2011-03
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Japan Prime Minister's Office Begins English Twitter, To Inform Disaster Information
Prime Minister’s Office of Japan has just annouced that they opened an official Twitter account @JPN_PMO in English. This is the official English twitter account of Prime Minister’s Office of …
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Japanese Artists Draw Catfish To Encourage The Earthquake Sufferers
Drawn by shigeokahide. Many Japanese artists drew Namazu-e(鯰絵) to encourage earthquake sufferers on Twitter. What is Namazu-e? Namazu-e is a motif drawn in ukiyoe (Wikipedia) during Edo period …
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After The Quake: A Variety Of Web Mashups Collecting Wisdom Of Crowds
Following my previous story on the grassroots movements, here are some of another developments. Car Activities in Tohoku on Google Map: Google, Honda and Pioneer visualize car activities in Tohoku by …
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Who's Free And Tonchidot To Hold Fundraising Party At SXSW To Help Relief Efforts
A cross-post to Asiajin and Startup Dating. SXSW is currently taking place in Austin, Texas. Asiajin contributors Serkan Toto and Paul Papadimitriou are there for moderating panels on Japanese web …
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Greater Tokyo Planned Blackout Time Checker By Zipcode
Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Sunday that it would conduct its first-ever rolling blackout from Monday to help prevent an unexpected large-scale power outage after a powerful earthquake shut two …
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After The Quake: Grassroots Movements In The Japanese Internet Community
A massive earthquake attacked the north-eastern part of Japan on Friday afternoon. Many JSDF troops, fire fighters and foreign rescue workers have been deployed in devastated areas, their physical …
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Foreigners Guide For Earthquake Offered In Over 28 Languages
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies students began a new web translation site, a basic guide of what you should and should not do if you see another afterquakes for non-Japanese people in (at this …
