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Published by Motoko on 21 Jan 2008

Search Around The World at SES Paris

SES Paris was a success with increase in attendance and well received sessions. I spoke about the search market in Japan at “Search Around The World” session on the first day. It’s the only session at SES Paris that was in English. (Phew! I took French as the third language at college for a year, but unfortunately, nothing I learned stuck with me.) There were 5 speakers at this session. Each of us was given 5 min to present. The intent was to provide a quick overview of the market from each Continue Reading »

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Published by Motoko on 11 Dec 2007

Back from SES Chicago and only 20 days left in the year!

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 »

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Published by Motoko on 17 Sep 2007

What do Japanese do when they can’t remember “Kanji”?

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 »

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