Japan
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Hatena's Ex-CTO Joins Gree
(Photo by Hatena PR[J]) On the last day of August, Japan’s system development guru Naoya Ito (@naoya_ito[J]) announced on his blog that he had stepped down from CTO post of Kyoto-based web …
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Gachapin Now Has His Voice Vocaloid And iPhone Twitter Client
A Japan’s most popular Twitter user Gachapin, who took the most followed user title recently back from ex-prime minister Yukio Hatoyama who once passed him, is expanding his brand on two …
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Ngi Group Unveils API That Integrates Your App With Multiple Social Networks
Ngi Group, which has spawned a number of new Internet businesses in Tokyo and is known for having invested in Japan’s top social network Mixi[J], unveiled a new API called “ngi social …
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WISH2010 Event Report – Panel Discussion by Heads Of Gree, Mixi And Twitter's Japan Operation
Agile Media Network, a Tokyo-based marketing company using blog and word-of-mouth media and led by A-list blogger Motohiko Tokuriki who also serves an adviser for Asiajin, held the second edition of …
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WISH2010 Event Report - 15 Presenters And The Winner
After the panel of three key persons in Japanese social networks, there were 15 presenters demo, 10 from organizers’ choice and 5 fans’ vote out of 32 nominees. TwiTraq A Twitter analysis …
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Japanese Social Marketplace Flutterscape Gets $300,000 Seed Money
A Japanese Internet startup that not only has international ambitions but that’s also able to receive a substantial amount of seed money is a very, very rare beast. But today, we can report …
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7 Out Of Top 10 Mobile Sites Used For Child Prostitution Ensured By The Self-Regulating Organization EMA
A police leak about child prostitution over non-dating websites includes statistics that implies self-regulation of big mobile web companies are not working as expected, Mainichi reported [J]. In …
