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- Haruma Miura introduces au’s new smartphone in Arrows series
- December 6th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- KDDI's au is going to release a new smartphone called "Arrows Z" in mid-December and "Arrows EZ" early in January. The "Arrows Z" contains a 1.2 GHz dual core processor and offers high-speed Internet access through its WiMax. It features a 4.3-inch, full-color ... » Continue Reading
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- Foreigners in business: Tokyo International School
- December 6th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- After visiting Tokyo International School and experiencing the positive energy in the classrooms, you can’t help wishing you could go back to school again at TIS. In fact, many visitors feel that way, says school founder and vision navigator Patrick Newell, a dy ... » Continue Reading
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- This alarm clock can talk to you
- December 6th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Meet Clockman iD, a talking alarm clock from Takara Tomy that will definitely wake you up, though you might end up throwing something at it. It’s part of a series that has already sold over 200,000. Clockman wakes you up in the mornings and chats with you until ... » Continue Reading
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- French toast ice cream
- December 5th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Baskin Robbins 31 ice cream is going to sell the popular breakfast menu item, "French toast" flavored ice cream from Dec 26 for a limited term. Maple syrup is blended with cinnamon and nutmeg to make the "French toast" flavor more real. Single regular size is 230 ye ... » Continue Reading
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- 61% of single men aged 18-34 have no girlfriend; 49% of women unattached: survey
- December 2nd, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- A survey conducted by the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research revealed that 61.4% of single men aged 18-34 do not have a girlfriend and that 49% of single women in the same age range do not have a boyfriend. The institute, which is part of ... » Continue Reading
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- The KFC-Christmas connection in Japan
- November 25th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- It’s a question that many Westerners have asked for decades: How did Christmas in Japan become synonymous with a fast food joint? Foreigners may laugh at the queues that form outside branches of KFC on Dec 24, or the people reserving their buckets of chicken months in ... » Continue Reading
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- Yen intervention
- November 16th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Living in Japan, it's quite unlikely that you haven't already heard the term 'yen intervention", but understanding what it means is another story entirely. Here, we hope to clear up some of the confusion by answering some questions commonly asked by our clients, in ... » Continue Reading
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- Fotopedia releases Japan app for iPad, iPhone
- November 16th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Fotopedia, the publisher of popular iOS apps and the Fotopedia Magazine, has released a new app for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, “Fotopedia Japan.” With this new app, anyone with an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch can discover what makes Japan so fascinating. Fotopedia ... » Continue Reading
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- Supporting the team
- November 11th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Triumph International Japan's image girls for 2012, Ayana Kaneda, 21, left, and model Misaki Tanabe, 21, wear the company's new bras to show their support for Nadeshiko Japan, the women's soccer World Cup-winning team. The bra's color is blue (for the Japanese soccer ... » Continue Reading
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- Cyclists feel under siege with new rules
- November 10th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Cyclists are starting to feel aggrieved. Their conveyance of choice consumes no limited resources, pollutes no air, leaves no carbon footprint, and gives bracing exercise besides. And yet nobody likes them. To motorists they’re a nuisance, to pedestrians a menace. “Th ... » Continue Reading
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