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On: 9:16 PM By: Rokey 0 comments

This position is responsible for launching and growing the iBook business in Japan and building an extensive offering for customers. This will involve working with the iBooks and iTunes teams in Cupertino, Japan, and other countries, and with content partners to secure content from U.S., international and local providers, and to market that con- tent on the iBooks store and through other marketing programs.

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Its strange the job listing is only in English on a Japanese site for Japanese job seekers, and the job is about getting local Japanese content, right Apple? Who knows, maybe Apple thinks a native English speaker will fill the bill for lining up Japanese publishers.

Lots of luck to whoever gets that gig. Only 3 months left until iOS 5 appears with the supposed Japan store kickoff, so get those resumes in ASAP. Oh, and good luck changing this iBook store: Since the DPJ (Democratic Party of Japan) came to power

over a year ago, Japanese users making online comments on Yahoo Japan, NicoNico Doga and elsewhere have noticed their comments are ‘filtered’ and removed when they make negative comments about DPJ politicians and especially DPJ sponsors: the pachinko industry aka the Yakuza.

Twitter user Bozu Propaganda @mk00350 reports some of his content being taken from NicoNico Doga for making negative comments about the pachinko industry which has a lot of pull with the largest ad agencies such as Dentsu and through them, the Japanese media.