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New Website Dedicated to the World of Rake Races Launches

Today sees the launch of Rake-Races.net, a website devoted to the latest promotional craze sweeping the online poker world: rake races. The website launches with the news of the $1 million Ladbrokes Rake Race, the biggest ever rake race in the history of online poker, togethor with news of the... - January 09, 2009 - Rake-Races.net

Japanese Content Firm Aligns with Dubai Merchandising Outfit

Japanese Content Firm Aligns with Dubai Merchandising Outfit

A new agreement has recently been concluded between d-rights Inc., an integrated production company based in Japan handling entertainment contents in animation and live-action films around the world, and NewBoy FZCO, a company based in Dubai engaged in the development, marketing and distribution of... - December 16, 2008 - NewBoy FZCO

OCLCOM Launches TOKYOBID to Enable Worldwide Participation in Japanese Online Auctions

OCLCOM Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ward, Tokyo, CEO: Shotaro Hiramatsu), provider of one of the largest "shipping portal sites" in Japan, announced that they will start " TOKYOBID http://www.tokyobid.com/ ", a site which provides delegated bidding services to overseas bidders... - November 27, 2008 - OCLCOM Inc.

TOIN Corporation Acquires Pacific Dreams, Inc.

TOIN Corporation, the leading multilingual provider of Japanese and Asian Language Solutions, announced today that it has acquired the Translation and Interpretation business units of Pacific Dreams, Inc., a US-based Japanese Language Services provider with offices in Portland, Oregon. Pacific... - November 24, 2008 - TOIN Corporation

Two Representative Paintings by Georges Rouault to be Offered at Mallet Japan's Day Sale

Mallet Japan will be offering 2 paintings by Georges Rouault, one depicting a face of clown and the other capturing a profile of French poet, Paul Verlaine, each with an estimate of 7,000,000-10,000,000 JPY. - November 23, 2008 - Mallet Japan

Masterpieces by Representing Gutai Painters, Kazuo Shiraga and Atsuko Tanaka, to be Offered in Mallet Japan's Evening Sale

Mallet Japan- Modern & Contemporary Art, Evening Sale 081024. Auction: October 24th at 5:00pm. Preview: Oct. 21 to 24 from 10:30am to 7:00pm. - October 09, 2008 - Mallet Japan

Find Musicians and Bands for Free in U.S. Just Launched

Free musicians’ site to find local musicians and bands called “With9 U.S.” is launched to support musicians in the U.S. “With9 U.S” is a website localized for U.S. musicians to support activities in all levels from amateurs to professionals. It is a localized site for... - August 27, 2008 - Trans New Technology, Inc.

Virtual Advertising in Second Life

Globalink Provide an Easy and Affordable Marketing Service to Real Life Businesses Wanting to Enter the Virtual World. - August 20, 2008 - Globalink

Worldwide Industrial Helps U.S. Manufacturers Expand Into Japan

The US-Asia business-to-business Industrial Trade Portal, Worldwide Industrial Marketplace has published a new trade report to help American manufacturers and exporters of industrial products enter the Japanese marketplace. - July 12, 2008 - IndustrialLeaders.com

Two Masterpieces by a Recently Deceased Gutai Painter, Shiraga Kazuo, to be Presented for Sale in Mallet Japan Evening Sale on July 25th

Mallet Japan's Modern and Contemporary auction will be held on July 25th in Tokyo. The sale offers a wide range of paintings and prints by Japanese, American and European artists including 2 works by Kazuo Shiraga. - July 04, 2008 - Mallet Japan

Opalesque Roundtable Finds Endowments, Sovereign Wealth Funds and Large Global Hedge Funds Come Back to Japan - What do They See?

** Endowments, sovereign wealth funds and large global hedge funds come back to Japan - What do they see? Japan based hedge fund managers confident: best investments found now. ** Japan's largest private-sector pension fund manager, the Pension Fund Association, confirms trend towards absolute return vehicles, hedge funds for portable alpha strategies. - June 04, 2008 - Opalesque Ltd

CarJunction Now in Tanzania

Recently there has been a welcome addition to Dar-es-Salaam`s automobile milieu. The largest exporter of primarily used Japanese automobiles, CarJunction has established its physical presence with top notch used vehicles of all categories, makes, and models of vehicles popular not just in Tanzania... - May 18, 2008 - Car Junction Ltd.

"YouMusic.jp" - a New Japanese Music Website Supporting Artists Who Aspire to Make a Major Debut and to Perform on International Stages One Day

A new website geared toward new music artists, "YouMusic.jp", is announcing its pre-launch phase today. YouMusic displays music performances by such artists and allows their audience to post their comments freely. It is a free, "community-minded" website, available in both... - February 17, 2008 - Simulingual, Inc.

Entering the Japanese Search Engine Market

Portal Japan Inc. launches new www.japan-search-engine.com (JSE) website to make submission to Japanese paid directories less troublesome. - February 02, 2008 - Portal Japan Inc.

Ishida Developed Environmentally Friendly Lead-Free Protective Curtain for X-Ray Inspection System

Ishida Co., Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan) launched newly developed environmentally friendly lead-free protection curtain for X-ray inspection system. - November 28, 2007 - Ishida Co., Ltd.

