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Posted by simplymissj0 pt Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Winners of the 2012 "DIME" Trend Awards revealed

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On November 12, informational magazine �Dime� (from Shogakukan) held their awards ceremony in Tokyo for their �Shogakukan DIME Trend Winners�. �The Dime Trend Award went to the free LINE application�from�NHN Japan; the app has�exceeded 70,000,000 users. �The Special Award went to the Tokyo Skytree, while the "Most Talked About" Award went to idol group Momoiro Clover Z; Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters manager�Kuriyama Hideki was also given the award.

Additionally, other award winners include the Shin-Tomei Expressway (NEXCO Central Nippon Expressway Company), which opened in April and links Kanagawa prefecture to Aichi prefecture over a stretch of 162 Km; Peach airlines, Japan�s first low cost airline, which opened in March; Smart Consumer Electronics (from Panasonic), which syncs with smartphones; and the iPhone5 (Apple Japan), which sold a record amount of over 5,000,000 phones in the first three days of its release.

For the 25th Dime Awards,� 12 items were selected for the three categories of �AV & IT,� �Lifestyle,� and �Leisure/Entertainment�. �The grand prize was decided after votes from readers were counted and after discussion among the panel.� The list of winners is as follows:

AV & IT:

-iPhone 5 (Apple Japan)

-Ultrabook (Intel)

-LINE (NHN Japan)

-Windows 8 (Microsoft Japan)

Lifestyle:

-Kirin Mets Cola (Kirin Beverages)

-COCOROBO (Sharp)

-Maru-chan Seimen (Toyo Suisan)

-Smart Consumer Appliances (Panasonic)

Leisure/Entertainment:

- Shin-Tomei Expressway �(NEXCO Central Nippon Expressway Company)

-Tokyo Station Redevelopment (East Japan Railway Company)

-Peach (Peach Aviation)

-N BOX (Honda)

�Most Talked About� Award

-Momoiro Clover Z

-Kuriyama Hideki (The Hokkaido�Nippon-Ham Fighters)

Special Award:

-Tokyo Skytree (TOBU TOWER SKYTREE)

Source and Image: Oricon

Thanks to eyeless for the tip!

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