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KDDI Buys 15% Stake In French AR Company Total Immersion
Japan’s second biggest telecommunications firm KDDI announced [JP] it has acquired an equity stake in French based Total Immersion S.A., an augmented reality (AR) software maker. Business daily …
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Hatsune Miku’s L.A. Performance To Be Sold On Blu-ray/DVD/CD
MIKUNOPOLIS in LOS ANGELES “Nice To Meet You, I’m Hatsune Miku” [Blu-ray] [J] Sega [J] is releasing a Blu-ray/DVD as well as a Live CD of “MIKUNOPOLIS in LOS ANGELES `Nice To Meet You, I’m …
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Mobile Subscribers In Japan: The Latest Numbers
The Telecommunications Carriers Association (TCA) of Japan has released a set of statistics on Japan’s mobile market today, showing that the country had 122.44 million cell phone subscribers …
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Yodobashi Camera Online Site Ships Electronics The Same Day For Free Around Tokyo
Yodobashi Camera [J], one of the largest electronics chain store who also runs online commerce site, started and expanding the area for “the same day, free” delivery from Tokyo and around. …
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Mixi Launches Mixi Page
On August 31, Mixi announced its new feature, Mixi Page [J]. It is a feature to enable Mixi users to create semi-public web pages under Mixi’s domain. The pages have built-in communication …
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Ameba Pigg In Collaboration With GUCCI! Official Goods Sold
Cyber Agent’s [J] 2D virtual space “Ameba Pigg” has begun a collaboration with fashion brand GUCCI. Presently within Ameba Pigg’s “Ginza Main Street Area,” GUCCI has opened a virtual shop. This …
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Big Trouble: Mobage Services Down For Over 9 Hours
Japan’s social gaming network giant Mobage became inaccessible around 9:20 a.m. Friday Aug 25, both on its own mobile version, iPhone version and PC version jointly run with Yahoo! Japan. In …
