If you ever lived in Japan, you know that Japanese address system is uneasy for people who get used to the western system on which all streets have a name and name+number identify the single location. In Japan, addresses are rather area name. Two Giants Yahoo! Japan and Google have been working well with this… Continue reading The First Practical Kyoto Address Search Yahoo/Google Do Not Offer
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Ultimate Localization: Twitter Gets Japanese Nickname And Theme Song
Japanese pop singer and song-writer Kohmi Hirose[J] (@kohmi), who has released a number of popular songs in ’90s and been singing winter dating stuffs for young couples, is also one of the celebrity twitterers. Kohmi exchanged many tweets with Kazuyo Katsuma[J] (@kazuyo_k), a friend of her, economist and the best-selling business book author in Japan,… Continue reading Ultimate Localization: Twitter Gets Japanese Nickname And Theme Song
E-Optician: Try It Before Making Any Purchase
When we purchase something to wear on the Internet, what the most unsatisfied thing is that we cannot try it on before making an order. Japanese major clothing e-retailers usually accept returning item even after the item has been tried on. This helps to minimize the disadvantage of e-commerce services, and to make up a… Continue reading E-Optician: Try It Before Making Any Purchase
Can “Moe” Catgirl Make Our Lives So Cheerful?
Wake up in the morning, commute, work, have a lunch, work again, come back home, take a bath and go asleep – for everyday, for ever. Aren’t you bored with monotonous daily routines? A Tokyo-based company, which states creating stimulus things as its corporate mission, will probably make it happen. Xtone[J] (pronounced as “eks-tone”), a… Continue reading Can “Moe” Catgirl Make Our Lives So Cheerful?
All Earphone Bon-Dance Party Held For Noise Abatement
According to an Aichi regional newspaper Chunichi Shimbun [J], there was an interesting new attempt on Bon-Odori, traditional summer dance festival around Japan, to avoid future noise problem bothering neighbors. 15-20 minutes in their regular festival, 50 FM radio are lent to bon dancers, who are attending locals, and they dance with music from their… Continue reading All Earphone Bon-Dance Party Held For Noise Abatement
Have Sushi At Fish Market, Then Check Pins Out
In commemoration of announcing “Favorite Places[J]” as a promotion campaign of Google Map, on Monday Google Japan[J] placed “real” red pins at several locations, which imitate mark-up symbols used on Google Map, including JR Shibuya Station and a Buddhist temple next to Tokyo’s fish market that foreign visitors never forget to drop by. The pin… Continue reading Have Sushi At Fish Market, Then Check Pins Out
Sankei & Asahi: Both Newspapers Move On To Survive
Last week we got a couple of remarkable news about what happened to the industry that usually bring us news stories about the world on the move. The Sankei Shimbun[J], Japan’s 7th largest newspaper in the number of its circulation, set up a new page specifically focusing on Internet services and web industry trends as… Continue reading Sankei & Asahi: Both Newspapers Move On To Survive
Kotaku Opens Japanese Version Of Its Game Blog
American Popular Game blog Kotaku licensed its brand and contents to a Japanese company Mediagene, after their first localized blog in Australia to open a new blog media [J] in, one of the most important countries for game industry and market, Japan. Mediagene already has been running two Japanese version of popular English blogs provided… Continue reading Kotaku Opens Japanese Version Of Its Game Blog
Local Heroes Sing A Song For Reducing Crime
“Bakuon Sentai Sumpu Ranger[J]“, or the roaring squadron Sumpu ranger, is a popular local rock band originating in Hamamatsu City which is well-known as the birthplace of Honda Motor, Suzuki Motor, Yamaha and Kawai Musical Instruments. The band composed a song to call the local people’s attention to the dangers of phishing scams, and the… Continue reading Local Heroes Sing A Song For Reducing Crime
For All Digital-Age People Suffering From Dry Eyes, This Is A Solution
Game geeks and Internet geeks usually gaze at computer screen without blinking their eyes, that may cause the high number of patients who are suffering from dry eyes. For many of them, eye drops no longer act on that. Fukui-based Masunaga Optical Manufacturing, which is now well-known because former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin wears the… Continue reading For All Digital-Age People Suffering From Dry Eyes, This Is A Solution