Category: Japan
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iPhone’s disappointing lack of effect on keitai UX
Softbank and DoCoMo have released their summer lineup of mobile phones, one year after the initial release of the iPhone. I was truly optimistic. When the iPhone hit Japan last year I was excited at the prospect of a shakeup for Japanese mobile handset makers. I hoped they would be forced to abandon their horrid…
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WTF is “inbred salad”?
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WTF is “inbred salad”?
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Softbank posts ¥15B Q4 loss
Softbank says the loss was due to one-time costs, including the launch of the new hikari service. Though this was a rough quarter, their yearly profit was down only 3.7 percent, which was slightly better than DoCoMo’s drop of 3.9 percent. DoCoMo is exclusively a mobile phone operator. Softbank is involved in a wide range…
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Oh what delicacies one finds browsing in the high-end shops of Japan. How could one resist pure white chocolate smothered over shredded dried squid? Snapped with iPhone
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Oh what delicacies one finds browsing in the high-end shops of Japan. How could one resist pure white chocolate smothered over shredded dried squid? Snapped with iPhone
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Foreign marketshare of the Japanese internet
Whether it be preferences for food, electronics or cars, Japan is often accused of being, shall we say, “domestically oriented”. How do Japanese preferences reflect in their use of the internet? The Japanese Social Media Prism shows strikingly few foreign firms. This caused me to ask: how does a foreign company crack the Japanese Social…
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mechamecha: twink: karateboogaloo: nevver: Commute
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mechamecha: twink: karateboogaloo: nevver: Commute
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[vimeo 4166174 w=500 h=288] Ever wonder what it would be like to hang out in a “sky park”? How about a skypark called Spaceship Aqua? (Source: http://www.jciti.com/)