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Piping Manufacturer Invents New Idea To Control Typhoons With Subs
The Mainichi Shimbun, one of Japan’s major newspapers, reports[J] a manufacturing company called Ise Kogyo[J] in the Central Japan has invented a new idea that enables to let a typhoon downshift …
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Founder Of Japanese Startup Tadacopy Goes Off To The World For His Samurai Backpacker Project
The following interview was held by Tokyo-based Natsuki Yamada who works as an editor and writer for printed and online magazines (for example, Natsuki writes for 10. Magazine). The photos were taken …
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China's Rekoo To Distribute Social Games In Japan Through Cell Phone Address Books
Last summer, Beijing-based social games maker Rekoo launched “Sunshine Ranch” on Japan’s biggest social network, Mixi, and caused a sensation (with 5.1 million users today, it has …
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Is Steve Stopped At Airport? May Be Fiction But Now Animated
Japan’s tabloid magazine SPA![J] reported that Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs had been barred from taking Ninja throwing stars aboard his private jet plane at an airport in Osaka, and …
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New Singer Debuts From Video Sharing Site, Then Performs In Real Space At Record Shop
New male singer “Clear” introduced his first album last Wednesday, its sales surpassed 13,000 copies by the end of last week. It’s ranked in the 9th place for Japan’s …
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The iPhone Makes You Much Easier To Park On City Streets
Tokyo-based mobile service integrator IMJ Mobile[J] and its subsidiary developing iPhone/Android apps Bottle Cube have introduced the iPhone app that allows you to find available parking lots near …
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Mixi Introduces New APIs; Enabling To Integrate Home Appliances With The Social Graph
There’s one more thing to tell you on Mixi[J]. Mixi upgraded the interface that has been introduced for two years to those who have partnered, and introduced two APIs - “mixi …
