Yahoo! Japan
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April Fools' Day Jokes On Japanese Websphere
On the day when all we are permitted to wag the dog, many companies devoted themselves to create attractive pranks on their websites. I wrapped up what had happened on Japanese web scene. For pursuing …
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Yahoo Japan Diggs Deeper Underground, While Google Covers More Narrow Streets Nationwide
Yahoo Japan[J] is planning to release its new underground mapping service on Thursday, which shows the details of underground shopping malls in 49 locations nationwide. Yahoo Japan’s map …
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Google inflates Search Market Share versus Yahoo! Japan
Google Japan’s year-end announcement on Dec 22nd, 2008 shocked the industry, when they loudly proclaimed that their search market share had reached 41%, which is only 3 points behind the 44% of …
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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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Yahoo! Japan launches English version of their auction site
Yahoo! Japan introduced an English version of Yahoo! Japan Auctions on October 10th, 2008. Its target audience is foreign residents in Japan who can communicate in basic Japanese but prefer to use an …
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Branding social networks the Japanese way: Put 'em on juice bottles and noodle cups
After having drawn 15 million members to the site (or approximately 1 in 6 Internet users in Japan), Nippon’s biggest social network Mixi now thinks the time has come for some offline …
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Demae-can - online catering site
Demae-can (JP) is a comprehensive online catering and food delivery service. You can order pizza, sushi, or Joe the Plumber from your web browser. Demae-can has contracts with national chains as well …
