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Think You've Got What It Takes? iPhone App For Japanese Thugs' Rite of Passage
photo by Macotakara [J] Studio MorikenStudio Moriken [J] has released a free iPhone application called Konjoyaki that lets users experience a piece of Japanese Yankee culture. “Yankee” in Japan does …
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Q&A: What's The Japanese Equivalent Of [enter foreign web service here]?
Are Japanese people using different websites than users in other countries? Back in July 2008 and 2009, we made two lists that showed some similarities and differences in usage, and now it’s …
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Mixi Partners With German Social Network VZ
Mixi, one of Japan’s largest social networks and a direct competitor to Facebook, announced [J] a new alliance on January 20 with German company Vznet Netzwerke. Mixi says that both companies …
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January 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 2)
Continued from (Part 1). Middle part of January news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Continued to (Part 3) Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Weekly Diamond To …
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Japan Railway GPS Challenge Requires Users To Visit Bullet Train Stations Nationwide
Railway heavyweight JR (Japan Railway), which was the national railway until privatization in 1987, has begun a new promotion for its high-speed ‘shinkansen’ (bullet train) network using …
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Livlis: Twitter-Based Barter Service
It’s no secret anymore that Japan loves Twitter, and as such, there’s a whole bunch of Twitter-based services coming out of Japan. One of these is a new site called Livlis, which lets …
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Say Media To Sell Six Apart Japan And The Brand To Infocom
Six Apart Japan, a 100% subsidiary of Say Media, who bought a blog service company Six Apart (U.S.) in September 2010, announced [J] that the whole stock of the company will be sold from Say Media to …
