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Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / JAPAN WEB WATCH
Apr 18, 2014
Apps take new lead from social games
On Japanese TV, you may notice that a lot of commercials for smartphone social games emphasize the word muryō (free). Consumers have been purchasing digital content on their phones for years, even since the clam-shell cellphone days. Now, more and more Japanese people are migrating to the sort of smartphones...
WORLD / Society
Apr 8, 2014
App that makes face look skinnier in photos raises body-image concerns
A new app that lets users shed virtual weight so their faces look skinnier on selfie photos is raising concerns about health and body-image issues.
MULTIMEDIA
Jun 15, 2013
[Video] International Tokyo Toy Show 2013
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jun 13, 2013
Tokyo Toy Show . . . for little people and grown-up kids
Manufacturers from Japan and overseas gather in Tokyo to show off the latest in toy tech.
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Apr 16, 2013
Can we talk?
LG's Optimus G Pro gets a Japan release
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Apr 8, 2013
Apps bring opportunities, transform lives of Africans
For generations, breeding cows in the rural highlands of Kenya has hinged on knowledge and experience passed down from parents to children. But Mercy Wanjiku is unlike most farmers. Her most powerful tool is her cellphone, and a text messaging service called iCow.
LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Mar 21, 2013
Koe moe apps find their voice on smartphones
Hey girlfriend. Read me a bedtime story.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / TECH_JAPAN
Feb 5, 2013
Expat game developers have an unfair advantage in Japan
There is an option for budding game-developers, however — a less expensive one that allows for more freedom and, if they're lucky, more exposure than they could ever imagine.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jul 3, 2012
Today's J-blip: Oronamin C 7/3 Facebook Campaign
If you win this contest you might want to invest in a bigger fridge.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
May 8, 2012
Smartphones hook up with domestic appliances
The home of the future is as close as your smartphone.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jan 27, 2012
Companies connect with free mobile apps
With mobile apps, both clever and practical, innovative companies glom onto fans and potential customers.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jul 22, 2010
iPhones become ice-breakers at gokon dating parties
iPhones are helping to lubricate the interaction at Japanese gokon dating parties.
Trump pledges to save U.S. from 'decline,' vowing new 'golden age'
U.S. President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
Cedar pollen is already in the air in Tokyo
Climate change and urbanization are believed to have contributed to the earliest ever observation of cedar pollen in Tokyo, on Jan. 8, an expert says.
What went wrong at Fuji TV's news conference on allegations against Nakai?
Fuji TV President Koichi Minato speaks at a news conference on Friday in Tokyo.
BOJ likely to raise rates this week in absence of immediate Trump tariffs
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda is still signaling caution ahead of the central bank's January meeting.
Survey finds 80% of people want to take leftover restaurant food home
52.0% of people questioned in a survey said they want to use containers to take leftovers home if they are provided free of charge, and 28.8% showed willingness to use takeout containers whether they are free or not.
'America first' returns as Trump ditches focus on allies and rules-based order
U.S. President Donald Trump reviews troops during his inauguration ceremony at the Capitol in Washington on Monday.
Japan looks to learn from the past with bid to build Australian warships
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami frigate, of the class of the same name, is anchored at the MSDF's naval base in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, in September 2022.
Amid rising world hunger, a Japan-inspired group in Kenya is making a big impact
Wawira Njiru, the founder of Food4Education, serves food during the opening of a new kitchen in Mombasa County, Kenya, in 2022. The organization started in 2012 by feeding 25 children out of a single kitchen. Now it feeds nearly half a million every day.
From Tokyo to Manhattan, Takuma Watanabe stirs up a stiff drink
It's taken Takuma Watanabe little time to establish himself as one of New York's hottest bartenders.
For tourists in search of seasonal sights, Yamagata makes its case
For some time away from Tokyo's suffocating urban sameness, Yamagata Prefecture is home to a soothing array of natural abundance.

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