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- TV commercial of the week: Fan+ (Pet Dog) EX
- January 2nd, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment
- This is the commercial for fan+ (fan plus) which distributes various movie content such as sports, history, science fiction, and so on. The commercial introduces "Aiken (Pet Dog) EX" which shows extreme dog sports for all dog lovers. The French bulldog wat ... » Continue Reading
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- Retweeted collections of funny images in 2011
- December 30th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- "Togetter" introduces funny images that were retweeted by many people in 2011. (Togetter is a popular Japanese web service that allows users to bundle specific tweets on certain topics and then add a Permalink to them. Although it is difficult to get certain informat ... » Continue Reading
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- TV commercial of the week: Google Chrome and Hatsune Miku
- December 26th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- The popular and famous Vocaloid, the character who sings songs that you compose, Hatsune Miku, appears in this commercial (promotion video) for Google's web browser Google Chrome. Some of the video responses include "Hatsune Miku is a miracle diva made from social ... » Continue Reading
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- Weekly Digest: 12/17~12/22
- December 23rd, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- 12/17 (Sat.)Kyary pamyu pamyu, one of Japan's pop culture symbols 12/19 (Mon.)Strange Japanese snack: Gumibyun Other Posts:Foreigners in business: Outdoor Japan MediaEnglish banking service in Japan with a smileTV commercial of the week: Boat racing and ... » Continue Reading
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- TV commercial of the week: Boat racing and Akina Minami
- December 19th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- "Talent" Akina Minami appears in this commercial for one of Japan's most popular gambling past-times -- boat racing. She is dressed in six different colored outfits -- blue, white, green, yellow, black and red -- in her role as the mascot character for the boat race ... » Continue Reading
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- Kyary pamyu pamyu, one of Japan’s pop culture symbols
- December 17th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Earlier this year, we introduced the model and singer, Kyary pamyu pamyu in "Kyary pamyu pamyu a big hit on You Tube". Kyary pamyu pamyu attended the "RUNE BOUTIQUE WORLD DEBUT PARTY" for her first live show in Los Angeles on Dec 9. About 6,000 people attended the ... » Continue Reading
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- Weekly Digest 12/12~12/16
- December 17th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- 12/12 (Mon.)Christmas songs that originated in Japan - Part 1 Other Posts:TV commercial of the week: George Clooney and NespressoForeigners in business: Harley-Davidson Japan 12/13 (Tue.)Join the fun activities at FindJPN Other Posts:Blue Forest at Care ... » Continue Reading
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- Christmas songs that originated in Japan – Part 3
- December 16th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Previously, we introduced "Christmas songs that originated in Japan - Part 1" and "Christmas songs that originated in Japan - Part 2." In this final part, we introduce some Japanese original songs that not only match Christmas, but also winter time. "White Love," ... » Continue Reading
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- Most popular karaoke songs in Japan for the year 2011 – Part 2
- December 16th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- How was "Most popular karaoke songs in Japan for the year 2011 - Part 1"? Hope you enjoy Part 2 too and find songs that you want to sing at karaoke. 1. Arigato (Thank you)/Ikimonogatari 2. Mr./KARA 3. Hanamizuki (Cornus florida)/Yo Hit ... » Continue Reading
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- Most popular karaoke songs in Japan for the year 2011 – Part 1
- December 15th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- This is the party season and there are many opportunities to try karaoke, so we'll introduce this year's most popular karaoke songs in two parts. 1. "Heavy Rotation"/AKB48 2. "Flying Get"/AKB48 3. "Maru maru mori mori"/Kaoru and Tomoki and sometimes Mook ... » Continue Reading
- Hakone: A Day Trip to Remember
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- Gimme Origami!
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- The Japanese Rite of Passage
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- Do you want to connect with AKB48 on Google+?
- January 16, 2012BY
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- Snapshots With the GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition
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