Japan
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Report: Mobile Monday event - Google Japan's take on the mobile web and mobile community Mikle
This month’s Mobile Monday Tokyo event was held at Google Japan’s HQ in Shibuya (entrance fee: 2000 Yen/19 USD/12 Euro). As always, the venue was totally packed. The event is organized by …
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J-Pop news for the world: New service "Natalie"
Have you ever heard of Ayumi Hamazaki, Ai Otsuka, Gackt, Orange Range or SMAP? These people and bands are on the forefront of the Japanese music industry which is the second-biggest in the world, …
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Google opened a cafe to promote Artist iGoogle
Google is running a temporary cafe `iGoogle Art Cafe’ in Tokyo to promote Artist iGoogle, iGoogle skins created by artists. The cafe is located in Roppongi Hills building until April 24th. …
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Japan exempts programmers' jury duty because they are "too busy"
According to Mainichi, for new citizen judge system planning to be introduced in May 2009, Japanese supreme court developed guidance that what kind of jobs are excusable to decline jury duty summons. …
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ai sp＠ce - Metaverse meets Otaku culture
ai sp@ce(pronounced “eye space”) is a newcoming Japanese virtual world service raised its curtain on 8th. ai sp@ce production committee formed by Dwango(cellularphone contents, parent …
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Tokyo2point0 event: Venture Capital in Japan and blogging/Ecommerce platform LIMS
This month’s Tokyo2point0 event drew a huge crowd this week on Tuesday. Again, two presentations were held between and before networking sessions. Venture Capital for Tech Startups My friend Aki …
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QR-Code Bot - Cutest Little 2D Generator Ever!
With the continual proliferation of QR Codes around the world (Robert Scoble recently wore a QR Code t-shirt at the NextWeb conference in Amsterdam), Japan continues to lead the way in the innovative …
