign-language to ask their queries to a ...
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Nua Nan Bank JCB LOVE TSCC Debit Card to be launched in Taiwan in August
The Japan Credit Bureau (JCB), in collaboration with Hua Nan Bank, has announced that it will launch the Nua Nan Bank JCB LOVE TSCC Debit Card in Taiwan in August. It is the first debit card that has an option to be equipped with TSCC, a contactless payment service which can be used as a fare card on trains and buses. The debit card will also be accepted at some shops and restaurants. In ...
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Japan registers trade deficit
Japan registered 993.9 billion yen of goods trade deficit in May, the government said Wednesday. Exports increased 10.1 percent from a year earlier, while imports rose 10 percent, the finance ministry said in a preliminary report. The figures were calculated on a customs-cleared basis, reported ...
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Japanese firm to mass-produce synthetic spider silk
A Japanese company has developed a synthetic protein based on spider silk and plans to use it to mass-produce a highly resistant and flexible fiber in the near future. After six years of research, Spiber, in collaboration with Keio University's Institute for Advanced Biosciences and the company Kojima Industries, will inaugurate a plant this year with the capacity to produce up to 100 kg of ...
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Three `Spider-Man sequels in pipeline says studio
Sony Pictures announced that it has firm plans for three sequels to 2012 mega-hit "The Amazing Spider-Man", with the first already in production and set for release in May 2014. The studio set opening dates for the third and fourth instalments of the saga in June 2016 and May 2018, respectively. "Spider-Man is our most important, most successful, and most beloved franchise, so we're thrilled ...
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Japan promotes eco-friendly transportation
A safe and efficient transportation system is one of the highlights of Singapore's Changi Airport. Its credit goes to Japanese signal maker Kyosan, which introduced the signal system automated electric sky train. The electric sky trains, equipped with rubber tyres, are eco-friendly and help passengers move from one terminal to another. Kyosan has provided the technology for eco-friendly ...
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5 Japanese suspects detained in Guangdongs Zhuhai over telegraph fraud murder
A senior police officer from the Zhuhai special economic zone in Guangdong province confirmed on Thursday that local police are holding five Japanese citizens on suspicion of telephone fraud and slaying a Japanese man. Bai Zhigang, director of the publicity department under Zhuhai city public security bureau, said that after they were detained, the suspects, who are 23 to 39 years old, ...
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Taoiseach to meet Japanese Prime Minister
Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, is to hold talks with the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe at Goverment Buildings. Mr Abe is visiting Ireland following his participation in the G8 Summit in Co Fermanagh. The two leaders are expected to discuss bilateral economic, trade and cultural relations between Ireland and Japan, as well as broader economic issues. The Taoiseach will also brief the Japanese ...
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Japanese leader invites Robinson and McGuinness for a visit
Pictured at a reception for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Titanic Belfast this evening are First Minister Peter Robinson and deputy First Minister Martin ...
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Japan enacts add-on corporate pension reform law
Japan's House of Councillors passed into law Wednesday a bill to reform the "kosei nenkin kikin" add-on corporate pension fund system to promote the liquidation of financially troubled ...
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Regulators officially decide new safety requirements for reactors
The Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday officially decided on Japan's new safety requirements for reactors aimed at preventing recurrences of disasters like the one at the Fukushima Daiichi complex in ...
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Japans trade balance in May shows 3rd-largest deficit ever
Japan's trade balance in May showed the third-largest deficit ever for any month, with the red-ink streak extending to the longest 11th month as the depreciation of the yen continued to push up import prices despite a sharp gain in exports, the government said ...
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Mummified remains found in restaurant in Morioka
High levels of a toxic substance called strontium-90 have been found in groundwater at the devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, the utility that operates the facility said on ...
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Nikkei jumps 1.8pc at close
(44 mins ago) Stocks in Tokyo closed 1.83 percent higher, ahead of the Federal Reserve ending its policy meeting and as official data showed Japan's exports soared in May thanks to a weaker yen. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index jumped 237.94 points to 13,245.22, while the Topix index of all first-section shares rose 1.86 percent, or 20.17 points, to 1,106.57. ...
