Akky Akimoto
Articles by Akky Akimoto
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Mixi Partners With German Social Network VZ
Mixi, one of Japan’s largest social networks and a direct competitor to Facebook, announced [J] a new alliance on January 20 with German company Vznet Netzwerke. Mixi says that both companies …
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January 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 2)
Continued from (Part 1). Middle part of January news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Continued to (Part 3) Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Weekly Diamond To …
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Japan Railway GPS Challenge Requires Users To Visit Bullet Train Stations Nationwide
Railway heavyweight JR (Japan Railway), which was the national railway until privatization in 1987, has begun a new promotion for its high-speed ‘shinkansen’ (bullet train) network using …
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Say Media To Sell Six Apart Japan And The Brand To Infocom
Six Apart Japan, a 100% subsidiary of Say Media, who bought a blog service company Six Apart (U.S.) in September 2010, announced [J] that the whole stock of the company will be sold from Say Media to …
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Homunculus: The Car Becomes More 'You'
Yoichi Ochiai and Keisuke Toyoshima from Tsukuba University developed a car with facial expression - convey your driving intentions and emotions over the car, to communicate with other drivers and …
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Listagram And Instastream - Two Instagram Mash-ups From Japan
Listagram is an unofficial Instagram related site by Kotaro Chiba, which lists up Instagram photos by specific user. Giving a single URL of the Instagram photo will show the set of photos by the …
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Tokyo Parking Machine As Seen From Onboard Camera
photo © 2005 shibainu | more info (via: Wylio) Roppongi Hills is a central Tokyo landmark, and is well-known as the preferred office location for many top IT companies in Tokyo. Current tenants …
