Japan
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Chirpstory: Japan's Best-known Service For Curating Tweets Goes International
Togetter[J], a web service for curating tweets by hashtags or containing keywords, has introduced its English version called Chirpstory on Thursday. As well as Togetter (Japanese version), Chirpstory …
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Rakuten Enters Indonesia With "Rakuten BELANJA ONLINE"
Rakuten just doesn’t stop internationalizing. In May, we reported about the joint venture the Japanese e-commerce giant (market cap at the Tokyo Stock Exchange: $10 billion) entered with …
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Breaking: Japan FTC Conducts Investigation On DeNA(Mobage-Town)
Kyodo reports [J] (11:08) that DeNA, who runs one of Japan’s largest mobile social networking Mobage-Town, is subjected to an on-site investigation by Japan Fair Trade Commission(JFTC). DeNA …
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Japanese Love Song In The Motif Of MS Excel, And Anti-Virus
“My Excel Story - watashi no kokoro no naka no kansuu(functions in my mind)” “Functions in my mind filters memories with you.” “I can find tiny memories even between 1 …
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myGengo Opens $45,000 API Lab To Support Third Party Developers
Having raised $585,000 in angel investments this summer, Tokyo-based human translation start-up myGengo has set aside $45,000 to support third-party developers with their new API Lab. The API Lab is …
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Mashup Awards 6: Doting Father Develops Social Web For Recording His Daughter's Growth
The award-presenting ceremony of the Mashup Awards 6[J], an annual web service development contest organized by a bunch of Japanese web companies, took place in Tokyo yesterday, where the venue was …
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CyberAgent Rumored To Buy Off Tokyo-Based Baseball Team Yakult Swallows
Japanese sports newspaper Nikkan Sports reported [J] on December 4th, Saturday morning that Tokyo Yakult Swallows, one of 12 professional baseball team in Japan’s top league Nippon Professional …
