Akky Akimoto
Articles by Akky Akimoto
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Japan Consumer Affairs Agency Warns Penny Auction Sites
Consumer Affairs Agency, Government of Japan(CAA) [J] made public their administrative order [J, pdf] against 5 Japanese penny auction web services on March 31. Violation against “Keihin Hyouji …
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February 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 3)
February? Yes. I am sorry for big delay. The earthquake made me forgot this. March version will come late, too. Continued from (Part 2). Last part of February news which we did not write as a …
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Hatena Launces World Shortest 3 Letters Microblog Hatena Now
On April 1, Kyoto-based web service company Hatena released a new microblog service Hatena Now, which restrict users’ message at most 3 characters. Hatena called it “The world smallest …
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Kinect Driven "Ghost in the Shell" Cyberspace
Kamakura based web/app company Kayac reproduced a cyber space in a popular anime series “Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex(S.A.C.)” at Parco Part 1 department store, Shibuya, …
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Weekly Comics Shonen Jump Makes One Issue Free Online By Quake
Shoeisha made a 2011’s 15th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump, the most popular Japanese manga(comic) magazine which is sold 3 million copies every week, online for free on Yahoo! Japan [J] and Nico …
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2channel Founder's 10 Million Yen Donation Rejected By Groupon Japan
Groupon Japan, local operator of successful digital coupon company Groupon, which drew cold stares by the new year’s trouble, was one of the fast web companies who started the earthquake victims …
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More Anonymity! Nottotter.jp Shuffled Members' Twitter Account, Blocked Promptly
Nottotter.jp is a new web service using Twitter account to exchange your writing rights with other Nottotter members for 5 minutes. In other words, registered user on Nottotter can tweet on some other …
