Chiho Komoriya
Articles by Chiho Komoriya
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Japanese Twitter Users Play On New Japanese Hashtags
Official Twitter blog announced [J] that Twitter is capable of Japanese character hashtags. (our post reported it) Then, a lot of Japanese Twitter users started strange wordplay. This is a trend …
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Japanese Virtual Diva Hatsune Miku First US Tour In July
[Update] Although first on hologram system, Hatsune Miku already had a regular screen concert in San Francisco. (hat tip to @miyagawa) Japanese virtual singing instrument application Vocaloid …
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Japanese Media Artist Uses Poo And Fart To Explain Nuclear Crisis
I wrote “Poo is a magic word for primary-school children. It is an universal motif and will work even 100 years later” before. It does not change even at the disaster in Japan. A Japanese media artist …
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Japanese Artists Draw Catfish To Encourage The Earthquake Sufferers
Drawn by shigeokahide. Many Japanese artists drew Namazu-e(鯰絵) to encourage earthquake sufferers on Twitter. What is Namazu-e? Namazu-e is a motif drawn in ukiyoe (Wikipedia) during Edo period …
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Virtual Economy During Oshogatsu (Japanese New Year) In Ameba Pigg
In Japan, New Year’s Eve and the New Year holidays are the biggest events of the year, and it is similar in virtual worlds. CygerAgent’s virtual world “Ameba Pigg [J]” sold a …
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72-Year-Old Japanese Gamer Said, "Playing Computer Games Reduces Crime"
Shiro Suzuki is a famous Japanese announcer. However, it has emerged that he’s also an expert at action game Resident Evil (Japanese title “Bio Hazard”) produced by Capcom. He received a …
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Let's Study Arithmetic With Poo!
A Japanese startup Kayac released mixi [J] application “Unko Enzan [J]” for educational purpose. This is an arithmetic learning application for the primary-school pupils. However, it has …
