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Japan's IT Exodus: A Personal Perspective (Part 2) 5 November 2011
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Japan’s IT Exodus: A Personal Perspective (Part 1) 30 October 2011
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Coworking Spaces and Nomad Workers in Japan 23 October 2011
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Japan: We're Losing to Apple, and Here's Why 18 October 2011
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Japan: The Case of an Exposed Online Pseudonym 11 September 2011
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17 February 2012
Japan: Netizens Cast Doubt on Anti-Nuclear Power Poster
On March 11, 2011, the largest earthquake in the history struck Japan, and the resulting tsunami irreversibly damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. An anti-nuclear power poster has triggered arguments on the multifaceted impact of visual art.
22 December 2011
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Kobe, Japan: Running Through a City Once Devastated
Kobe City was hit with a 7.3-magnitude earthquake on January 17, 1995. On November 20, 2011, the city held their first ever official marathon event, where more than 20,000 runners completed the 42.195km distance. Among them were 641 runners who came from the Tohoku region, which had been devastated by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake this March.
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Japan: Chaos at Chitose Airport on March 11
On March 11, 2011, a Delta airplane pilot approaching Tokyo airport described his experience of an emergency landing in an email so vividly, that it spread rapidly across the blogosphere. Aviation fan blogger BUTA_NEKO responded to the meme in Japanese, to tell the other side of the story.
3 August 2011
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10 July 2011
Japan: A Fukushima Poet Tweets His Verses
Since the March 11 Japan earthquake and tsunami disaster, Ryoichi Wago, a poet from Fukushima city, has been experimenting with a new form of poetry. He expresses his feelings about issues such as uncertainty of the future and fear of the radiation that has been threatening his land and its inhabitants.
Excellent post, I really wonder how IT behaves in many countries, specially japan. Young developers are common, but usually in...