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Twitter bending 140-character limit to fit way people tweet
Twitter is making a major shift in how it counts characters in tweets, giving users more freedom to compose longer messages. The social media company will soon stop counting photos and links as part of its 140-character limit for messages, according to a person familiar with the matter. The change ...
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Japan government to press mobile carriers on prices as profits soar
The government plans to step up pressure on the country’s largest mobile-phone carriers to offer cheaper plans as surging profits show they have room to reduce costs for customers, an official at the communications ministry said. Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Sanae Takaichi may make a new round of ...
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Nikkei rises 186 points on firm oil
Stocks gained further ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Tuesday, backed by higher crude oil prices. The Nikkei average climbed 186.40 points, or 1.13 percent, to close at 16,652.80. On Monday, it gained 54.19 points. The Topix index ended up 14.20 points, or 1.07 percent, at 1,335.85, after rising 1.46 ...
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Japan’s fish consumption shrinks to lowest since 1960s
Domestic per-capita consumption of fish has dropped by roughly 30 percent since a peak in 2001, declining to levels last seen in the early 1960s, according to a report on fisheries adopted by the Cabinet Tuesday. The fiscal 2015 white paper said individuals ate 27.3 kilograms of fish and fish ...
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Mitsubishi UFJ projects 11% lower profit amid negative rates
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. sees full-year profits falling 11 percent as negative interest rates squeeze loan profitability and the costs of bad loans increase. The country’s largest bank is targeting net income of ¥850 billion in the year ending March 2017, it said in a statement Monday. That is ...
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JR Tokai subsidiary to work on Texas bullet train project
Central Japan Railway Co. has announced that it will set up a fully owned subsidiary in Dallas this month to support a bullet train project in Texas. Koei Tsuge, president of the firm better known as JR Tokai, told a news conference Monday that the company will send some 20 ...
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Japanese tech firms develop remote sensors to warn of landslides, flooding
The nation’s electronics makers are developing sensors that use the so-called Internet of things to give municipalities early warning of landslides and floods. The central and regional governments have faced pressure to do something about the problem of deadly mudslides and rivers breaking their banks during intense rain. The problem ...
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Asia airline mergers may be in the cards after world’s largest budget carrier tie-up
The creation of the world’s biggest alliance of low-cost airlines may signal that some of Asia’s struggling budget carriers are headed for the altar. The Value Alliance, announced Monday, stretches from Japan to Australia and includes Singapore Airlines Ltd.’s Scoot and Nok Airlines PCL in Thailand. The aim is to ...
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Deep-water wind farms proposed off Hawaii shores
Massive wind turbines could end up floating in deep ocean waters off Hawaii’s shores under proposals to bring more renewable energy to the islands. Two companies have proposed offshore wind turbine projects for federal waters off Oahu as Hawaii pushes to meet its aggressive renewable energy goals. Their plans would ...
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Amazon to up store-brand offerings, including food, household goods: WSJ
Amazon is planning to expand the store-brand items it sells to new categories including food and household products, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The new products could include nuts and spices and other consumer goods such as diapers and laundry detergent. The Wall Street Journal report ...