Japan
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Japan’s Largest Q&A Site Launches Official Chinese Edition
On Tuesday, Shibuya-based Q&A portal site OK Wave officially released its Chinese edition[C] in association with Chubun Industry[J] which publishes a Chinese-language newsletter[C] and provides a …
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Wireless Japan 2009, Mobile Innovations Are Out There
In order to cover one of this year’s remarkable mobile exhibitions in Tokyo, I’ve checked many IT news sources, but most of new products and new services introduced at the exhibition have …
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Nico Nico Jikkyo, Long Awaited Chat Over TV Programme
Nico Nico Jikkyo (Jikkyo originally means “live state” in Japanese, but in this case, abbreviated form of Jikkyo-Chukei, “play-by-play broadcasting”) is a newly introduced …
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Foot Controlled Feed-Reading By Beatmania Controller
Photo by Hampus Andersson There are some “Foot Mouse” products for people suffering from tendonitis or multitasking workers who are serious on his/her work efficiency, but the needs are …
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Japanese-made "Extra" Film Gets High Popularity In S. Korea
A certain type of brand new film product, which can change a camera built in your cellphone to infrared fluoroscope, is on sale at the e-commerce site of an Akihabara-based detective tool shop, and …
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NicoNico Douga-like Twitter Widget NiTwPress
NiTwPress, NicoNico Douga flavoured Twitter client widget for WordPress, is made and released by (self-claimed) 17 years old girl sakuratan (Sakura Yamamoto) [J]. Different from twitter’s …
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Japanese Blog Queen Migrates Again, This Time CyberAgent
Shoko Nakagawa, aka Shokotan, announced [J] her blog moving to Ameblo [J], CyberAgent blog hosting who boasts over 1,400 celebrity bloggers. Shokotan’s blog originally began in 2003 at Yaplog, a …
