Japan’s Web News Week 50

This week’s Japanese Web/IT related news which we did not write as a dedicated article.

Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated.

Japanese Facebook Users By Prefectures via @tokuriki – 1/5 populartion in Tokyo. around 2% countrysides – It’s an urban social network in Japan
Luna Luna Releases Chinese/English Service For Taiwan – Its first paid service oversea (It released some free services in English already)
Hatsune Miku Official YouTube Channel Starts via MyNavi
Hulu Japan Adds Japanese And Korean Dramas – It was almost an US drama service until now.
Toshiba Releases Text-To-Speech Service With Your Own Voice via Markezine
PerfumeAR – Official Perfume Smartphone App With AR
Zozotown Running Twitter-Slot-machine Present Campaign
P2P File Shareing App Winny’s Developer Found Not Guilty
MySpace Japan Finnaly Gives Up. US MySpace Takes Care Of Japanese Users From Now On. (mail to users)
P2P File Shareing App Winny’s Developer Found Not Guilty
S B S: Docomo swaps SP Mode Mail address [En]
2011: Kizuna – Kanji of the Year [En]
Japanese Government Issues Free Science Magazine “Science Walker” For Young To Date – digital version republished its 2006 free paper magazine to enlighten young couple to enjoy science-related topics on their date.
e-Book Stand In Shinjyuku Station – Kadokawa Publishing’s e-book company Kadokawa Contents Gate had a poster booth with WiFi and QR-codes from which e-book users could purchase e-books at Japan’s most crowded train station. Ends on Dec 25.

If you want to know any specific news more, but unable to find them in other English blog/media, please let us know.

@akky is one of the first Japanese pro-bloggers [J]. He also leads Asiajin, writes a tech column on The Japan Times, consults for some foreign companies interested in Japanese web market. (please inquire to akimoto on gmail.com).

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