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March 13, 2010April is approaching so it must be the season for marketing involving sakura (cherry blossom). We already reported this week …
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March 12, 2010Night buses all over the world are usually associated with travelers on a budget and it’s no different when shuttling …
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March 10, 2010There are many kinds of otaku (geek) in Japan and many kinds of moe (萌え, -philes). However, this is one …
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March 9, 2010German online retail site brands4friends yesterday launched its service in Japan, in which it sells remainders of high quality brand …
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March 8, 2010Well, it’s almost cherry blossom season. In about two weeks’ time the first sakura buds will start to bloom in …
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February 25, 2010UPDATE: It seems that the copyright holders are really protective of their video or really embarrassed by it. Either way, …
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February 25, 2010International writer, photographer and filmmaker Roland Hagenberg has accumulated his long years of experience covering major Japanese architects for magazines …
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February 24, 2010Softbank invested $20 million (about 18 billion JPY) in Ustream at the end of January, giving them a 13.7% share …
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February 22, 2010Tokyo can feel like a small world at times. Last weekend we were watching Toast Girl at the old Nanzuka …
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February 17, 2010TOTO, a major Japanese toilet-maker, is promoting its newest product, the water-efficient Greenmax 4.8, through a robot action figure. The …
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February 16, 2010It takes a country as obsessed with food and as innovative in retail as Japan to make even cheap ready-to-eat …
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February 16, 2010After hitting up Suzuki Affice, we wandered on over to check out Toast Girl’s live performance. Not quite sure how …
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February 16, 2010Yuri Suzuki and Åbäke have gotten together to put on SUZUKI ÅFFICE, a “secret” bar hiding on the other side …
