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KAYAC sells their 88 websites
Kayac, a web development and consulting service in Kanagawa, announced that they sell 88 web services they created last year. Kayac, which often addresses themselves as “Omoshiro Houjin …
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Gree says net profit is up 500%, expects yearly sales of 123 million USD
Mobile social networking site Gree [JP] said Friday that their net profit will probably increase by a whopping 500% on a year-by-year basis to 3.5 billion Yen (38.6 million USD, 28.7 million Euros) …
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TV Asahi Quiz Show cooks up Fake Blogs for Clues
Tokyo-headquartered private TV broadcaster TV-Asahi used fake blog sites on its quiz show, fabricated by the program’s production staff as a real news source for the show’s questions, and …
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Surprise Automatic Withdrawal Angers Japanese ISP Kai's Customers
Tokyo-based ISP and web-hosting provider, Kai Creates Inc. (its services website is called “Linkclub”), recently changed its service rates without notifying its customers. A large number …
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Cyber Agent Investments Organizes Business Plan Competition
Investment arm of a Tokyo-based Internet venture Cyber Agent Group, Cyber Agent Investment LTD.[J] announced to organize a business plan competition called “START”, for the purpose of …
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Mixi Intoduces New Features of "MyMixi of MyMixi" and "Footprint of My Own"
Japan’s most popular SNS “Mixi” introduced new two feature deployments today, especially on so-called “footprint” feature. You may have your own site on Mixi, and …
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2ch.net ownership moved to Singapore company
Hiroyuki Nishibuya, founder of Japan’s biggest anonymous BBS 2ch.net (Ni-Channel), revealed that he had transferred the ownership of 2ch.net to oversea on his blog. The FAQ on 2ch.net was …