LeFutur to Expand in Japan

LeFutur - a leading European chain of gift stores said it plans to develop 20 stores in Japan that will open over the next five years. The stores would be operated by the local master franchisee. Alex Vassiliev, Director of International Business Affairs of United Brand Company, which owns the... - October 17, 2007 - United Brand Company

You Can Beat Insomnia

Finally you can conquer your insomnia with this highly effective one of a kind drug-free solution. - October 16, 2007 - Howtobeatinsomnia.com

The First Japanese Crowdsourcing Community Launches Humming Based Internet Social Community Site

The First Japanese Crowdsourcing Community Launches Humming Based Internet Social Community Site

WakuWaku Open Lab.(“WOL”) has launched Hanauter.com (http://www.hanauter.com), a humming based internet social community site which enables users to find and identify names of songs. - September 27, 2007 - WakuWaku Open Lab.

New Book Release by Publisher Merope Shuppan

Merope Shuppan of Tokyo proudly announces the release of "The Velocity of Falling Bodies" - a novel-in-verse by Ken Gremillion - September 21, 2007 - Merope Shuppan

First Graduate Admissions Consultant to Offer National Service Discounts

Highly experienced graduate admissions counselor offers discount on services to active duty and veterans of the United States Armed Forces, Japanese Self-Defense Forces, Japanese government officials sponsored for overseas studies, US government officials who intend to stay in the public sector, and US Peace Corps and Japan International Cooperation Agency volunteers. - September 11, 2007 - Adam Markus

Insider Reveals 6 Hidden Secrets Your Government Prays You'll Never Find Out. Can We Trust Nuclear? Expert Dr. Thomas Moore, Author of “Hillary”

Dr. Thomas Moore, structural engineer, who has performed forensic investigations of earthquake damage in many countries, including nuclear facilities in Japan, says we may be seeing just the tip of the iceberg at Tokyo Electric in regard to issues of nuclear safety. - July 19, 2007 - Alphar Publishing

New Service for Institutional Investors - Japanese Famous Consulting Firm, Japan Private Equity Adivisers

Japanese consulting firm, Japan Private Equity Adivisers (JPA) offer a customized set of private equity asset management services that focuses on Japanese private equity markets. - July 19, 2007 - Japan Private Equity Adivisers

Ishida Unvails The Cut Gate Weigher for Granuler Product - Gentle, Accurate and Easy-to-Use Weigher for Granule

Ishida released the cut-gate weigher “CG Series” for the overseas market. The CG weigher achieves accurate and stable weighing for washing detergent, coffee, ingredients and other dry granular products. - July 13, 2007 - Ishida Co., Ltd.

BDA Advises Kennametal on Global Alliance with Kyocera

Kennametal has signed a global strategic product supply agreement with Kyocera, based in Kyoto, Japan, to include private labeling, cross-licensing, sales and marketing. BDA advised Kennametal on the agreement. - July 12, 2007 - BDA Partners Ltd

Business Development Asia Appoints New Representative Director for Japan, Moves to Larger Offices, and Forms New Japanese Entity

Business Development Asia LLC ("BDA") today announced growth initiatives in its Tokyo office. These reflect the firm's increasing commitment to Japan, and belief in Japan's strategic and economic importance. BDA recorded record revenues and profits worldwide in Q1 2007. BDA's Tokyo office has been reorganized as a newly incorporated Japanese joint stock company, called Business Development Asia Kabushiki Kaisha ("BDA KK"). BDA has appointed a new Representative Director in Tokyo. - May 05, 2007 - BDA Partners Ltd

Jacobs & Burns Speaks Out Against the Bank of Japan's Proposed Interest Rate Increases

Speaking from their corporate headquarters in Tokyo, Jacobs & Burns spokes person, Mr NG Nagasaki spoke out against the Bank of Japans proposed interest rate increases. - April 13, 2007 - Jacobs & Burns

Gary Bremermann to Speak at Tokyo Career Fair

Gary Bremermann, executive recruiter, to speak at Tokyo Career Fair 2006 on Wednesday, Nov. 1 2006 at the Toranomon Pastoral. - November 01, 2006 - W 3 Group, LLC

Karakuri - the Magic of Japanese Traditional Crafts

Newly established online store of Japanese traditional arts and crafts. The featured collections are karakuri ningyo and karakuri tansu, that have been handed down since Edo period in Japan. - October 27, 2006 - UNIX co., ltd

Shiotsu Autotrade Announced Online Car Auction System

Shiotsu Autotrade announced a new online auction system in English for buying Japanese used cars directly from major Japanese auctions. - October 19, 2006 - Shiotsu Autotrade

Japan Auto Pages - Automotive Directory of Japan

Online up-to-date automobile directory of Japan. - October 14, 2006 - Japan Auto Pages

Best Trading Co. Announced Export of Used Japanese Mini-trucks

Tokyo based Best Trading Co. announced a new service for exporting used Japanese min-trucks (kei-trucks). - September 13, 2006 - Best Trading Co. Ltd.

Joshua Dinnerman Golfview Business Progressing

Golfview Magazine published by JDDMedia and operated by Joshua Dinnerman is currently expanding its previously established Golf Travel desk. The service which was was previously introduced in cooperation with Japan Travel Bureau(JTB) features golf packages and exclusive international offers for... - June 14, 2006 - JDDMedia

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