Remember the Rookies? After the US and the UK, Japan has now entered the Rookies campaign. 
The children in these series are the children of actual Microsoft Japan employees!
Enjoy!
Via Rob Margel…
Japanese Rookies
Bing: The “Old New Thing” *
* (apologies to Raymond Chen)
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Curious What “Morro” Will Look Like?
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