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	Archives October, 2011 Popular Japanese Visual-kei bands on Facebook \| 10-27-2011 J-pop, once dismissed as derivative, disposable and with a shorter shelf life than sushi, has acquired a cachet of cool. Japanese musicians have developed their own unique take on the pop-music idiom, and Visual-kei (glam rock) bands like X Japan, Luna Sea, and Dir en Grey are now piggybacking on the global popularity of pop-culture exports such as anime and ... by Brandon \| Posted in General (English), Japanese Market Trends, Social Media Tags: Facebook, Japan Market, Social Media Comments Tweet Building the Future – Gensler Goes Global in China \| 10-22-2011 He dropped the cold, hard fact on the table between us. 90% of global urbanization—the building of new cities—is happening in developing countries: not in the USA, and not in Europe. David Gensler, Executive Director of Gensler, leads a 3000 person global architecture and design firm that was once primarily domestic. by Tim \| Posted in Chinese Market Trends, General (English) Tags: architecture, China, Gensler Comments Tweet Finalists for SF New Tech Japan Night Are Set! \| 10-18-2011 The Japan Night semi-final was held in Tokyo, Japan on October 8 at the Microsoft-Japan offices. Over 300 people were in attendance to see a panel of judges chose the 6 companies that will present in San Francisco. by Greg \| Posted in Events & Seminars, General (English) Tags: btrax, Facematch, Grow!, MidoNet, MOVIDA, MyGengo, PIRIKA, SF New Tech, Snapdish, Synclogue, TechCrunch, TechWave Comments Tweet China：Next Luxury Empire \| 10-17-2011 In 2008, China’s super-rich bought a quarter of the world’s luxury goods. In 2009, China has overtaken the US to become the world’s second largest luxury market. 2012, is China replacing Japan as the world’s most fanatical consumption country next year? by shuz \| Posted in Chinese Market Trends, Design & Branding Tags: brand value, Chinese Market, luxury Comments Tweet Mashup Ninja Challenge with NTT Docomo, Evernote, Recruit & btrax \| 10-06-2011 The biggest web-tech contest in Japan now lands in Silicon Valley! The 7th Mashup Awards (MA7) opens their door to the local startups and developers to present their services and products. The event is called the “Ninja Challenge.” by Greg \| Posted in Events & Seminars, General (English) Tags: btrax, docomo, evernote, ninja challenge, recruit, Startup Comments Tweet SF Japan Night Semi-final to be held in Tokyo on Oct. 8 \| 10-02-2011 On October 8, 2011, btrax will be holding the semi-final event for the 3rd SF Japan Night in Shinagawa, Tokyo at the Microsoft-Japan office. For the event, we pre-selected 12 high-potential companies that will be presenting their web/mobile services in English followed by Question/Answer(QA) sessions with four industry-leading judges including a writer to TechCrunch, Venture Capitalists, and the CEO of ... by Brandon \| Posted in Events & Seminars, General (English) Comments Tweet


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