Japan
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Amazon Japan Now Accept Suica, Mobile e-Money Issued 36-Million By East Japan Railway
East Japan Railway, the nation’s largest railway company covers eastern Honshu (the main island of Japan) including Tokyo and around area, announced [J] that Amazon Japan (and its online shoes …
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Mixi Launches Smartphone Photo App Sends You Free Photobook Every Month
Mixi released iPhone/Android free app Nohana [J] today. The app is a camera application with backend photo storage web service. Every month, you get one free photobook (stamp fee 90-yen = $1 required …
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Docomo's LTE Passes 10 Million Subscribers
NTT Docomo announced [J] today February 19, 2013 that their LTE service Xi got 10 million users yesterday, February 18, 2013. Here is a chart from their release. Docomo’s Xi began December 24, …
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NTT Docomo To Open Etsy-like Handmade Marketplace In May
Docomo announced [J] on February 18. The service D-creators will be a combination of a newly made handmade craft marketplace and user-generated novels/comics/photos provided by E-Everystar, joint …
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2-channel Founder Hiroyuki Nishimura Resigns From Niwango Board
Niwango, Dwango’s subsidiary which runs popular Japanese video sharing service Niconico (Douga), announced [J] that one of the board member, whose initial “Ni” was used to name the …
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Yahoo! Japan and Gree Makes Joint-Venture For Smartphone Social Game
Yahoo! Japan and Gree made comprehensive business ties last November. Related news: GREE And Yahoo Japan To Set Up A Joint Venture, Name It “GxYz” | Dr. Serkan Toto – Japan Mobile And Social Games …
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What to do if an earthquake strikes? LINE is the answer
We recently conducted a survey among college students and found that LINE is their most favorite social media platform. Most interestingly when we asked what they would do if there was an earthquake, …
