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Bloomberg adds new features to Japan website

Bloomberg announced Monday new features on its Japanese language news website, Bloomberg.co.jp, bringing its look and functionality in line with the recently launched regional homepage of Bloomberg.com in Asia.

“Our new Japanese website will serve to deliver timely, important business news and insights about Japan and the world – with utmost relevance and insight,” said Brian Fowler, managing editor for Bloomberg News Japan, in a statement.

Key highlights of the new site include dDedicated news and market data sections that highlight market-moving financial news in Japan and across Asia Pacific; a new digital video section that showcases compelling business news content from Bloomberg Television and Bloomberg’s digital video originals team; and a scrolling video mini player featuring live streams of Bloomberg TV.

The site also will include social media curation and sharing from Bloomberg’s Japanese language Twitter and Facebook accounts

According to comScore, Bloomberg.co.jp garnered 11 million page views in March 2016.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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