The 2011 Edition 62 of the Kohaku Utagassen saw the ladies (akagumi) win after seven years of losses to the guys (shirogumi). Akagumi won rightly and fairly beating the guys on every count from the beginning of the show. Starting with a mature and solid performance of Ayumi Hamasaki, the ladies set the tone right. The first half of the…

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As ad:tech approaches the topic of social media in Japan per se and its relationship with CRM programs are picking up steam. While immersed in the market it is difficult to notice the particular aspects of the two and how they relate to the local industry. More importantly how they differ and at the same time overlap with international trends….

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Living in Tokyo must not be a fearful experience full of hard rules attached. I must admit however and before anything that I go about life in a way that has raised eyebrows to say the least. Eyebrows raised perhaps by the way I defy the social rules most people consider written in stone. In any case though, my personal…

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