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Equity Method Investment (Details) - eREX Spark ¥ in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 JPY (¥)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) director	Sep. 30, 2015 JPY (¥)
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Payments to acquire equity method investment	$ 0.3	¥ 39.2
Ownership percentage	20.00%		20.00%	20.00%
Additional capital contributions if conditions met	$ 1.0		$ 1.0	¥ 117.2
Dividends distributed percentage			30.00%
Years dividend is paid thereafter			4 years
Board of directors			4
Board of director members percentage			25.00%
Equity method investment | $	$ 0.3		$ 0.3

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