Japan Security Dealers Association proposed banning IPO of companies who have been fundraised by individual investors except the companies’ employees and founder’s family, and that news caused a sensation in this country’s tech start-up community. The association aimed at preventing fraud over unlisted shares, but the banning would make start-ups harder to go IPO if… Continue reading Japan Sec Dealers’ Assc Postpones Banning Individual Investments On Pre-IPO Start-ups
Year: 2010
Package Delivery Only By Twitter Name Begins In Japan
Softbank Group’s Meru-Ado Takuhaibin (means “Email Address Door-to-Door Delivery”), which we reported last December, lets people send parcels only by e-mail address, i.e. without knowing the recipients’ real address, now start supporting emerging messaging endpoint, Twitter. When a sender shows their intention to send a package to another Twitter user, this service asks to the… Continue reading Package Delivery Only By Twitter Name Begins In Japan
June 2010 Japan IT Links (Part 2)
Continued from (Part 1) Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Gree Employee Got Support 90% of Smartphone Purchase Cost Tweetmeme Adds Japanese Localization [En] – awful Japanese though Fujitsu-Toshiba Cellphone Alliance Officially Acknowledged Writers and editors jointly to release an e-book without publisher and dealer. Sakura Internet To Open Stadium Sized Data… Continue reading June 2010 Japan IT Links (Part 2)
Japan’s First Banana Vending Machine Debuts In Shibuya
The Japanese local subsidiary of international leading banana distributor Dole put the country’s first banana vending machine at an underground shopping mall in Shibuya last week, which draws people’s attention. The vending machine has a fridge and maintains stored bananas at 13 degrees Celsius (=55.4 degrees Fahrenheit) which is the best temperature to keep them… Continue reading Japan’s First Banana Vending Machine Debuts In Shibuya
Tweegle – You Look Googling From Your Boss, But Using Twitter Actually
A new web service Tweegle [J] by Usagifrask Co., Ltd. [J] looks very similar with Google Search, but it is a web-based Twitter client. When first searching tweeting, you are asked to give permission by Twitter OAuth. Then, your timeline is shown in Google’s search results page format. Your followings/followers pages are like Google Image… Continue reading Tweegle – You Look Googling From Your Boss, But Using Twitter Actually
Pankaku Welcomes i-mode’s Father As New Adviser
Tokyo-based smartphone app developer Pankaku[J] announced Mr. Takeshi Natsuno became the company’s adviser today. He started his career in this industry as the vice president for Japan’s first ad-based free ISP HyperNet, then joined NTT DoCoMo and invented the country’s first cellphone web-browsing platform i-mode. He is currently serving managing director for cellphone ringtone distributor… Continue reading Pankaku Welcomes i-mode’s Father As New Adviser
GREE Opens Its Platform, Attracts 30 Game Companies From The Start
Major Japanese mobile gaming social network GREE has taken a significant step yesterday: it’s now possible [PDF] for third parties to release games on the site (the move was announced back in January). Before, GREE offered its almost 20 million users self-developed titles only, meaning the company doubled as a platform and content provider. It… Continue reading GREE Opens Its Platform, Attracts 30 Game Companies From The Start
Twitter Whale – Japanese Interpretation
The original is here by @emeruzwei @seagetch [Update] The drawing was done by another person. The link to the image is fixed, too. [Update 2010-07-20] Greasemonkey script to replace the real Fail Whale to this image for Firefox/Opera/Chrome by Smellman
Mobile Tweeting Yoga On Japanese Magazine
Somehow Twitter catches on so much in Japan. Like Japanese tweets recorded on national team soccer game on the World Cup 2010 4 days ago. Following the majority is one of the national character where social accordance is valued. Then, weird things are happening by people who are not necessary to get on the bandwagon.… Continue reading Mobile Tweeting Yoga On Japanese Magazine
Mixi Introduces New Function To Find And Connect With Colleagues
Japan’s biggest social network Mixi (which crossed the 20 million member mark in April) may have just found yet another way to expand its user base and boost engagement. Mixi yesterday introduced a new function that makes it possible to find colleagues from your company on the site and befriend them. Background: Unlike Facebook and… Continue reading Mixi Introduces New Function To Find And Connect With Colleagues