Dentsu Becomes Official Sales & Marketing Representative for Facebook Japan

Dentsu and Facebook Japan have announced today a major deal to appoint Dentsu as the official sales and marketing support representative in Japan. As outlined in their press release, Dentsu will offer services to include effective fan page creation and maintenance, exclusive access to Facebook Premium Advertising, and offer strategies that will integrate Facebook ads into Dentu’s… Continue reading Dentsu Becomes Official Sales & Marketing Representative for Facebook Japan

Silent Camera – Reducing iPhone4 Shutter Noise Even In Japan

see more Sports Pictures Silent Camera for iPhone is a domain specific application for Japanese iPhone users, who own the specially customized Softbank iPhone, on which you can not turn off camera shutter sound, which is added for Japan market, where all cellphone cameras are so to avoid camera voyeurism. With the app, you can… Continue reading Silent Camera – Reducing iPhone4 Shutter Noise Even In Japan

Japan’s Online Music Market Shrank For First Time Ever Last Year

Bad news for the Japanese music industry: the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) yesterday released [information in English] the sales figures of digital delivery in 2010 and said that the market for online music shrank for the first time last year. Online music sales contracted by 5% year-on-year to 85.99 billion yen/$1.05 billion from… Continue reading Japan’s Online Music Market Shrank For First Time Ever Last Year

Cheating With Japanese Yahoo! Answers Happens At Kyoto Univ Entrance Exam

Today, 26th February in afternoon, one question around Japanese translation to English on Yahoo! Chiebukuro [J], one of Japan’s most popular Q and A service run by Yahoo! Japan, was mentioned on giant bulletin board 2-channel [J] by an anonymous Japanese web users. The following comments (all anonymous) pointed out that the question is identical… Continue reading Cheating With Japanese Yahoo! Answers Happens At Kyoto Univ Entrance Exam

Uncer: Japan Now Has Kind Of A Quora Clone

One of Silicon Valley’s hottest startups, Q&A site Quora (of which I am a big fan), now has a Japanese clone of sorts. Dubbed Uncer (short for “uncertain”), the site is probably Quora’s first clone in Asia (as Zhihu, the inevitable Chinese counterpart, still is in closed beta). Uncer is apparently run by just two… Continue reading Uncer: Japan Now Has Kind Of A Quora Clone

Japanese Virtual Diva Hatsune Miku Themed Tram Appears In Sapporo

Sapporo City Tram in Hokkaido introduced trains with full of Hatsune Miku, a popular virtual singing instrument application Vocaloid’s character. The train body is painted with Hatsune Miku, Ads by Hatsune Miku’s vendor Crypton Future Media [J] and others, and recorded announcements are spoken by a voice actress whose voice was sampled when Hatsune Miku… Continue reading Japanese Virtual Diva Hatsune Miku Themed Tram Appears In Sapporo

Mezamashi Kanojo – iPhone/Android Morning Alarm Motivates You By Girls Photo

Mezamashi Kanojo [J] (Morning Alarm Clock Girlfriend) by Biglobe is a smartphone(iPhone/iPad/Android) alarm clock application featuring Japanese girls. The app has a simple alarm clock functionality. When it rings, a random photo of a girl hiding her face is shown. Until you tap, the girl’s photo will be shrinking. If you wake up fast, you… Continue reading Mezamashi Kanojo – iPhone/Android Morning Alarm Motivates You By Girls Photo

Rakuten Goes To UK And/Or Germany By The End Of This Year, CEO Said

According to Mainichi [J], Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani reportedly told that they will open their e-mall business either or both of UK and Germany this year. Rakuten is planning to move into 4 new countries by the end of 2011, UK and Germany are big markets that they are interested in Europe. Indonesia will come… Continue reading Rakuten Goes To UK And/Or Germany By The End Of This Year, CEO Said