Japan
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Zaim: The Socialized Cashbook App Helps You Find Better Ways To Save Daily Expenses
Takako Kansai[J] (@kansai_takako), a full-time engineer at Tokyo’s web service start-up and also the best known tech geek girl in this country, just released her first iPhone app called Zaim on …
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Japan's Biggest Location-Based Game Colopl Hits 2 Million Users
In 2005, long before Foursquare and other LBS became available in the US and elsewhere, cell phone users in Japan were able to play a GPS game called “Coloni-na Seikatsu Plus” (Colony …
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Lady Gaga Kicked Out From YouTube By Uploading SMAP Program
Lady Gaga’s Japan visit was a sensation, left a lot of news with celebrities including Japanese’ Ophra Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, prime minister Naoto Kan and SMAP, long-time ruling boys unit. …
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Apple Lowering iPhone App Store Prices For Yen: 115 becomes 85
Japanese Yen has been staying high against US dollars, especially last year. Apple finally thinks its 115 yen(US$1.45) is too much for $0.99 apps. @kokubucamera reported [J] that all 115 yen iOS apps …
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Twitter Finally Supports Japanese Hashtag
Official Japanese Twitter blog announced [J] today that Twitter is now capable of Japanese character hashtags. Now when you use # or its Japanese version ＃ followed by Japanese keywords on your …
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August's Startup Weekend Events To Take Place In Tokyo, Kyoto And Fukuoka
In the next month, it will be the hottest summer ever which is filled with a number of start-up events. Jonny Li, a Tokyo-based British start-up curator and also known as a partner for the Startup …
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Mobage And Gree Both To Bring Their Flash Games Into Smartphone
Two huge Japanese social gaming networks who are working on oversea expansion showed a new move to utilize their accumulated assets on Japanese feature phone world - Flash based games. On June 30, …
