Shunichi Arai
Articles by Shunichi Arai
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Mixi: Japan's social network
[Update 2011-03-08] Mixi was passed by Gree in 2010, and likely to be passed by Mobage Town, too. See this. Mixi is the biggest social network service in Japan.(was the biggest until summer 2010). It …
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Kin-en-style: Smoke-free restaurants directory
Kin-en-style (禁煙スタイル, smoke-free style) is a restaurant listing site which only lists smoke-free places. Japan’s smoking regulation law is not as rigid as the USA or European countries. They …
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Asiajin launches
We’d like to announce the arrival of a weblog called ‘Asiajin’ which introduces Asian Internet startups to English speaking readers. Asiajin will provide you information about Asian …
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Niconico douga
Niconico douga is a rapidly growing video sharing site in Japan. Site’s feature is not very different from Youtube, but one cool difference gained big attraction. The difference is a comment …
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Drecom: next scandal or ...?
Drecom is a public company, specialized in making a blog tool. Drecom is viewed as a Web 2.0 company. Because they provide many RSS related services. Also they sponsor ‘Drecom Award on …
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Mobage town - a mobile social network for teens
Mobage town has been started in 2006 by Tomoko Namba, a Mckinsey alumna. “Mobage town” is short for “mobile game town”. So, Mobage provides numerous small games and a social …
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Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino dies at 37; IPv6 developer and evangelist
Jun-ichiro “itojun” Hagino who as a core developer of the KAME project which enables IPv6 on BSDs, died Oct. 29th 2007. He was 37 and was living in Tokyo, Japan. He was a hacker. A …
