Kyodo News by Kijizo app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: EAST Co., Ltd.
First release : 07 Oct 2009
App size: 1.71 Mb
*** Announcement on ending the Kijizo services ***
All services for "Kyodo News by Kijizo" come to an end on January 31, 2017.
Thank you for using Kijizo for a long time.
Consequently, the purchase and news delivery will come to an end, as follows:
- August 30, 2016: the last day of the sale in the App Store and In-App Purchases.
- January 31, 2017: the Kijizo news delivery and services come to a complete close.
* News articles become unaccessible after January 31, 2017.
Were very sorry for any inconvenience caused by this and wed appreciate your kind understanding and acceptance.
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Kyodo News is now available for iPhone/iPod touch.
Every day you receive approximately 150 news articles and photos from Japan. This news application may be very helpful if you need to know what is happening in Japan now.
* The price is for a 3-month subscription.
* The latest version fixes the problem which is encountered in the following situations.
1. Switch between the standard and the landscape modes
2. Close this application while the data is being downloaded and start the application again
■ Kyodo News in English
- The categories of news articles consist of TOP News, Latest News Summary, Politics, Economy/Business, Market, Asia, Crime/Accidents, Sports, Life and Science/Tech.
- When there are special events such as elections or the Olympic Games, new categories might be added.
- The average number of news articles and photos distributed daily is about 150. The actual number varies according to the day.
- The subscription lasts for three months from the date when you first launch the application. Once expired, a new subscription is needed.
- The news articles available in the past 24 hours will be retrieved by an update.
- The news articles that can be saved are those retrieved within the past 72 hours (3 days).
- The Japanese version is also available as a different application.
■ Functions & features
- You can move among news articles by flicking.
- When you turn the iPhone on its side it switches to the landscape mode and photos are displayed in Cover Flow. You can enlarge photos in Cover Flow with a tap.
- An auto update when started or a manual update within the application retrieves the latest news.
- The caching enables you to see news articles offline.
- The Home icon displays the number of unread news articles.
- You can switch to display either unread articles only or all the articles.
- You can specify whether each of the categories are displayed or hidden.
■共同通信が英語で配信する日本のニュース
【サービス終了のお知らせ】
「共同通信ニュース by 記事蔵」は、2017年1月末をもちまして、サービスを終了することとなりました。
長い間ご利用いただきありがとうございました。
これにともない、以下のように購入および記事の配信を終了いたします。
・2016年8月30日(火) : App Storeでの新規購入およびアプリ内課金を終了
・2017年1月末 : 記事配信、サービスおよびサポートの終了
※2017年1月末以降は記事の閲覧ができなくなります。
ご愛顧いただいているお客様にはご迷惑をおかけいたしますが、ご理解とご了承のほどお願いいたします。
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「身近な日本でのできごとが、英語ではどのように表現されるのか?」 日々の仕事で英語が必要なビジネスパーソンや、日本の話題で時事英語に触れたい英語学習者にもお勧めします。
・記事のジャンルは「TOP News」「Latest News Summary」「Politics」「Economy /Business」「Market」「Society」「Asia」「Crime/Accidents」「Sports」」「Life」「Science/Tech」で構成。選挙、オリンピックなどのイベントがある場合は、ジャンルが追加される場合があります。
・一日に配信される記事・写真の合計は、平均約150点。実際に配信される記事・写真の数は日によって変動します。
・アプリの初回起動から3ヶ月間の購読が可能。購読期間が終了すると、再度購入の手続きが必要です。
・更新で取得できる記事は、過去24時間以内のものです。
・過去の記事は、過去72時間以内(3日分)の保存が可能です。
・共同通信ニュース(日本語版)もあります。
Latest reviews of Kyodo News by Kijizo app for iPhone and iPad
I think this news contents is made by Japanese famous news agency. I dont know sure but I heard that government also using news infomation from Kyodo. This contents are all in English and easy to understand Japanese economics and the others. Most favorate things are many interesting nice pictures and its smart user interface more than usual iPhone apps. Headlines are need to improve.
Bought this to keep up with quake/Fukushima events. Occasionally unstable. Price for 3 month subscription is unjustifiable. Time consuming updates at every relaunch, and occasionally lags behind other sources. English speakers interested in Japan may wish to seek out the NHK World app--more stable, richer and more up to date content and...free.