Protests will be especially vehement in Okinawa, an island prefecture that serves with others areas of Japan as a platform for U.S. military bases and operations in Asia.
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With this rapidly growing user number in mind, NHN Japan is introducing a new platform service, 'LINE Channel', which aims to expand the range of services on offer, using LINE as its foundation.
Dr. Hazlett points out that the ultimate sharing forum, the mobile Web (which enabled Web surfing from cellphones), had its first big success in Japan, on a private platform owned by NTT DoCoMo.
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Last month, Gree opened its platform so users in Japan can play with friends in the U.S. or Europe.
Developed by Japan's NTT, the platform uses digital watermarksg that presents a timecode to the app running on the second device, allowing it to display content in sync with whatever is on the primary display.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who won the recent general election on a platform of promises to revive Japan's sluggish economy, has called upon Japan's central bank to do more to fight deflation.
In April, the company formed an alliance with Yahoo Japan to launch a PC-based social game platform called Yahoo Mobage.
More big moves: in April, the company formed an alliance with Yahoo Japan to launch a PC-based social game platform called Yahoo Mobage.
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One report cites a company spokeswoman saying the site wants to take advantage of its Japan connections to transform itself into an e-commerce platform with a distinctly Japanese flavor, including Japanese brand products and a more Japanese look and feel.
In addition, Endeavour delivered a new long-stay US crew member, Tim Kopra, to the ISS and will bring back Japan's Koichi Wakata, who has lived aboard the platform for more than three months.
All five station partners - the US, Russia, Europe, Japan and Canada - have indicated their desire to keep flying the platform until at least 2020.
The collectible card battling game was a resounding success for both Konami ( NYSE: KNM) and mobile social platform GREE, snagging 6.5 million players in Japan.
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Without question, Japan is an important and critical market for building a globally successful gaming platform, and an early read of the tea leaves does not bode well for the Xbox 360.
At about 60 tonnes in mass, this future station would be considerably smaller than the 400-tonne international platform operated by the US, Russia, Europe, Canada and Japan, but its mere presence in the sky would nonetheless represent a remarkable achievement.
You can rest assured that hundreds -- if not trillions -- of new laptops will be rolling off of production lines this quarter with Intel's Sandy Bridge platform inside, and those looking for a little love over in Japan won't have to wait much longer.
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Abe won the election on the platform on getting the BOJ to go Banzi and press CTRL-P and flood Japan with all the money it can till inflation appears.
The tourists lost their opening game against Japan's premier club side Suntory and struggled to beat a Select XV, but a solid forward platform paved the way for Shane Williams to score four tries in a 64-10 first Test win in Osaka.
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