Japan
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Japan's Web News Week 15
This week’s Japanese Web/IT related news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. 67 Of The Same Name Japanese Hirokazu Tanaka …
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“Moé Can Change!" And "Simulated Boyfriend" Released For Pixiv Mobile
Ambition [J] has released the social games “Moé Can Change!” [J] and “Gijin Kareshi” [J] (simulated boyfriend) on “pixiv Mobile,” [J] a mobile site run by Pixiv. [J] “pixiv Mobile” is the mobile …
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Magazine For Horse Racing Social Games Published By Enterbrain
Enterbrain [J] has launched “Keiba Keitai Game Collection” (Horse Racing Mobile Phone Game Collection), a magazine specialized in social games with a horse racing motif. Cover Price is 680 yen. …
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Jeff Bezos Wants Amazon Japan's Sales To Grow 30%, Bring Kindle Over This Year
There can be no doubt that with a US$15 billion market cap, 75 million user accounts in Japan alone, and over 10,000 employees worldwide, the 800-pound gorilla in Japan’s e-commerce sector is …
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Hulu Japan Cuts Price 2/3 To 980 Yen
Hulu Japan lowered its subscription fee from monthly 1,480 yen (US$18.3) to 980 yen (US$12.1) . 2 weeks ago, Hulu Japan succeeded to receive contents first from major national broadcast …
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Twitter Japan Starts Brand Page With Docomo, Lawson and Warner
Twitter Japan official blog announced [J] that the brand page for promotion launched in Japanese Twitter. The new advertising program on Japan’s (probably) most popular social networking service …
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NHK Starts News Program Interacts With Twitter Messages By Watchers
In Japan, April is the start of school year, and many TV programs also begin this season. Japan’s public broadcasting network NHK began weekday midnight news program News Web 24 [J] works with …
