2008-02
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Famous venture capitalists in Japan
Here is a concise list of famous venture capitalists in the Japanese IT industry. Soichi Kariyazono (仮屋薗 聡一) of Globis Capital Partners has a fantastic track record. Six companies out of 13 companies …
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Mobile barcodes:Huge success in Japan so far.
In Japan, mobile barcodes(QR Codes:local version of the 2D barcodes) has been widespread and acquired a stable position as one of the familiar media to provide a direct access to customers these …
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Report: Cross-cultural IT and web engineer party in Tokyo
On Friday, the first cross-cultural party for IT and web engineers was held in Pasona Tech’s office in Shibuya. Pasona Tech’s parent company, Pasona Group is a large staffing and …
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Tokyo2point0 event: Recruit API and Marketing in virtual worlds
This Tuesday, the 9th Tokyo2point0 event in Harajuku/Tokyo was held. As always, the venue was totally crowded. More info can be found on the Tokyo2point0 site, the Facebook group or on Mixi. This …
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Usage of mobile videos and TV in Japan
Japanese Web Marketing Information Portal “Web Marketing Guide” and market research company Net Asia conjointly conducted a study on the use of mobile videos and digital TV in Japan. At …
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YAPC::Asia 2008 will be held May 15-16 in Tokyo
YAPC::Asia 2008 (Yet Another Perl Conference) will be held May 15-16 at Tokyo Institute of Technology. YAPC::Asia is one of the biggest technology conference in Japan, and is a bilingual …
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Japanese stock market has lost its confidence
The Osaka prefectural police is investigating ‘Orben’, a public company, for securities fraud. Orben acquired 16 companies in two years from 2004. Orben executives allegedly reported false …
