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Cina Giappone
Amazon takes on Alibaba from Japan with Chinese-language website
Just before the stores open in Tokyo’s Akihabara electronics district, buses pull up, unleashing Chinese tourists and their credit cards to snap up televisions, rice cookers and other gadgets. Walk into any department store and there they are, buying mascara, T-shirts and other merchandise. China’s infatuation with Japanese products is ...
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Abe aide Hamada favors Japan proclaiming debt-monetizing policy
One of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s top advisers says he favors a declaration by Japan’s policymakers that their current measures are monetizing the nation’s debt. Some people say that Japan has “already adopted ad hoc monetization of debt, and that to improve public confidence the government and the Bank of ...
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Giappone
Tokyo Gas in talks with European firms to swap LNG cargoes
Tokyo Gas Co., the nation’s second-biggest buyer of liquefied natural gas, is in talks with European companies to swap cargoes it owns from the U.S. with those in Asia to reduce shipping times and costs. The utility is offering cargoes from the Cove Point project on the U.S. East Coast, ...
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Giappone
Game provider DeNA begins driverless bus service in Chiba
Major mobile game provider DeNA Co. on Monday launched a driverless bus service at a park in Chiba Prefecture. The bus service at Toyosuna Park, located next to a shopping mall run by Aeon Mall Co., will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day through Aug. 11. The ...
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Giappone
NHK begins 4K, 8K high-definition test broadcasting
Public broadcaster NHK on Monday started 4K and 8K ultra high-definition test broadcasting on its BS satellite channels, aiming to verify the technology and popularize it ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. The resolution of 4K broadcasting is roughly four times as detailed as that of the currently ...
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Giappone
Yo-Ho riding on Japan’s craft beer boom
Yo-Ho Brewing Co., which is known for Yona Yona Ale, is taking advantage of a growing taste for craft beer as it moves to expand its business, company President Naoyuki Ide said. While overall demand for beer is declining among young people, craft beer, which is produced with a focus ...
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80% of Dubai expats still unprotected despite spate of fires
Financial planning firm reveals 'frightening statistic' as expats continue to snub home insurance policies
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Dubai Investments Q2 net profit slips 2.3%
CEO Khalid Bin Kalban said company will continue its diversification strategy, aimed at broadening its geographical footprint
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Marocco
AFFAIRE DES 24 CONDAMNÉS SAHRAOUIS DE GDEIM IZIK : La justice marocaine se désavoue
La Cour de cassation a annulé leur condamnation prononcée par le tribunal militaire de Rabat en 2010 pour qu'ils soient rejugés par un tribunal civil.
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Omar Bessaoud : «Ce qu’impose l’impératif de la sécurité alimentaire…»
Omar Bessaoud est expert en agriculture, enseignant-chercheur à l’Institut agronomique méditerranéen de Montpellier Dans votre étude sur la sécurité alimentaire, il est indiqué que l’Algérie s’impose sur le haut de la pyramide mondiale en matière d’importations de blé (3e importateur mondial) et de poudre de lait (2e importateur mondial après ...