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09-Feb-18 The South Korean Ministry of Trade has announced that it plans to consolidate medical-data from Korean hospitals and establish a comprehensive database, as part of its goal to foster the country’s pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. [image: MaRSHealthKick / Science and Technology Office Seoul]
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08-Feb-18 The Japanese Shichifukujin (Seven Lucky Gods) smartphone app is being used in what is dubbed the world's first large-scale study aimed at showing that digital health devices improve the condition of diabetes patients. [image: Satoko Kawasaki / The Japan Times]
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02-Feb-18 Walmart has teamed up with Rakuten for a new delivery service to be rolled out across Japan in the second half of 2018. Dubbed ‘Rakuten Seiyu Netsuper’, the new service allows orders to be placed on Rakuten’s online marketplace. [image: Retail In Asia / Shutterstock]
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02-Feb-18 The Seven & i Holdings, parent company of 7-Eleven, reported a store count of 20,033 in Japan, up by 54 from the end of Dec-17. By comparison, Japan has about 24,000 post offices. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]
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29-Jan-18 Cash is still king in Japan, and that means the central bank doesn’t see a need to mint a digital currency for now, according to the head of the FinTech Center at the Bank of Japan. [image: Bloomberg]
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