Japan Pulse

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• Tweet Beat: #真4, #ソクラテスの死, #キスの日

  A new videogame, a fresh take on an old painting and kissing (timeless!) are among the top Twitter trends in Japan last week.

• Can Etsy’s crafty goodness be recycled in Japan?

  Advertising titan Dentsu and NTT DoCoMo take a stab a launching a Etsy-like site of homemade goodness.

• Tweet Beat: #NintendoDirectJP, #華麗なる公式 , #デザフェス

  Explore the world of friendly official accounts, the latest Nintendo news and Design Festa Vol. 37 in last week’s trendy hashtags.

• Fighting for their lives, local governments shell out for matchmaking services

  In Itoigawa, Niigata, the government has begun subsidizing online dating service membership in an effort to pair up more locals.

• Tweet Beat: #이노래를듣고돌 #wizard #finalburning

  K-pop, Sunday morning TV, and pre wrestling topics are among last week’s top Twitter hashtags in Japan.

• J-blip: The secret behind Disney + Gogo no Koucha

  Collect ‘em all, kids, and get flipbook-style animation of Mickey and friends.

• J-blip: Taro Aso ‘gang style’ t-shirts

  Taro Aso — the man’s got style. Some call it “gang style.”

• Pulsations (04.30.13)

  Feeling lost? Not sure which way to go online? Click this way.

• Google Street Views goes inside a Fukushima school

  Straying off the usual Street View path, Google does inside a school in Fukushima’s no-go zone.

• J-blip: Shitamachi gets flash-mobbed

  It was an ordinary day in an Asakusa shopping arcade until more than 200 people spontaneously started dancing.