2012-06
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GREE Opens Global Site "Come Play GREE"
GREE’s [J] American subsidiary company GREE International has opened “Come Play GREE,” a global promotion site. This site is open to the public for general users overseas. Including titles planned to …
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KDDI's Subsidiary Wire And Wireless To Offer Free WiFi At Starbucks, Starting From Tokyo
Wire and Wireless (wi2), a subsidiary of Japan’s second largest cellphone carrier KDDI, announced [J] its new free WiFi program at Starbucks Coffee chain-store in Japan. Free WiFi at cafe? If …
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Anonymous Hackers Personified As A Clumsy Girl On Japanese Web
Anonymous, a hacker group known by several internet protest attacks against the recently passed Japanese anti-copyright bill which penalized music downloaders, who are being reported to be attacking …
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KDDI Releases Pilgrimage Application for Android
KDDI’s [J] consumer Shikoku branch has released Itsu Demo O Henro [J] (Anytime Pilgrim), an Android application which allows you to experience pilgrimage in everyday life using smartphone’s GPS …
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Social Game "Majimon" Has Campaign With Energy Drinks
NHN Japan [J] is doing a tie-up campaign for their smartphone social RPG “Majimon” involving Suntory Beverage and Food Limited’s [J] “Vitamin Water Speed In” as well as “Energy Gear Water.” The time …
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Rakuten Launches Teaser Site For Kobo e-Book Reader In Japan
Some time on the exact same day when Amazon Japan informed its customers Kindle coming to Japan market, Rakuten, the nation’s largest e-mall platform, is turned out to launch an information site …
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Amazon Japan Preannounces Kindle Coming "Soon"
Amazon Japan’s top page is showing a new text banner that says its e-book reader Kindle will be sold in Japan soon, today on June 26. The time it was displayed seemed around 15:15, 30 minutes …
