Japanese April Fools’ Day Is 3D! 3D! 3D!

Blame Avatar’s hit on screen. Many of Japanese big portal showed great originality on April Fools’ Day. Half a day ahead to 3D services launch in USA. The No.1 Yahoo! Japan announced their migration to 3D top page on Microsoft Silverlight technology. No.4 portal (by visitors, according to the NetRatings 2007 research [J]) Nifty No.… Continue reading Japanese April Fools’ Day Is 3D! 3D! 3D!

TV Agony Aunt Based On Popular Female Online Forum Starts

Hatsugen Komachi, another huge anonymous online forum, popular to women, run by the world largest newspaper company Yomiuri Shimbun, will become a satellite TV program “Komachi TV” in advice-column-on-television style since April 2nd. # “Komachi” is a synonym for beautiful women in Japanese, which came from 9th century poet Ono no Komachi. In the 30… Continue reading TV Agony Aunt Based On Popular Female Online Forum Starts