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- Sony’s PlayStation used for war games in U.S. military
- December 13th, 2010Category: Arts & Entertainment
- In news first reported by our sister site, Japan Today, the U.S. Air Force has recently revealed a supercomputer built from thousands of Sony PlayStation 3 game consoles, transforming a machine made to play video games into one suitable for military tasks. The comput ... » Continue Reading
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- Foreigners in business: Hawaiian Airlines
- December 13th, 2010Category: Work Tips
- If there ever was any doubt about the demand for flights to and from Haneda airport, that was dispelled just before midnight on Nov 19 when Hawaiian Airlines launched its first service from Haneda to Hawaii. The Boeing 767-300ER aircraft, which seats 264 passengers, w ... » Continue Reading
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- Japanese firms opening doors for foreign students
- December 13th, 2010Category: Work Tips
- University students in Japan are having a hard time finding jobs these days. Those who have secured jobs for after their scheduled graduation next spring hit a record low of 57.6% as of Oct 1 amid an economic downturn. But a new trend among Japanese firms to seek mor ... » Continue Reading
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- Japan’s hottest keywords for 2010
- December 10th, 2010Category: Culture
- It's the end of the year and with that, come end-of-the-year-lists. We already got started with one on Japan's top products, another one on next year's top products and now Google, whose latest ad video we looked at too, has released their list of Japan's most popula ... » Continue Reading
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- The End of the Asahi Daily (in English)
- December 9th, 2010Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Japanese newspapers remain amongst some of the highest circulated in the world, but like their global peers, they are having to cut costs and trim features in order to keep going. iPad editions may help, as may a move by the Nikkei to go entirely behind a pay wall, b ... » Continue Reading
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- Girls get dressed with Google (video)
- December 9th, 2010Category: Arts & Entertainment
- The video below is from the ‘More with Google’ campaign, a smart and sweet branding campaign in Japan created by ad agency Wieden + Kennedy. Although the main thrust is to help bring awareness to Google's new products and services in Japan (especially as the company ha ... » Continue Reading
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- Tonoharu: The comic about English teachers
- December 8th, 2010Category: Arts & Entertainment
- We have seen a TV series on English teachers in Japan and now we have this, a graphic novel depicting the story of an ALT (assistant language teacher) living a small town in the Japanese countryside. Produced by American comic publisher Top Shelf Productions (the pub ... » Continue Reading
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- Abandoned Japan
- December 7th, 2010Category: Culture
- Japan is going to face all sorts of changes as it gets to grips with a declining population. If you have a sharp eye and are open to traveling around the less touristy parts of the country, then there are already a few signs of how this might play out. The images he ... » Continue Reading
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- Tokyo train lines: best babes and worst habits
- December 6th, 2010Category: Culture
- What’s going through the minds of those hordes of daily rail commuters who jam the trains in metropolitan Tokyo? Japanese magazine Spa! (Dec 7) gives its readers a heads-up on where unexpected delights await and unseen dangers lurk. “More trains these days are using ... » Continue Reading
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- Foreign entrepreneurs: Fancy a smooch?
- December 6th, 2010Category: Work Tips
- You know that Smooch must be an interesting and fun company when the CEO refers to himself on his business card as Chief Smooch. Marcus Yeung, a Tokyo-based entrepreneur and founder of smoothie pioneer Smooch Japan KK, is certainly having a good time, despite the toug ... » Continue Reading