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Giappone
AI robot touted as future English-learning tool for Japanese kids
Japan has long been criticized for its low level of English, but children could soon become more proficient in the language just by chit-chatting with an artificially intelligent robot. At least that’s the idea from AKA, a Korean startup based in the United States that is set to officially begin ...
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Giappone
Shopping complex opens doors at expo site in Osaka
About 4,000 visitors Thursday got a peak at Expocity, the new 170,000-sq.-meter shopping and entertainment complex build on the site of the 1970 World Exposition in Osaka Prefecture. Developer Mitsui Fudosan Co. hopes to see ¥60 billion in annual revenue from the complex, which stands in Expo ’70 Commemorative Park ...
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Giappone Australia
Australia bars foreigners from buying world’s largest ranch
The Australian government has had barred foreigners from buying a company that owns the world’s largest cattle ranch and other Australian farmland greater in area than South Korea. The company, S. Kidman & Co. Ltd., owns 10 cattle ranches, a bull breeding stud and a feed lot covering 101,411 square ...
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Giappone
Textile firm places bet on Japan’s ¥1.2 trillion health food market
Faced with tightening competition for the textiles it’s been making for almost 100 years, Omikenshi Co. is trying to get into the health-food business, using its cloth-making technology to turn trees into noodles. The Osaka-based company’s best-selling product is rayon, a fiber made from tree pulp. Using a similar process, ...
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Giappone
Move to improve Japanese corporate governance devolves into compliance game
One day, Japan’s biggest overhaul of rules for companies in decades will make them more efficient. Right now it’s making things worse. So says Toshiaki Oguchi, part of a group handpicked by the government to give a verdict on how well new codes for investors and businesses are working. Companies ...
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Giappone
Japan logs October trade surplus on falling oil imports
An Ibaraki education board member sparks online outrage by suggesting more prenatal screening to reduce difficulties for parents of disabled kids. The post Japan logs October trade surplus on falling oil imports appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Giappone
Panasonic unveils wearable camera for police officers in U.S.
Panasonic Corp. has unveiled a compact body camera for police officers ahead of the launch of the product in December in the United States. The 130-gram camera can send recorded movie data to a hard disk system placed in emergency vehicles via wireless LAN, as well as to police stations. ...
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Dubai Holding profit to rise by 17% this year, says MD
Ahmad Bin Byat says profits to hit $1.5bn in 2015, with $1.2bn investments in local infrastructure
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Cina
China IPO regulators caught in graft probe
Fate of stock sales worth billions rests with low-paid civil servants
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Cina
China business prone to unethical tactics
Study reveals ‘questionable’ strategies in dealings with US