Japan
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Kanazawa Mayor Candidate Challenges Twitter-Banning Japan's Election System
On November 28th at Kanazawa city, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan there was a mayor election. The two leading candidates, incumbent Tamotsu Yamade [J], 79, and Yukiyoshi Yamano [J], 48, competed closely, …
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How To Play FarmVille Japanese Version "FarmVillage"
Zynga Japan released its flagship social game “FarmVille” in Japan under the name “ファームビレッジ(FarmVillage)” on December 1. Why is it Village not Ville? According to Zynga Japan …
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Ahhh! Girls Give You Virtual Candy On iPad
Halls Eater is a free iPhone/iPad app to promote Halls candy. The app is developed by Kamakura-based Kayac Inc (Asiajin). The app seems English/Japanese bilingual. You can move your two fingers like …
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Cellphone Java App Emulator On Javascript/HTML5
Before smartphone, there were feature phone applications. Java MIDP is one of the application environment used on Softbank/Wilcom/KDDI au in Japan, and also on Motorola feature phone, etc. Android is …
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Sending Emoji Musical Note May Result In Poop Mark On Japanese Cellphone
Japanese cellphone is the birthplace of emoji - emoticon as a single letter. Now they are usable outside of Japan on Gmail and iPhone. By Google’s and others effort, October 11, 2010, they were …
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9 Out Of 10 Japanese Mobile Users Disinclined For Using Real Name
According to the research [J] by Tokyo-based MMD Laboratory, 89.1% of mobile web users are reluctant to disclose their real name on the web. 88.2% does not like to upload their portrait, 90.8% for …
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Google Zeitgeist 2010 Japanese Ranking
Following to Yahoo! Japan 2010 ranking, Google’s Zeitgeist 2010 has been disclosed on all of their languages including Japanese. Although Yahoo! Japan Search switched its backend to …
