The 2012, edition 63 of Kohaku Utagassen ended with the win of Shirogumi. Shirogumi won just barely and in a show that from the start set a rather strange retro tone. Hamasaki Ayumi playing a medley of songs from ten years ago started a retro flavor that continued throughout the whole show and for both teams. In this 63rd edition…

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If there’s one word that defines the year correctly, clearly and precisely is the word Happiness. While in the overall framework of happiness however, the year started not so much on a happy tone, but progressed upwards along its way, the way I pursued. In the earlier months of 2012 I was working for the wrong people after forcing myself…

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Social Media Week came and went very fast. It extended from February 13th to February 17th in many cities around the world. I had the extreme pleasure to attend the whole week in New York and went there from Tokyo. While one may say that Tokyo has nothing to envy New York in many respects that hold the statement true,…

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