9leap: D2C And UEI Launch Program For Young Smartphone Game Creators

Do you know a student in Japan who is under 25 years of age and who can create cool smartphone games? If yes, 9leap, a new program that just launched, might be of interest to you. 9leap is the brain child of Tokyo-based D2 Communications (D2C) – a joint venture between Dentsu and NTT Docomo… Continue reading 9leap: D2C And UEI Launch Program For Young Smartphone Game Creators

Goo To End RSS Reader And Movie Sharing Service

Goo, a Japanese web portal run by NTT Resonant, a group company of NTT, announced to terminate their two sub services. Goo RSS Reader All variations of Goo’s RSS Readers, web reader [J], Windows application version and Japanese cellphone version will be discontinued [J]. PC and mobile web versions will stop on May 31, 2011.… Continue reading Goo To End RSS Reader And Movie Sharing Service

NHK’s Weather Character Haruchan(@nhk_haruchan) Starts Tweeting

Haruchan (Haru=Spring, chan=casual form of san, honorific title) is a popular personified Spring character on public broadcast TV NHK’s prime time weather news program. She was made by anthropomorphizing high pressure system in Spring weather. Here is a sample of the weather report program, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu6f4CDix7U On April 4, this virtual character girl began Twitter [J]… Continue reading NHK’s Weather Character Haruchan(@nhk_haruchan) Starts Tweeting

Nifty To Shut Off Podcasting Juice, A Podcasting Portal

Nifty [J], a Fujitsu-affiliated internet service provider/web portal, announced that they are going to close their podcast portal. Podcasting Juice [J] by Nifty is one of the popular podcasting portal began in July 2005 in Japan. The service was announced to be terminated on September 30th 2011. Nifty said that it is difficult to keep… Continue reading Nifty To Shut Off Podcasting Juice, A Podcasting Portal