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- Banana vending machine in Tokyo Station
- November 10th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Dole has installed a banana vending machine at Tokyo Station on the Marunouchi subway line. One banana costs 130 yen, and a bunch is 390 yen. Dole says it is targeting students and salary men who miss their breakfast. Tokyo Metro expects to get about 100,000 yen in ... » Continue Reading
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- Gov’t to waive visa fees for foreigners visiting 3 disaster-hit prefectures
- November 9th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- The Japanese government will waive visa fees for foreigners who plan to visit the three disaster-hit prefectures of Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima. The policy will be in effect for five years. Government officials hope the fee waiver will boost tourism to the Toho ... » Continue Reading
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- From sushi to Seven Bank: Filipino Mari Nihei spreads the word
- November 7th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- For the growing numbers of Filipinos and other foreign nationals coming to Japan to work in order to support their families back home, Seven Bank’s ATM money transfer service has become a very convenient option. In July, Seven Bank and Western Union started their ove ... » Continue Reading
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- Krispy Kreme Doughnuts ties up with Oreo
- November 4th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Japan is going to sell Cookies & Kreme Oreo, in collaboration with Oreo, at its stores in Japan for a limited period from Dec 26. Cookies & Kreme Oreo Crunchy Oreo cookie bits are blended with original vanilla cream, with a white cho ... » Continue Reading
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- Language learning service: ABCLoop
- November 2nd, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- "ABCLoop" is an online language learning community where English and Japanese learners can practice with each other. You choose communities (called "Loops") that you are interested in from such categories as "Tokyo Good Eats," "Cute Animals!" "Anime/Manga," and so o ... » Continue Reading
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- If you had a baby with an AKB48 member, what would your child look like?
- November 1st, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- AKB48's Internet provider service, AKB Official Net, opened on Nov 1. If you register for membership on AKB Official Net, you can use the service AKBaby which synthesizes your photo with the image of your favorite AKB48 member to simulate how a baby would look i ... » Continue Reading
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- Foreigners in business: Nihon L’Oréal
- November 1st, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- It doesn’t matter how tough the economy gets – women will always want to look their best. As the world’s largest beauty company with 23 global brands and a presence in 130 countries, L’Oréal is well positioned in the Japanese market.Japan is one of the company’s ... » Continue Reading
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- Follow the adventures of Fruity Samurai
- November 1st, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- This CG animation "Fruity Samurai" was created by "Happy project" and won the award for excellence in the general category at the Tokyo Anime Awards 2011. "Fruity Samurai" was exhibited at last week's Tokyo International Anime Festival 2011, too, and it is very pop ... » Continue Reading
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- Adopting English as workplace language in Japan has its disadvantages
- October 30th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Rakuten, the online shopping mall operator, earlier this month held a welcoming ceremony for 480 senior university students it expects to hire next spring. Notable about the occasion was that president Hiroshi Mikitani spoke in English. So did the students. Not surpri ... » Continue Reading
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- Weekly Digest 10/24~10/28
- October 29th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- 10/24 (Mon.)Kagawa thinking of changing name to Udon Prefecture Other posts:Wireless mobile speaker from BoseFamily restaurant Gusto selling hamburger and soup set for 390yenTV commercial of the week: Scalp shampoo UL・OS 10/25 (Tue.)Toto's poop-powered bike draw ... » Continue Reading
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