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Social illustration network Pixiv now has 1.5 million members, racks up 1 billion PVs monthly
Japanese “social illustration site” Pixiv continues to amaze. The site, which lets users present self-made drawings to other users and offers a number of basic social networking …
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Japanese Government Has To Learn Internet And Domain System
As we reported last month, Japanese government announced their new website to collect people’s voice. However, it turned out that they had thought that they would be able to take …
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450 Celebrities & Entertainers Have Blog Passwords Stolen From Ameba
Ameba Blog[J] a.k.a. Ameblo, which is well-known for marking the highest number of serving celebrities’ blogs among Japanese blog platforms, announced that some 450 passwords that allow …
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Real PM Hatoyama Finally Speaks On Twitter
Following the confusion that his spoofing account has caused, the real prime minister Hatoyama finally appeared on Twitter[J] on the New Year’s Day of 2010. He posted a message as follows: A …
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Japan's Index Corp. To Launch (Apparently Gigantic) Virtual Mall In China
Tokyo-based (and JASDAQ-listed) Index Corp. has decided to shake hands with Chinese retail giant Hualian to launch and run a large virtual shopping mall. Somehow surprisingly, Index, a leading mobile …
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Spoofing PM Tweets Cause Confusion, The Cabinet Office To Move Up The Day Of Real Account Launch
A cabinet advisor unveiled recently that Japanese prime minister Yukio Hatoyama would start using Twitter in the beginning of next year to let the people know how the government is working on …
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You Will Be Locked Out Of Twitter When You Mark Favorite Over 100,000 Tweets
Well, who the hell marks 100,000 favorite on Twitter anyway? Japanese! There are several reports and complaints that heavy Twitter-favorite users were suddenly unable to log in, mark favorite, tweet, …
