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December 30, 2007

Osaka Comedy

I was in Osaka earlier this year doing an article on comedy in the city. For ANA inflight magazine, Wingspan

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December 19, 2007

All the news without fear or favour

This is an interview I did with Yukiko Ogasawara, the President of the Japan Times.

The article was prompted by a blog by Debito Arudou back in October. Debito also blogged my article and there are some comments on his site.

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December 10, 2007

Service Robots for Bulletin Magazine

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Japan has a deep-seated infatuation with mechanical friends, whether it is with the heroes of manga (comic books) and anime (animation), hard-working industrial robots, or the public relations humanoids of major Japanese corporations. Currently, all eyes are on the service-
robot sector . . . Read more

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December 03, 2007

Second Life

An article on Second Life for Kaleidoscope. I only ever seem to be in the world when I am writing about it. But feel free to contact me there (Burton Nozomi)

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"Day in, day out at the same old office? Same commute? Same old job?
Same old you? Now could be your chance to escape to a new Second
Life. Why not join the 9.5 million people who have become residents of
the 3D online world since 2003? . . ."
read more

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