Amazon opens mobile app distribution portal to Japan
News On Japan via techcrunch.com -- Oct 05
Back in June Amazon officially opened its Appstore to international apps, adding support for software intended for the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. Today it's expanded the international reach of the platform by adding Japan to the list of supported countries - describing this as "another significant addition". A Japanese Appstore launch is planned "later this year".
Developers building apps for Amazon's mobile products, such as its Kindle Fire and Fire HD tablets, can now submit apps to the ecommerce giant's Mobile App Distribution Portal for distribution in Japan. The portal enables developers the ability to select the countries where they would like their apps to be sold, set list prices per market and access various resources provided by Amazon. Amazon said it is waiving all first year fees for new developers.
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Jun 17
| Population pyramid a thing of the past |
|  The Japanese word "choju," meaning longevity, implies, with its kanji, joyous celebration of long life. Intrinsically, it is a joyful thing for people to live long. But if a society has many people who age in solitude, isolated from their families and local communities, it cannot be called choju. It should rather be called "roka shakai," or a society that weakens as it ages. (Yomiuri  ) |
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Jun 16
| Crown Prince returns from Spain |
|  Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito has ended his official visit to Spain after a trip to a Christian pilgrimage site in the northwest. His visit marked the 400th anniversary of relations between the 2 countries. (NHK ) |
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Jun 16
| Osaka transvestite bar busted for licensing violations |
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Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Monday announced the bust of a massage parlor in the Gotanda area of Shinagawa Ward on charges of prostitution. (Tokyo Reporter 
Saitama Prefectural Police on Monday announced the arrest of 31 suspects connected with special criminal groups for violent incidents that took place earlier this year. (Tokyo Reporter 
Four people were injured in a series of attacks by at least two bears on Saturday and Sunday in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture. (Japan Today 
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Police have arrested a 28-year-old man has been arrested for providing a service that illegally put high school girls in contact with men for the purpose of prostitution. (Japan Today