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.
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Akky Akimoto
Leader at Asiajin
@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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