• Conversations with People and Topics of Focus

  The Publishing Platform Business Rolled Out by Six Apart, Ltd.

  

  This is a new interview and dialogue series hosted by Arc Communications President & CEO Mariko Ohsato, which began with the last funNOTE issued in the summer of 2011. In the second of this series, Ohsato, joined by Arc Communications’ Yoshiro Sato, speaks with Nobuhiro (Nob) Seki, President & CEO of Six Apart, Ltd, developer of the Movable Type (MT) CMS which has become sort of a de facto standard in the industry. He had many interesting things to share with us, including the background to the establishment of the original Japanese subsidiary (Six Apart K.K.) and the development of the Six Apart business going forward.

  

• Conversations with People and Topics of Focus

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  • The Publishing Platform Business Rolled Out by Six Apart, Ltd. (Winter Greeting 2011)
  • The Internal Communication Strategies of Multinational Japanese Companies (Summer Greeting 2011)
  • Foreign-language Website Production/Website Translation (Spring Greeting 2011)
  • Global/Multilingual Website Solutions (Winter Greeting 2010)
  • Market Development through Global Websites (Summer Greeting 2010)

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  Tidbits on the Chinese Language
  No.4: The Difference between Japanese and Chinese Characters

  Kanji ideograms are used in both written Japanese and Chinese, but this does not necessarily mean that the kanji used in Japan can be applied to the Chinese language. How much, then, can actually be understood by someone who knows only Chinese? In this issue, we take a look at the relationship between the kanji used in Japan and China.

  

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  • Tidbits on the Chinese Language - No.4: The Difference between Japanese and Chinese Characters (Winter Greeting 2011)
  • Tidbits on the Chinese Language - No.3: The Difference between Written and Spoken Chinese (Summer Greeting 2011)
  • Tidbits on the Chinese Language - No.2: Two Styles of Chinese Characters (Spring Greeting 2011)
  • Tidbits on the Chinese Language - No.1: The Diversity of the Chinese Language (Winter Greeting 2010)

• News

  

  The latest news on Arc Communications

  1. Arc Communications’ Website Now Available in More Languages than Ever Before!
  2. Arc Communications Ski Team Established
  3. Translator of the Year Announced!
  

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  • Winter News 2011
  • Summer News 2011
  • Spring News 2011
  • Winter News 2010

• Get to Know Our Staff

  

  Draw it in 2 minutes!

  According to the Chinese zodiac, 2012 is the Year of the Dragon, so we chose this mythical creature as the theme to draw in this issue. As you will see, the imaginary creature became even more unique in the hands of our staff! This time, we also had cross-country skier Yuichi Onda participate, so be sure to check his drawing out, too!

  

• Get to Know Our Staff

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  • Draw it in 2 minutes! (Winter Greeting 2011)
  • Fun with Japanese calligraphy! – Four-character phrases – (Summer Greeting 2011)
  • Draw It after 45 Seconds – Let's All Do Some Doodling – (Spring Greeting 2011)
  • The Country I want to Visit Next (Winter Greeting 2010)
  • Wishing Upon a Star! – The wishes we made for the Tanabata Star Festival. – (Summer Greeting 2010)

• Message from Mariko Ohsato

  

  Top 10 News Items for 2011 – Official and Unofficial Versions

  A year-end message from Mariko Ohsato, President, Arc Communications

  

• Message from Mariko Ohsato

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  • Top 10 News Items for 2011 – Official and Unofficial Versions (Winter Greeting 2011)
  • Communicate Locally, Market Globally (Summer Greeting 2011)
  • What Kind of A Country Is Kazakhstan? (Spring Greeting 2011)
  • Message from the President (Winter Greeting 2010)

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