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March 19, 2010Any visitor to Japan will have immediately noticed the gangs of school girls hanging out around town in their school …
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March 17, 2010We recently saw a whole batch of great innovations while we were covering the RetailTech 2010 conference for a client. …
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March 17, 2010Over the last couple of years there has been an explosion in face-shaping tools and other life accessories that claim …
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March 16, 2010Currently on platforms 5 and 6 of JR Ikebukuro Station there are vending machines dispensing free cans of a new …
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March 16, 2010Since fashion market watcher David Marx hit the bulls eye perfectly with his assessment of Abercrombie’s new Ginza flagship store, …
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March 16, 2010Ryoma Sakamoto (坂本龍馬) is one of the most mythologized of Japan’s modern heroes. The Shikoku samurai was assassinated in Kyoto …
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March 15, 2010We’ve known for some time that management guru Peter Drucker is popular in Japan. Diamond, Inc. has published 81 books …
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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, …
