Kendo blog widget attacks negative words

April 16, 2008 – 11:23 pm

Japanese Kendo magazine publisher recently released a blog widget both in Japanese and English, and it’s been getting popular among Japanese blogosphere.
A Flash based widget displays a virtual kendo worrier who attacks negative keywords contained within blog entries.
Working sample is available here.
To get the widget, click here.

By Takuya Misawa | Posted in Blog | Comments (0)

Starting get a driving license

March 11, 2008 – 10:56 pm

I’ve started to study for getting myself a driver’s license today.
I once had a plan last year, but my health condition wasn’t good enough to attend lessons. And finally after a year I’ve taken a first small step forward.
If you are unfamilier with Japan’s driver’s license system, please follow the links below explaning in English.
http://www.hellonavi.com/folderb/infoe/driving/01_c.php
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2022.html

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Sekaimon, Yahoo, and eBay

December 16, 2007 – 1:56 pm

Yahoo! Japan and eBay announced a new partnership, starting Sekaimon a new auction portal for Japanese auction users to purchase goods from eBay in Japanese.

By Takuya Misawa | Posted in Tech | Comments (0)

Successful Women Entrepreneurs in Japan: Rita Ghosn

October 17, 2007 – 8:46 pm

From IWIC mailing list.
Please feel free to join the AWF November 1 Event - Successful Women Entrepreneurs in Japan: An Interactive Evening with Rita Ghosn
We are delighted to have Rita as the speaker for the second in our series on women entrepreneurs - she will host an interactive discussion touching upon questions such as these […]

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