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Air Sampai - Virtual Kyoto Temple Experience
Before we introduced Air Yakiniku (Air BBQ), now it is holier, Air Sampai (Air Worship) to a famous Kiyomizu Temple at ancient capital Kyoto. Bilingual (Japanese with English subtext) Flash site …
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Enabling Speech-To-Text YouTube Videos Enhances Business Potential
On Wednesday, Tokyo-based tech start-up in media rep service and speech recognition technology development Catalog just released the closed alpha version of the brand new service that enables …
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Kanojo Camera - iPhone Memorial Photo Taker With Virtual Girls
A Japanese company A2c Co, Ltd. released a new iPhone application which enables you to take pictures with 5 virtual girls. “Kanojo Camera” (“kanojo” means girlfriend). You may …
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Japan Public TV NHK Intensely Promotes Twitter
Following to Biz Stone’s first Tokyo visit for media interviews and Tweetup event, media is reporting a lot about Twitter in Japan now. Public, and the biggest TV station NHK broadcasts about …
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Japan's Biggest Social Network Mixi Buys 20% Of Foreigner-Led Social Gaming Company Pikkle
Mixi [JP], Japan’s largest social network (17.4 million members at the end of June), yesterday announced [JP, PDF] they acquired a 20% stake in Pikkle, a Tokyo-based social gaming company that …
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30min. Fundraises USD275,000 To Go Next Round
Japan’s best-known LBS (location-based service) app 30min.[J] (pronounced “san-zero minutes”) allocated new shares to Mitsui Ventures (MVC), and Mr. Yohei Nishikubo joined the …
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Amazon US Begins Same Day Delivery A Fortnight After Japan
When I reported Amazon Japan’s Same Day Delivery at the beginning of this month, I thought it would only be possible in a small dense country like Japan. I was wrong. Amazon US announced its …
