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Japan's Web News Week 1
This week’s Japanese Web/IT related news which we did not write as a dedicated article. As most companies started 2012 operation in latter of the week, there were no many news from Japan. …
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Mushroom Cultivation Kit By Beeworks Hits 1 Million Downloads
Beeworks [J] has announced that their iPhone application “Osawari Tantei Nameko Saibai Kit Seasons” (Touch Detective Mushroom Cultivation Kit Seasons) has broken through 1 million total downloads. …
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Comic Market Waiting-People Time-Lapse Video
Japanese discipline was showed after the Eastern Japan Disaster 3/11 last year. And it is not only at earthquake. The video by a Nico Nico Douga user munyaka is a time-lapse animation on the third day …
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5 Trends In Japan's Web And Mobile Worlds In 2011
2011 is over - reason enough to take a look at some of the key trends that shaped Japan’s web, mobile, and gaming industries last year. I could think, in no particular order, of five major …
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Tabelog, Japan's Yelp Reportedly Tainted By Undercover Positive Review Agents
A popular consumer restaurant review site Tabelog [J], who has been competing the top position of restaurant listing site against Gurunavi with user-generating-contents power, admitted on January 4 …
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CyberAgent Releases "Animal Land" For Facebook
CyberAgent [J] has released the latest addition to their PC social game enterprise, “Animal Land” for Facebook. “Animal Land” is a game where you enjoy building a town where animals live, by …
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Nico Nico Douga Hits 1.5 Million Paid Subscribers
Japanese online video sharing service Nico Nico Douga has got 1.5 million paid subscribers on January 3, 2012. Nico Nico Douga, with its unique overlay user-generated comments, is known by …
