Japan
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Japanese Restaurant Review Service Tabelog Opens English/New York Version
Popular restaurant review site Tabelog by Kakaku.com launched English site for New York City on March 28. US version tabelog has en accent mark on ’e’, under .us domain. Its design is …
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Mixi Adds Facebook-like Poke With Comic Fonts Messages
Mixi added a new feature “Mixi Hello!” on March 25. With it, users can send pre-set messages in comic style to your friends, by 1-click without writing any letter. The pre-set messages …
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Takafumi Horie, ex-Livedoor CEO Released On Parole
Horie himself announced on his Twitter account on 10:08 a.m. today March 27 (Japan Standard Time). https://twitter.com/takapon_jp/status/316718221917028354 According to the tweet, he was release …
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Tokyo Met Government Releases Puzzle Game To Enlighten Consumer Intelligece For iOS And Android
Tokyo Metropolitan Government bureau of citizens and cultural affairs released an iOS/Android app “Mamore! Shuuma & Elme”(mamore = protect), which is the first ever game app to pass on …
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How Facebook Crossed the Chasm in Japan and Lessons for Other Platforms
Important note: Most of these statements are qualitative in nature. For some statements there’s not enough supporting data. Please read this post with a pinch of salt. In the summer of 2004, a …
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New Steve Jobs Biography Manga Starts
Mari Yamazaki’s new manga series, comicalization of Walter Isacson’s Steve Jobs biography “Steve Jobs”, began today on Kodansha Kiss Magazine. (Please check my Japan Times …
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Animation of Shukatsu, Japanese Job Hunt By New Graduates
Tokyo University of the Arts students released a shot animation movie depicts college students’ job hunting activities in Japan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6rb6kknj3A In Japan, most …
