FreeSample

Tokyo Republik is currently offering a free sample page for new clients. Tell us your web design requirements and we'll make you a free sample page so you can get an idea of how your new web site will look with no obligation.

JapanNews

Ozawa re-elected to third term as DPJ leader without contest

Ichiro Ozawa, leader of the largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), was re-elected Monday to a third term without a contest, and has vowed to take over the reins of government.

Japanese movies miss out on top prize at Venice Film Festival

VENICE -- Hayao Miyazaki's animated fantasy film "Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea" and two other Japanese films failed to win the Golden Lion award at the 65th Venice International Film Festival, but each of them picked up at least one prize in other competition awards.

IndustryNews

Microsoft exec rebuts hypervisor security claims

Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley has answered claims that the company's hypervisor software could be maliciously replaced on PCs without administrators knowing. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA--Senior Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley has used the vendor's TechEd conference in Sydney to rebut claims by a Polish researcher that Microsoft's hypervisor software could...

Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlight

Experts speaking at Microsoft's TechEd conference in Australia warn that JavaScript will continue to get speedier, making it the biggest rival of Silverlight technology. The biggest rival for Microsoft's next-generation Silverlight web technology will be JavaScript, not Adobe's ubiquitous Flash, according to experts speaking at Microsoft's TechEd conference in...

Past clients

MissingScene.com

In mid July, 2008, we finished the designing the site of one of Tokyo's top underground bands, Missing Scene. We worked with Geoff, the band's lead singer and driving force to implement his ideas into a web site he could be proud of. Initial feedback has been extremely positive and the band have reported a large increase in the number of hits their site is receiving.


Project Requirements

TokyoRepublik.com

In March, 2008, we finished the design of our own site. The main focus was on making attractive pages with an emphasis on usability.

As well as the usual HTML coding, this was our first opportunity to work with Adobe Dreamweaver's new Spry gadgets. Check out our blog to read more about Spry.

While we're on the topic of blogs, this was also the first chance we've had to use a customised version of WordPress to integrate the existing look and feel of the site in to a blog.


Project Requirements

KnobblyStick.com

At the beginning of January 2008, we completed the redesign of www.knobblystick.com. The company is a small walking holiday company based in the north of England offering walking holidays in the English Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales and Ireland.

The company wanted to generate more traffic to their website so we decided to completely overhaul the design and structure of the site by making it more aesthetically pleasing, more user-friendly and also make it future proof so as the business grows, the website can grow with it.

Knobbly Stick also wanted to show off the beauty of the areas they visit, so we placed lots of optimised images on the site so that even users who are not using broadband can see what to expect on a Knobbly Stick holiday.


Project Requirements