Hiroumi Mitani
Articles by Hiroumi Mitani
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Lang-8: Multi-lingual social network service for learning foreign lanugages
Lang-8 is a unique social network service started by a young entrepreneur Youyou Ki who lieves in Kyoto, Japan. Language Exchange SNS Lang-8 It works in this way. 1.First join to the service. 2.Then …
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Japanese No.1 E-Commerce site "Rakuten" started multilingual item search
Rakuten, the largest E-Commerce player in Japan, has started a multilingual item search service in Rakuten Ichiba, the biggest Japanese online shopping mall. Rakuten Ichiba top page[J] / Rakuten …
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Jason Calacanis meets Japanese Bloggers in Tokyo
Jason Calacanis, a big name in Silicon Valley (founder of Weblogs and Mahalo, legendary blogger,VC etc.) visited Japan last week for the first time. We had dinner with him and with other famous …
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The Next Innovation on Web Services will be out from Asia: Open Web Asia'08 Event Report
Why it is difficult for European and U.S. companies to advance into Asia. At the event to discuss about the future potential of the Asian Web “Open Web Asia ‘08” held in Seoul, a lot …
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A Summary of Sales Situation of Mobile Devices: Global and Japanese Market
Today we have many mobile devices that can access to the internet thorugh it’s wi-fi function or cellular data network. Here is a summary for number of sales of major devices; Global market and …
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Evan Williams meets Japanese Twitter Users in Tokyo
Twitter Founder Evan Williams is visiting Tokyo. During his summer vacation a party was held among Japanese twitter fans and developers named “Eban Uiriamusu shi wo Kakomu Kai(A meeting to …
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Cut Negative Keywords on Your Blog into Pieces: Kendo Magazine Blog Widget
Kendo is the Japanaese martial art of fencing. A niche magazine for Kendo “Monthly Kendo Jidai (Age of Kendo)” has released a blog widget and made a shattering blow among Japanse …
