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Nico Nico Douga goes global (almost)
The once Japanese-only and super-successful video platform Nico Nico Douga goes international. They announced Friday on the company blog that they developed a German and Spanish version of their …
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Cyber-Maid Augmented Reality
Geisha Tokyo Entertainment Inc. announced a new entertainment software title using augmented reality technology named “Dennoh Figure ARis"(Cyber Figure Alice) which will be on sale this …
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Facebook will possibly fail in Japan
Last month I was asked some comments on how Facebook will do in Japanese market by other media. Unfortunately my comments were not taken so I post my answers here. What is the biggest obstacle for …
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Tokyo2point0 Event: Twitter Japan and Goo
Another month, another Tokyo2point0 event. Nearly 100 people showed up on July 15th at the Super Deluxe, the new venue to listen to two presentations from the Japanese web world. Goo My friend Masaki …
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Joblet: An exemplary online job service made in Japan
I recently visited “The Plant”, a Tokyo-based web development company, which was established in 2005 and now serves a number of big-name clients, such as MTV, Otto, NHK or Diesel. The …
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Japanese "MAD movies" movement with Niconico/Idolmaster
Idolm@ster(Idol-master, abbrev. Aimasu in Japanese) is originally an arcade network game, then became a XBox360 game which is sold only in Japan. You will be a producer of a virtual 3D girl band and …
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News Corp. wakes up, finally enters Japan's online ad market
U.S. media power house News Corp. finally decided to enter the Japanese online advertising market (the world’s second biggest) in September. The Nikkei says they are already on the prowl for …
