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Doing Something for Japan: Japanation 101.

Things were happening so fast it was almost impossible to respond to the changes caused by the Sendai Earthquakes and the Tsunami. My team put together this book for sale on iTunes Store, and hopefully our dear friends at Apple can approve the book as soon as possible, proceeds for sales of the book will [...]

Going to Japan.

Folks, I will be off to Japan to cover this incident, chat soon. Japan is exceptionally well-prepared to deal with natural disasters: it has spent more on the problem than any other nation, largely as a result of frequently experiencing them. (Have you ever wondered why you use Japanese for “tsunamis” and “typhoons”?) All levels [...]

Questions About Japan, Anyone?

Gotten this in my mail this morning and I thought it may benefit more people if I posted it here: Hi, I am going to Japan this coming 29th Mar in Saitama, Tokyo. I was thinking is it worthwhile to buy iPad 2 while I am in Japan. I saw what you wrote in your [...]

Remember March 25th.

While it may take a month or so, maybe two months, if Apple can’t help it, for Machines in Malaysia to clear it’s stock — albeit at a loss — before the new iPad hits the shore of bad politicians and corrupted voting system. Let us not forget in a few weeks after the March [...]

No More Adult Manga from Japan?

While it’s hard to believe that the Adult Manga industry will go down without a fight, here’s an editorial piece from Asahi Shimbun: The Tokyo metropolitan government submitted a bill to revise an ordinance to strengthen regulations on depictions of sex specifically in manga and anime. It modified a bill rejected by the assembly in [...]

Temptations @Shinjuku

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Fiber-speed Mobile Network to Hit Japan.

Saturday 24th January, 06:36 AM JST TOKYO — The communications ministry of Japan said Friday it plans to allow enable NTT Docomo Inc, KDDI Corp, Softbank Mobile Corp and Emobile Ltd, 4 of the mobile phone service operators to offer next-generation services as fast as fiber-optic telecommunications. The decision is expected to to launch the [...]