Japan
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Make Tokyo Meeting 06: Where You Can See Future, Magic And Junk In A Place
Picture above: “Hyper knit creator” Saki Chikaraishi[J] (@hypersaku) wearing the iPhone-like sweater she has knit. Last weekend, at Ookayama Campus, Tokyo Institute of Technology, …
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Mixi Gives Up New "Search Friends By E-mail Address" Feature After Harsh Rejection
On November 30th, Mixi, Japanese counterpart of Facebook, one of the three biggest Japanese social network service, introduced a new feature [J, requires Mixi log-in], which allows you to search your …
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El Shaddai - The Latest Japanese Internet Meme
El Shaddai - Ascension of the Metatron - [J] is a Playstation3/Xbox360 action game. The game having the Hebraic name of God is planned to be released in 2011 so at this point there are only an …
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Startups 2010: CyberAgent Ventures Announces To Invest In Five Tech Start-ups
CyberAgent Ventures[J], an invest arm of Tokyo’s web business conglomerate CyberAgent, previously known as CyberAgent Investment, announced today the result of Startups 2010[J] or their program …
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Preview: 14 Startup Demos From The Infinity Ventures Summit In Kyoto Next Week
One of Japan’s biggest web industry events is the so-called Infinity Ventures Summit (IVS), a two-day, invitation-only event that takes place twice a year (Asiajin is a media partner). The fall …
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More Employees, More Games: CyberAgent To Expand US Presence
Japanese Internet behemoth CyberAgent (listed with a $1.2 billion market cap) is ready to expand its activities in the US. The company today announced it will establish a development base in San …
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Chrome Music Mixer - Google Japan Lets You Mix "Happy Birthday"
Google Japan launches a new service “Chrome Music Mixer” [J] to promote Google Chrome browser. # may only play inside Japan You may choose four tracks of music video from a lot of …
