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
Month: April 2010
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
Two Twitter-related Services Introduced Last Week
User Local[J], a tech start-up who is well-known for having developed a web-based access statistics tool using heat map visualization, released “Machi-Tsui[J]” (Machi stands for a city or a town. Tsui is a Japanese abbreviation for Twitter) on Friday, which allows you to find which part of Japan or which part of a prefecture your… Continue reading Two Twitter-related Services Introduced Last Week
Video Artists To Hold Japan’s First Festival Of Movie Clips Filmed With iPhone
Now we can easily capture every frame of every scene at any time at any place with the iPhone. A variety of the iPhone apps allow us to complete high-quality video clips including adding music and sound effects. Japan’s six video artists will have an event called “iPhone 3min Movie Festival[J]” this Saturday afternoon at… Continue reading Video Artists To Hold Japan’s First Festival Of Movie Clips Filmed With iPhone
March 2010 Japan-IT Links
March news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Napster Japan To End Its Service At The End Of May Softbank Telecom Sells 1,200 iPhone 3GS To Uniqlo Korean BBS gathers 100,000 users for attacking 2 channel to protest Olympic figure skate critics on… Continue reading March 2010 Japan-IT Links
Less Talk, More Music. Automatic Aircheck Radio Sanyo Xacti Sound Recorder
Sanyo’s new portable FM/AM radio recorder ICR-XRS120MF [J] lets you record music. By detecting different frequency between DJ talk and songs, you may just collect music from radio wave into few giga-bytes SD card. The weight of the radio is 66g, which is the world lightest as an IC recorder with AM/FM tuner. Unfortunately, DJ… Continue reading Less Talk, More Music. Automatic Aircheck Radio Sanyo Xacti Sound Recorder
Two Big Japanese Affiliate Service Providers To Merge To Japan No.1
Two Japanese web affiliate service provider(ASP) LinkShare Japan and Traffic Gate announced [J] to unite on May 1st, 2010. They will be the largest ASP in Japan. Behind LinkShare Japan, there is a parent company MITSUI & CO.,LTD., aka Mitsui Bussan, zaibatsu-type sogo shosha (general trading companies) who jointly established LinkShare Japan with US LinkShare.… Continue reading Two Big Japanese Affiliate Service Providers To Merge To Japan No.1
Virtual Dating Game Love Plus Is Introduced For iPhone
Konami Digital Entertainment released virtual dating simulation game Love Plus[J] for the iPhone/iPod touch on Monday. There is a series of three apps corresponding to three heroines starring in the game, which are Love Plus iM (Aika Takamine), Love Plus iR (Rinko Kobayakawa) and Love Plus iN (Nene Anegasaki). Left: An composite picture demo using… Continue reading Virtual Dating Game Love Plus Is Introduced For iPhone
Utweet Makes Stylish Movie With Your Tweets
A Japan based apparel chain store Uniqlo opened a new Flash site which let you create a Flash movie featuring your tweets and Twitter icons. You can set your Twitter account name or any keyword. When running with a Twitter ID, you will also get the red and white modified icon. Uniqlo is known by… Continue reading Utweet Makes Stylish Movie With Your Tweets