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G-8 disappoints Syrian rebels makes progress on corporate tax evasion
Leaders of the G-8 agree on a plan to clamp down on money launderers, illegal tax evaders and corporate tax avoiders, while pushing for immediate peace talks on ...
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Animal-human embryo test clears first hurdle
Proposed experiments with animal-human embryos cleared the first regulatory hurdle Tuesday as Japanese scientists seek permission for tests that could see human organs produced inside the growing body of an animal. Researchers want to introduce a human stem cell into an animal embryo, to create a so-called chimeric embryo, which they can implant into an animal’s womb. The hope is that ...
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Asian mkts tense before Fed meet Nikkei gains
European stocks were expected to open steady ahead of the conclusion of the Fed's June 18-19 meeting. A policy statement is due at 1800 GMT and Fed ...
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Nikkei climbs to 1-week high on SoftBank investment trust
* Nikkei rises 1.8 pct, Topix up 1.9 pct * Japan stocks fwd P/E falls to level not seen since BOJ action * SoftBank gains after Dish says abandons Sprint bid * TEPCO sinks, says finds highly toxic strontium in Fukushima groundwater By Dominic Lau TOKYO, June 19 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average hit a one-week high on Wednesday, with traders citing the launch of a near $780 million ...
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Japans exports pick up pace give economy momentum in rough markets
By Kaori Kaneko and Stanley WhiteTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's exports rose in May at the fastest annual rate in more than two years with the help of a weak yen and a moderate pick-up in global demand, boding well for the government's efforts to steer the economy through market turbulence.The faster-than-expected rise is welcome news for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after recent a sell-off in ...
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Japan formally OKs new nuke safety requirements
TOKYO -; Japan's nuclear watchdog has formally approved new safety requirements for atomic plants, paving the way for the reopening of facilities shut down since the Fukushima ...
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Nikkei up as softer yen boosts exporters
Sydney - Japanese stocks rose on Wednesday, thanks to a positive lead from Wall Street plus a softer yen, outperforming the rest of Asia which anxiously seeks clarity on the Federal Reserve's next policy ...
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Oldest man’s death should prod Japan to act quickly
If ever there were a wake-up call for Japan, the second-most indebted nation, the death of Jiroemon Kimura is it. On one level, Kimura is a good-news story. He was the last man born in the 1800s when he died on June 12 at the ripe, and some might say enviable, age of ...
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U.S. Taliban to open talks on ending Afghan war
Leaders of the G-8 agree on a plan to clamp down on money launderers, illegal tax evaders and corporate tax avoiders, while pushing for immediate peace talks on ...
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Softbank prevails in Sprint Nextel deal as Dish abandons bid
U.S. satellite television provider Dish Network Corp. announced Tuesday it has dropped plans to submit a revised bid for Sprint Nextel, paving the way for Softbank Corp.’s rival offer to be accepted. Dish Network said it still saw ';strategic value'; in a merger with Sprint but that it would not submit a revised offer by Tuesday’s deadline due to Sprint’s decision to ...
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Call for revising Japan-US military agreement
/enpproperty--> WASHINGTON - The US-Japan Status of Forces Agreement needs revision in order to better catch US military personnel who commit rape in Japan, a Japanese Diet member said Tuesday. Tomoko Abe, a member of Japan's House of Representatives, made the remarks on the sidelines of an event in Washington co-hosted by the Sigur Center for Asian Studies, the Council on Foreign ...
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Tokyo's new international airport making waves
Haneda airport was renamed Haneda International Airport with the opening of the new International Terminal, which will see several million passengers pass through it each year as the airport regains its status as a global airport with connections to major cities across the world.
When Haneda first opened in 1931 it was the largest civilian airport in the whole country and during the Second World War became a major US Air Base after the invasion of Japan and the country’s surrender. Read more
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