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Gundam Cafe To Be Opened In Akihabara

Japanese character merchandising company Bandai announced it would open Gundam Cafe[J] in Akihabara next weekend, in commemoration with the animation series’ 30th anniversary. The cafe is located just a minute away from JR Akihabara station and under elevated railroads. The cafe serves Jaburo Coffee which is connected to a story of the series about a… Continue reading Gundam Cafe To Be Opened In Akihabara

DPJ To Submit The Bill Removing The Ban Of Internet Election Campaign

Japan’s ruling Democratic Party of Japan(DPJ) decided to submit the bill removing the ban of election campaign using the Internet, which is intend to be applied for the upper house election this coming summer. After the public office election law changes, candidates will be allowed to update their websites and to post blogs and tweets… Continue reading DPJ To Submit The Bill Removing The Ban Of Internet Election Campaign

2010 Shanghai Expo Theme Song Sounds… Japanese Pop

Some Japanese online media on China news reported that the opening theme of Expo 2010 Shanghai China, which is coming next month, is very similar with a Japanese pop song released last century. A Japanese singer/songwriter Maya Okamoto’s “Sonomama no Kimi de ite”(そのままの君でいて) in 1997. Shanghai Expo Theme Song “Waiting you in 2010″(2010等你来) sung by… Continue reading 2010 Shanghai Expo Theme Song Sounds… Japanese Pop

Hewlett-Packard Japan’s “Maid in Tokyo” Campaign

The world’s No.1 PC vendor Hewlett-Packard(HP)’s Japan branch is running a new campaign “Maid in Tokyo” [J], featuring two girls from Japanese idol unit Aidoringu(made up from “Idle”+”-ing”) in maid costume, to appeal that the HP’s PC are “made in Tokyo”. According to the HP site [J], since 1999 they have been producing PC in… Continue reading Hewlett-Packard Japan’s “Maid in Tokyo” Campaign

KLab Releases Amazon Kindle Compatible Emulator In Open Source

Japanese mobile system/application developer KLab Inc. [J] announced that they had developed a clone of Kindle Developer’s Kit (KDK) and Kindle Emulator. The official KDK has been available for limited beta developers since February. Klab release said that they could not wait approval so that they built the emulator from Amazon’s specification documents. Currently, not… Continue reading KLab Releases Amazon Kindle Compatible Emulator In Open Source

Google Abolishes Japan Local President. Koichiro Tsujino Resigns This Month

Nikkei reported [J, subscription required, not permitted] that Google Japan President Koichiro Tsujino resigns at the end of this month, April 2010. Also, Google is reported to erase out the local president position from Japan branch. Google basically does not appoint a local president in other countries and Google Japan’s one was an exception. Their… Continue reading Google Abolishes Japan Local President. Koichiro Tsujino Resigns This Month

NHN Japan Buys Livedoor By $67 Million

Both NHN Japan and Livedoor confirmed NHN Japan’s purchase Livedoor from Livedoor Holdings. NHN Japan and Livedoor’s press conference starts 6:05 p.m. Japan Standard Time, broadcast also on Ustream. Video streaming by Ustream NHN Japan president Akira Morikawa(on your left) and Livedoor president Takeshi Idezawa. Morikawa explained that NHN Japan group runs Hangame and Naver… Continue reading NHN Japan Buys Livedoor By $67 Million

Pankaku Increases Capital By Allocating New Shares To Cyber Agent

Pankaku[J], a tech start-up whose iPhone game app LightBike has recorded the 1st rank in the number of paid app downloading at the U.S. AppStore, announced it had increased capital by approx. USD536,000 through the allocation of new shares to a third party accepted by Cyber Agent last month, which means Cyber Agent has taken… Continue reading Pankaku Increases Capital By Allocating New Shares To Cyber Agent