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I’m back from SES Chicago. It was another great conference with some interesting sessions and keynote speakers. The best of all, for me at least, I got to speak about Japanese Internet Market during the “Search Around The World” session on day 1!

With Internet technology, the size of the company or the location of the office no longer limit your market to your local area or just in US. In fact, at SES Chicago, Continue Reading »

I live and work in US, but I still read, write and speak in Japanese on daily basis. Out of these three skills, the writing skill (”Kanji writing skill” to be precise) has changed most in the past 10-15 years, not because where I live, but because how I write has changed. As said, I write in Japanese everyday, but I rarely hand-write and type everything for both work and personal communications. Continue Reading »