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Facebook vs Mixi With Respect to Privacy

In a previous post I talked about how facebook might challenge mixi in japan. In a nutshell, I thought the apps that allow people in Facebook to interact and “play” together would be a big factor in the success of Facebook in Japan. I’ve also given some thought to the privacy issues involved with both [...]

Results of Searching “Gaijin” on Twitter Japan

I remember seeing that the most twitters in the world seem to be coming out of Japan so I found a Japanese made twitter search engine. In this case I used http://twitter.1×1.jp and I searched for the word “gaijin” in Japanese.
Gaijin is the less nice way to say foreigner. The not so bad way is [...]