Japan
Nintendo to develop 'quality of life' device to track sleep, fatigue: CEO
TOKYO - Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co Ltd will develop a device to measure a user's fatigue and map their sleep, Chief Executive Satoru Iwata said on Thursday, the first offering from the company's newly created healthcare division.
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Japan PM: GPIF portfolio must change reflecting end of deflation
TOKYO - Japan must reallocate the portfolio of its public pension fund flexibly reflecting the economy's gradual exit from deflation, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday.
Japan PM - GPIF portfolio must change reflecting end of deflation
TOKYO - Japan must reallocate the portfolio of its public pension fund flexibly reflecting the economy's gradual exit from deflation, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday.
JGBs ease after Fed's upbeat message, yields off 18-month lows
TOKYO, Oct 30 - Japanese government bond prices eased slightly on Thursday after U.S. Treasuries retreated on an upbeat economic assessment from the Federal Reserve.
Nintendo to develop device to track sleep, fatigue - CEO
TOKYO, Oct 30 - Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co Ltd will develop a device to measure a user's level of fatigue and track sleep from one's bedside, Chief Executive Satoru Iwata told media at a briefing on Thursday.
Japan PM Abe: Sales tax hike hurts consumers' purchasing power
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday he will scrutinize how an increase in the sales tax affects the country's prospects for ending deflation as a higher levy hurts consumers' purchasing power.
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