http://www.japantrends.com/century-old-brand-gets-makeover/ Marketing, Lifestyle, Fashion, Gadgets and Product Innovations Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:31:42 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.japantrends.com/century-old-brand-gets-makeover/comment-page-1/#comment-341387 RyuAndo Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:15:47 +0000 http://www.japantrends.com/?p=3982#comment-341387 I find it interesting the success of the rising minimalist-packaging trend when put in contrast to Japanese people's preference for Yahoo!Japan's mess of links, information, and pictures over Google's traditional simplistic layout. I find it interesting the success of the rising minimalist-packaging trend when put in contrast to Japanese people’s preference for Yahoo!Japan’s mess of links, information, and pictures over Google’s traditional simplistic layout.

]]> http://www.japantrends.com/century-old-brand-gets-makeover/comment-page-1/#comment-339801 Peter Payne Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:52:09 +0000 http://www.japantrends.com/?p=3982#comment-339801 The title, Koku-Niga, reminds me of one of my employees who was in a Starbucks in Chicago. He drank some of the coffee, which was bitter -- nigai in Japanese, often shortened to niga as in this title -- and picked the wrong time to say "Niga!" in the middle of the crowded coffee shop. The title, Koku-Niga, reminds me of one of my employees who was in a Starbucks in Chicago. He drank some of the coffee, which was bitter — nigai in Japanese, often shortened to niga as in this title — and picked the wrong time to say “Niga!” in the middle of the crowded coffee shop.

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