“Pixel Mari-tan” is a Japanese Manga comic for studying English slang used in U.S. Marines, which are never taught at school. (-tan is a colloquial form of -san) “The magical kingdom princess, 12-year old Marine(Mar-Lee-Nay, Japanese girl’s name) transforms to marine! She, a magical democratic princess, protects democracy and fights for freedom cause. [J]” with… Continue reading English Study Comics Paid Homage To U.S. Marines
Year: 2010
Learn English On Twitter – At Least 5 Japanese Books For That
A Japanese blogger Bricklife pointed out that there are so many Japanese books on how to learn English by Twitter published. Twitter Eigojyutsu(English Technique) A Japanese and an English authors wrote up twitter conversations among fictional characters. The characters exist on Twitter so you may follow them and read. Trying to make English tweets The… Continue reading Learn English On Twitter – At Least 5 Japanese Books For That
SpinningWorks Introduces iPad App To Create Social Media Of E-book Readers
On Saturday, Tokyo-based tech start-up SpinningWorks introduced the alpha version of the iPad viewer app for clipping your favorite parts of e-books and sharing them with the others, which is called Qlippy. Qlippy is a combination of a website and the iPad app, and allows you to import EPUB-formatted content via iTunes and to share… Continue reading SpinningWorks Introduces iPad App To Create Social Media Of E-book Readers
Report: Rakuten To Link Japan And Taiwan Online Malls
Japan’s biggest business daily, The Nikkei, today reports that the country’s biggest e-commerce company, Rakuten, is planning to links its Japanese and Taiwanese online malls so that customers from these countries can order products from both Japan- and Taiwan-based merchants. According to the paper, the integration will take place by the end of this year.… Continue reading Report: Rakuten To Link Japan And Taiwan Online Malls
Softbank To Launch JV With Zynga To Spread Social Games In Japan
On Thursday, Softbank had a briefing on the first quarter financial result of FY2010, and unveiled they would invest in Zynga Game Network and launch a joint venture called Zynga Japan. Softbank and Zynga will make capital contributions on a 50-50 basis. Softbank’s CEO Masayoshi Son says, it is expected to launch a social game… Continue reading Softbank To Launch JV With Zynga To Spread Social Games In Japan
“Top 50 Apps In Asia”: Help Accelerate 2010 Identify The Best Asia-Related Mobile And Web Apps
Can you think of a great mobile or web application that’s either made in an Asian country or specifically geared towards users in this region? Or have you developed such an application yourself? Then you should nominate and/or vote for your favorite app in the “Top 50 Apps In Asia” program that e27, a startup… Continue reading “Top 50 Apps In Asia”: Help Accelerate 2010 Identify The Best Asia-Related Mobile And Web Apps
Mobile Janken(Rock-Paper-Scissors) Site Charged By Illegal Gambling
According to Kyodo News, Tokyo metropolitan police department security division arrested three members of the company which ran online mobile gambling sites. It is the first time arrest ever over mobile gambling website across the nation. One of their site, Kensyou Jankenpon (“rock-paper-scissors rewards”. the site already suspended), operated by Seeds Style Co., Ltd. [J]… Continue reading Mobile Janken(Rock-Paper-Scissors) Site Charged By Illegal Gambling
NHN Japan Shakes Hands With 70 Game Developers To Enter The Social Game App Business
The Japanese subsidiary of a Korean online game service operator, NHN Japan[J] announced at the briefing event held on Monday that they would enter the arena of social game business. The company’s game new platform enables to change the progress of games according to where/when you’re playing, how the weather around you is, and expects… Continue reading NHN Japan Shakes Hands With 70 Game Developers To Enter The Social Game App Business
It’s Official Now. Google Announces Their Search Platform Provided To Yahoo! Japan
Google Asia Pacific and Japan vice president Daniel Alegre announced [J] on official Google Japan blog that Google’s search technology is again provided to Yahoo! Japan. According to the article, Yahoo! Japan uses Google’s search engine as a backend, is able to customize frontend in any way. Google emphasizes that Yahoo! Japan has freehand on… Continue reading It’s Official Now. Google Announces Their Search Platform Provided To Yahoo! Japan
Is Yahoo! Japan Switching To Google Search?
Wall Street Journal’s blog All Things Digital(ATD) reported that Yahoo! Japan is going to announce that they will use Google Search as its search backend, switching from their customized Yahoo! Search Technology(YST). At this point, there are no Japanese media reported this rumour, except Bloomberg Japanese [J] which just refers All Things Digital. Until more… Continue reading Is Yahoo! Japan Switching To Google Search?