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Hello and welcome to today’s news from TotemoTech on June 1st, 2023. WingArc1st announced its plan to have zero smoking employees by 2025 and will stop hiring smokers after April 2025. Casio will change its calculator packaging from plastic to paper, reducing around 340 tons of plastic waste per year. Val Laboratory added an AI feature to its web service ‘Ekispert for Web’ that suggests travel destinations and routes based on rough requests made by users. ANYCOLOR opened a registration form for ‘cutout artists’ who edit live streaming videos for YouTubers. LINE has discontinued its free calling service ‘LINE Out’ and will refund remaining call credits. PayPay announced additional campaigns for its ‘Support Your Town Project’ in collaboration with local governments, offering up to 30% PayPay points for purchases made in selected areas. Shokz released its open-ear earphones, ‘OpenFit,’ which is designed for teleworking. Finally, Visa Japan is offering a 50% cashback campaign for using Visa touch payments on public transportation until June 20th. And that’s all for today’s news. Thanks for listening to TotemoTech.

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