Japan Portal
Welcome to the Japan Portal where you will experience what its like to live and work in Japan. I work in an area that involves the anime, figure, entertainment and internet industry so you will see what I see every day.
The 12 items below are some of the most popular articles categorized under Japan.
Danny's News (options)
Sushi Cake
Do you like your cake? Do you like your sushi? Well how about a sushi cake? These yummy ...(more)
Thu 12/04 10:27 comments (33)
Japanese Maps
Some maps in Japan are easy to read - and som...(more)
Mon 12/01 11:00 comments (106)
Widescreen Display Usage in ...
What Japan Thinks covers a survey of wide scr...(more)
Sat 11/29 11:33 comments (131)
Worm Man
Are you in the middle of eating? If so then this news item may be of interest. A man was ...(more)
Tue 11/25 14:38 comments (156)
20081113 Giveaway - Round Th...
Well done to everybody - especially to Fat B and lightningsabre because they were the only...(more)
Mon 11/24 15:00 comments (90)
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Articles (options)
LUMIX LX3 (100)
Wed 12/03 15:35
Review of the Panasonic Lumix LX3 high end compact camera and a few sample photos t... (more)
Poll : How often do you take photos in general?
8%  Every day
29%  Few times a week
28%  Few times a month
9%  Every few months
7%  Few times a year
18%  Hardly ever
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Japanese Homework (125)
Wed 12/03 15:34
One of the most interesting things about Japanese culture is the studying-in-a-restaurant-thing. Whenever I go to McDonalds, Dennys, Mos Burger, StarBucks (where ... (more)
Poll : How many hours of homework do/did you get per week?
18%  1
4%  2
5%  3
6%  4
7%  5
3%  6
57%  7+
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Mac Fan (193)
Sat 11/29 21:28
The next biggest media coverage achievement after appearing on CNN is a four page feature article on dannychoo.com and Mirai Inc in this months edition of Mac Fan - Jap... (more)
Poll : Do you pickup PC/Mac magazines?
23%  Yes
77%  No
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Meishi (151)
Fri 11/28 11:15
"Meishi" [名刺] is the Japanese word for a name/business card and is a fundamental it... (more)
Poll : Do you have name cards?
30%  Yes
70%  No
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YouTube Live Tokyo (110)
Tue 11/25 13:25
Was invited by comrades at Google to YouTube Live Tokyo - the reason why I could not stay in Singapore for AFA. The most awesome thing about Live Tokyo was getting to m... (more)
Poll : Have you uploaded any type of videos to YouTube before?
46%  Yes
54%  No
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A Week in Tokyo 29 (123)
Mon 11/24 01:21
Bit behind in the Week in Tokyo so this week will cover a bit more than a week. First up we have yet another ramen place that just opened in our neighborhood. When a n... (more)
Poll : What would you rather have?
72%  100Mbps internet connection
28%  Free WIFI everywhere you go
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Toyosu Photo Walk (167)
Fri 11/21 20:00
Its a lovely evening so thought we would go walkies around the Lalaport area at Toyosu - a nice place for shopping, food and an evening stroll. While we're out n about... (more)
Poll : Are there haters in your life?
75%  Yes
25%  No
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Silicon Valley in Tokyo (95)
Tue 11/11 15:45
Included in the photo is Joi Ito (CEO of Creative Commons and board member of a zillion other web properties - check his LinkedIn), Andrew Huang (Vice President Hardwar... (more)
Poll : Are you interested in working in the Internet field?
64%  Yes
10%  Already do
9%  No
15%  Not sure
2%  used to
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About
Over 2 million unique users per month visit this site for the exclusive figure coverage direct from the manufacturers, photos and guides on living in Japan, Japanese subculture and the occasional stormtrooper dancing around in Tokyo. If you are interested in these topics and are also interested in joining a community of folks who also like the same stuff then this is the place for you. If you want to see the figure coverage now, you can dive into the Figure Portal and Japan coverage is in the Japan Portal. Read more about this site.

This site is run by Danny Choo - former Engineer for Japan Airlines, Website Manager for Amazon, Windows Live Product Manager for Microsoft and currently in startup mode for his own IT firm in Tokyo.

Danny/this site has made apperances on CNN, G4TV, Tokyo MX TV, Giant Robot Magazine, Ascii and a load of other Japanese newspapers/magazines. Read more about Danny.
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