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Japan tech this week: Remembering the past and building for the future

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We’ve had another fun week here at SD, doing our best to bring you interesting tech stories going down in Japan. But in case you missed any of it, here’s a wrap up below. Readers on mobile might want to check out the features on Readlists or in ePub format. If you’d like to get this weekly summary plus other bonus content, we hope you’ll check out our shiny new newsletter here. Features Japanese startup acquisitions: An interactive timeline 03/14 Catching up with the CoolIris team in Tokyo 03/13 Online support software provider Zendesk makes its presence in Japan official 03/13 Second anniversary of 2011 Japan earthquake remembered online 03/11 Business Japan’s language learning site Best Teacher raises $530,000 from GMO-VP and SMBC-VC 03/15 Fancy showing fantastic growth, planning launch in Japan soon 03/14 Rovio holds Angry Birds lucky draws nationwide in Japan 03/12 Japanese legal portal Bengo4.com raises $208,000 from Kakaku.com 03/12 On-demand theater service Dreampass acquired by Yahoo Japan 03/11 Design Japanese-made lamp is a Stroke of design genius 03/13 Google Glass, you’ve got company! Sekai Camera inventor introduces Telepathy One 03/13 Apps This iPhone app from Japan might be the sexiest calculator ever [Video] 03/15 Domino’s Hatsune…

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We’ve had another fun week here at SD, doing our best to bring you interesting tech stories going down in Japan. But in case you missed any of it, here’s a wrap up below. Readers on mobile might want to check out the features on Readlists or in ePub format.

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Japan tech this week: Android developments, restaurant reservations, and standout startups

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We’ve had another fun week here at SD, doing our best to bring you interesting tech stories going down in Japan. But in case you missed any of it, here’s a wrap up below. Readers on mobile might want to check out the features on Readlists or in ePub format. If you’d like to get this weekly summary plus other bonus content, we hope you’ll check out our shiny new newsletter here. Features See how one Japanese fashion company has mastered digital marketing 03/08 Japanese curation site Naver Matome boasts 41 million users, cures information overload 03/07 Looking for a job in Japan? Dragon Gate lets you pitch your skills to Japanese companies 03/07 Japan’s Pocket Concierge fills cancelled restaurant reservations with eager customers 03/06 Laying the foundation for Google Glass: Japanese projects that pushed the space forward 03/05 Japan’s DeployGate aspires to be a standard tool for Android development 03/04 Business Japanese game developer Aiming raises $3.2M, eyes overseas expansion 03/08 Tokyo-based advertising startup FreakOut raises $5.3M from Yahoo Japan 03/07 Monetizing Android ads for Asia (and soon the world) Metaps raises $11M in series B 03/06 Japan’s ringtone publisher Dwango partners with pair of media giants 03/04 Incubate…

We’ve had another fun week here at SD, doing our best to bring you interesting tech stories going down in Japan. But in case you missed any of it, here’s a wrap up below. Readers on mobile might want to check out the features on Readlists or in ePub format.

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Japan tech this week: Angry Birds are patient, fashion sites ambitious, Docomo slow but steady

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We’ve had another fun week here at SD, doing our best to bring you interesting tech stories going down in Japan. But in case you missed any of it, here’s a wrap up below. Readers on mobile might want to check them out over on Readlists or in ePub format. If you’d like to get this weekly summary plus other bonus content, we hope you’ll check out our shiny new newsletter here. Featured Why Angry Birds prefer not to be early birds in Japan Japan’s Designclue wants to build Asia’s largest logo crowdsourcing market Meet 4 of Japan’s hottest online fashion malls Trouble managing your Facebook page? Help is on the way this spring, from Japan Business GREE and Yahoo Japan set up joint venture for mobile social game development Google Street View broadens its horizons, crashes a party in Japan Despite slower speeds, NTT Docomo quick to surpass 10 million LTE subscribers Japan’s mobile wars intensify: Docomo moves up ultra-high speed data launch to 2015 Google Hangouts recruits Asian pop stars for new ‘A-Pop’ initiative, Design Japanese startups find creativity at Crowdworks Meet the Japanese company that’s making a sign language keyboard Fun Apps Tower defense game ‘Battle Cats’…

We’ve had another fun week here at SD, doing our best to bring you interesting tech stories going down in Japan. But in case you missed any of it, here’s a wrap up below. Readers on mobile might want to check them out over on Readlists or in ePub format.

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Japan tech this week: Bahamut, business cards, and YouTube’s Valentine for Tokyo

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In our second week live we enjoyed bringing you a wide range of stories. In case you missed any of them, here they are below — or if you’re on mobile, you may prefer to check them out on Readlists or in ePub format if that’s your thing. If you’d like to get this weekly summary plus other bonus content, we hope you’ll check out our shiny new newsletter here. We’re still in our infancy here, but we’d love your feedback — so drop us a line anytime mail. Featured ¶ Rage of Bahamut and Japan’s quest for global gamers A tough-luck Japanese auto-parts factory rebounds with an inspiring new side business Business ¶ Japanese developer Nijibox continues Southeast Asia push, launches ‘Legend of Fantasia’ on Kotagames YouTube opens its third global space for video creators in Tokyo Tokyo Otaku Mode raises additional funds from three VC firms Design ¶ Japanese designer ditches chopsticks for amazing musical fork Japanese manga artist crowdfunds digital exhibition overseas Fun Apps ¶ Japanese app ‘Poica’ wants to carry all your point cards (Video) A-Team’s ‘Dark Summoner’ tops 5 million downloads worldwide Yahoo Japan’s Face Stealer app transforms you into Obama, or anyone else you’d…

Squash FIlms enjoying the makeup room in YouTube Space Tokyo
Squash FIlms enjoying the makeup room in the new YouTube Space Tokyo

In our second week live we enjoyed bringing you a wide range of stories. In case you missed any of them, here they are below — or if you’re on mobile, you may prefer to check them out on Readlists or in ePub format if that’s your thing.

If you’d like to get this weekly summary plus other bonus content, we hope you’ll check out our shiny new newsletter here.

We’re still in our infancy here, but we’d love your feedback — so drop us a line anytime mail.

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