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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 …
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Photozou: Zynga Japan Sells Photo Sharing Site To Digital Garage
Back in 2010, when Zynga acquired Tokyo-based Unoh (and turned the company into its Japan HQ), the main targets of the Americans were game-related assets and the team. But Zynga also acquired a …
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A Japanese Entrepreneur Calls For Co-Founders By Lottery Over Twitter Retweets
Kazuma Ieiri, founder of Japanese web company Paperboy & Co. [J], tweeted 3 hours ago [J], “[RT Experiment] If this tweet is retweeted more than 2,000 times, I will start a new business with …
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Kyushu Mascot Character "Kumamon" Android Apps Released
A Team [J] has released the Android applications Kumamon’s Simple Clock Widget, Kumamon Full! [Kumamon’s Clock Widget], and Kumamon’s Live Wallpaper♪, based on Kumamon, Kumamoto Prefecture’s tourism …
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GREE - Written Complaint Against Article Published In "Diamond" Magazine
GREE [J] has announced that they have submitted a written protest concerning an article published in the 2012 March 31st edition of the magazine “Shuukan Diamond” entitled “This Office Is Gravely …
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Mark Zuckerberg's Surprise Appearance At Mobile Hack Tokyo, Also A Meeting With Prime Minister
Mark Zuckerberg is showing up at the event in Tokyo now. The event is Facebook Mobile Hack Tokyo [J] at Tokyo Midtown, Roppongi. Photos by @ken_b4u, http://twitpic.com/92rfn1 http://twitpic.com/92ridj …
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Social Gift Service "mixi Birthday" Delivers Half A Million Virtual Cakes In First Week
Frenxxo, Inc. [J] has announced that the total number of greetings sent by the social gift service “mixi Birthday” [J] within one week of its release has exceeded half a million. “mixi Birthday” is a …
