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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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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Chronicle

Were I not so exhausted from the overabundance of horror and fantasy films that use the gimmick of having their stories recorded on video firsthand by the characters within the story, I might be more appreciative of some of the clever tricks that debut director Josh Trank pulls in Chronic ... ...

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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 ...

  • Japans nuclear authority sets new safety requirements for reactors

    Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority officially decided Wednesday on the country's new safety requirements for nuclear reactors in an effort to prevent recurrences of disasters that happened at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in 2011.The new regulations are expected to take effect on July 8, paving the way for nuclear power plant runners to apply for the regulator's safety assessment ...

  • Osaka mayor not to apologize to his party

    (4 mins ago) Toru Hashimoto, the mayor of Osaka and co-leader of the opposition Japan Restoration Party (JRP), stated on Wednesday that he has no intention to retract his remarks in face of criticism levied by the other JRP co-leader, Shintaro Ishihara, local press reported on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Ishihara criticized Hashimoto on various occasions, including in an interview with a local news ...

  • Tokyo stocks close 1.83 per cent higher

    TOKYO stocks closed 1.83 per cent higher on Wednesday, after official data showed Japan's exports soared in May thanks to a weaker yen, while eyes are also on the conclusion of the US Federal Reserve's policy ...

  • United Boeing 787 Diverted Tokyo-Bound Dreamliner Flight 139 Lands In Seattle

    SEATTLE -- An indication of an oil filter problem prompted the crew of a Boeing 787 flying from Denver to Tokyo to divert to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Tuesday afternoon, a United Airlines spokeswoman said. Flight 139 landed normally and an airline maintenance team was inspecting it, United spokeswoman Mary Ryan said in an email statement. The plane touched down in Seattle shortly ...

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