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Mixi Introduces Two Tiers Friends System
Japan’s biggest social network service Mixi added a new feature around its Mai-Miku(comes from “My Mixi”) friend system, adding “good friend”. In addition to the …
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Live Event: PHP Conference 2009 Is Now Underway In Tokyo
We have a bunch of tech conferences and events in Tokyo from the end of last month to the middle of this month. It is very hard to cover all in a limited time. Japan PHP User Group[J] is now holding …
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First China, then the US: Japan's No. 1 online shopping mall Rakuten (again) outlines plans to go global
Hiroshi Mikitani, founder and president of Japan’s leading online shopping mall Rakuten, has never made a bis secret of his seeing Rakuten as a global brand (here is some detailed background). …
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Ultimate Localization: Twitter Gets Japanese Nickname And Theme Song
Japanese pop singer and song-writer Kohmi Hirose[J] (@kohmi), who has released a number of popular songs in ’90s and been singing winter dating stuffs for young couples, is also one of the …
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Local Heroes Sing A Song For Reducing Crime
“Bakuon Sentai Sumpu Ranger[J]”, or the roaring squadron Sumpu ranger, is a popular local rock band originating in Hamamatsu City which is well-known as the birthplace of Honda Motor, …
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Japanese-made "Extra" Film Gets High Popularity In S. Korea
A certain type of brand new film product, which can change a camera built in your cellphone to infrared fluoroscope, is on sale at the e-commerce site of an Akihabara-based detective tool shop, and …
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MCF Announces This Year's Award-Winning Mobile Projects (1/2)
Last Friday, Mobile content forum (MCF)[J], a consortium of many Japanese mobile device developers and mobile app developers, announced this year’s award[J] winning projects, which were chosen …
