2012-05
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Dentsu Buys 15% Stake In Tokyo-Based Web Company Kakaku.Com
Tokyo-based Dentsu, one of the biggest advertising agencies in the world, today announced [JP, PDF] it has acquired 15.06% of Kakaku.com, Japan’s largest price comparison site and community …
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Fakes On Annular Solar Eclipse So Buzzed
Last week, Japanese Twittersphere had much debate on the topic how Twitter and social media are weak against disinformation, as a false news site Kyoko-shimbun was criticized by publishing a fake news …
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Japan's Web News Week 20
This week’s Japanese Web/IT related news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Cybridge Purchases Naked Technology From Mixi …
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Shibuya 109 Fashion Social Game Release
Tokyu Malls Development, run by Butterfly and the fashion building “SHIBUYA 109,” have released “SHIBUYA 109 -StyleCollection-”, a social game for mixi based on “SHIBUYA 109.” “SHIBUYA 109 …
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Rakuten To Purchase 51% Of Online Pharmacy Kenko.com
On the same day when Rakuten’s investment on Pinterest reported (Rakuten announced it officially on today May 18.), the Japan’s largest online mall also announced another domestic …
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Drecom Releases American iOS App "Monster Arms"
Drecom [J] Has released the new social game application “Monster Arms” for the American App Store. The support language is English so unfortunately it can’t be downloaded from Japan. “Monster Arms” …
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Plug-in Cat For Smartphone Is Under Development
When Japanese blogger @nekomura_otako posted her rough sketch of this Smartphone accessory idea on Twitter. http://twitpic.com/9bnn03 “I would like to have cat-shaped earphone-jack parts like …
