On Social Site “IRORIO,” Avatars Advance By Posting Comments On News

Second News Inc. has opened the news site IRORIO, [J] where news readers can develop their own avatar by posting their opinions. IRORIO is a news site which delivers tri-monthly news from in and out of Japan, of many genres, including politics, economy, society, entertainment, technology, lifestyle, etc.  Readers can enjoy a “training game” where… Continue reading On Social Site “IRORIO,” Avatars Advance By Posting Comments On News

A Guy Sells Salt As Amphetamine Online, Earned $178,000

The Hyogo police arrested a Nagano guy in September under a charge of running 60 of internet bulletin boards for users to buy and sell illegal drugs online. [/caption] “No Drug” campaign in Japanese online game BelleIsle in 2006 This guy was expected to sell drugs by himself, but he talks that what he sold… Continue reading A Guy Sells Salt As Amphetamine Online, Earned $178,000

So-net M3 – a community site for doctors

So-net M3 (TSE:2413) is a very profitable and unique company which is providing a community site ‘m3.com’ exclusively for medical doctors. Doctors are restricted by confidentiality, so they cannot use typical community sites to share information about their professional life or skills. M3 provides them with a bulletin board service. M3 has 390,000 registered medical… Continue reading So-net M3 – a community site for doctors

Hatsugen komachi – an anonymous online forum for women

In Japan, 2channel (2ch) is the biggest anonymous online forum, and they are very notorious for its unregulated contents. Hatsugen komachi (Komachi) is another huge anonymous online forum with 100 million page views per month. Komachi is operated by the world’s largest newspaper company Yomiuri-shimbun. Unlike 2ch, it’s moderated by operators. Still words are not… Continue reading Hatsugen komachi – an anonymous online forum for women

Report: Mobile Monday event – Google Japan’s take on the mobile web and mobile community Mikle

This month’s Mobile Monday Tokyo event was held at Google Japan‘s HQ in Shibuya (entrance fee: 2000 Yen/19 USD/12 Euro). As always, the venue was totally packed. The event is organized by Mobikyo. It was not allowed to take pictures. Two presentations were given, followed by a networking session. Solving big problems on small devices… Continue reading Report: Mobile Monday event – Google Japan’s take on the mobile web and mobile community Mikle