Akky Akimoto
Articles by Akky Akimoto
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Facebook Featured By Media Like Last Year's Twitter In Japan
Weekly Diamond, Japanese business magazine featured Facebook for over 30 pages. Weekly Diamond 2011-01-29 As you see, the magazine cover has a lot of Facebook icons which were asked on Facebook by the …
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Facebook Japan Takes Hard Line, Banning Pseudo Names And Requires ID
Today February 8, some Japanese web users who are influential in tech communities like Hatena and Twitter, started reporting they were locked out from Facebook. After trying to log in, they were taken …
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Japanese Web Community As Person
Gijinka (anthropomorphization) is what Japanese anime/manga people love, and it often passes the language barriers. On giant anonymous bulletin board 2-channel, some amateur cartoonists seemed to vie …
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How to sell 16 iPhone Apps At Once
A year ago, we reviewed Yahoo! Japan’s 16 free iPhone applications which icons will show a (especially in Japan and Asian countries) popular Anime character Doraemon on your home screen. A …
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Moedroid - Android Apps Review Site Only For "Moe" Apps
Moedroid [J] is a Japanese Android review site which introduces “moe” applications only. “Moe” is a Japanese slang which means “little, adorable and cute” mostly …
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Groupon Japan's Osechigate Still Smoldering
The poor traditional holiday food (osechi) delivery happened on New Year’s day around Groupon Japan, followed by media bash then Groupon world CEO’s sincere but delayed video apology 17 …
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January 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 3)
Continued from (Part 2). Last part of January news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Akihabara Free-Of-Vehicle Sunday Held …
