Facebook Japanese translation not localized</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Facebook Japanese translation not localized"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Facebook,Japanese,translation,not,localized"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">26-06-2008</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Facebook Japanese translation not localized</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_VECkVUKlUDvwlOdB2680_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">California, USA (Asia Media): Facebook currently has 30,000 profile applications, 80 million active users worldwide, and an estimated worth of $15 billion. But surprisingly, for its Japan debut, Facebook is taking a highly unconventional, hands-off approach. It did not set up a Japan office or select a local representative to lead the effort. It hasn't been adapted for the vast mobile Internet market here, either. In fact, there isn't a single unique feature about Facebook Japan -- it's just a direct translation of the original English version. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-eastasia.asp?parentid=94102 " target="blank">www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-eastasia.asp?parentid=94102 </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show