Japan
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Lang-8: Multi-lingual social network service for learning foreign lanugages
Lang-8 is a unique social network service started by a young entrepreneur Youyou Ki who lieves in Kyoto, Japan. Language Exchange SNS Lang-8 It works in this way. 1.First join to the service. 2.Then …
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Ruby craze sweeps Fukuoka, Japan
Programming language Ruby was created by a Japanese programmer, Yukihiro Matsumoto. However, Ruby was a minor hobby language until the appearance of Ruby on Rails. After the Ruby on Rails fad reached …
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ZMP co-developed Brandnew Tune Recommendation Service
A Tokyo-based robot manufacturing venture ZMP [J] (pronounced as Zett-Em-Pee) developed a new tune recommendation service jointly with Dr. Yasufumi Takama, associate professor at Faculty of System …
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100 Japanese companies to participate in new online mall in China in January
Japan’s biggest business newspaper, the Nikkei, is reporting that around 100 Japanese companies are planning to participate in an online shopping mall to be set up on the Chinese web next …
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Mixi Nengajou sends Real New Year Cards to your Social Network Friends
Mixi launched Mixi Nengajou (Nengajou = new year greeting card), on which user can send a real(=paper) greeting card to your MaiMiku(My Mixi = online friend) WITHOUT knowing their real address. You …
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Teenager Prefer Cellphone Keypad to PC Keyboard
For many Japanese adolescents, cellphone is inseparable partner of their lives, you might have heard. Different from PC, kids can have their own (not-shared with your family/siblings, not filtered by …
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Japanese company expands to India, will sell mobile games there
India with its massive population of 1.1 billion people and nearly 300 million mobile phone users (second only to China) should be a natural target for any company that’s in the web or mobile …
