Month: December 2010

9 Out Of 10 Japanese Mobile Users Disinclined For Using Real Name

According to the research [J] by Tokyo-based MMD Laboratory, 89.1% of mobile web users are reluctant to disclose their real name on the web. 88.2% does not like to upload their portrait, 90.8% for contact, 84.9% for company name, 69.8% for location information (by GPS). They also asked if the user uses real name on… Continue reading 9 Out Of 10 Japanese Mobile Users Disinclined For Using Real Name

Google Zeitgeist 2010 Japanese Ranking

Following to Yahoo! Japan 2010 ranking, Google’s Zeitgeist 2010 has been disclosed on all of their languages including Japanese. Although Yahoo! Japan Search switched its backend to Google’s one, people searching on Yahoo! japan and people searching on Google will keep using the same frontend, and will show the similar trends in 2011. The most… Continue reading Google Zeitgeist 2010 Japanese Ranking

Chirpstory: Japan’s Best-known Service For Curating Tweets Goes International

Togetter[J], a web service for curating tweets by hashtags or containing keywords, has introduced its English version called Chirpstory on Thursday.   As well as Togetter (Japanese version), Chirpstory allows you to make a “story” curating all tweets about a specific topic only by drag and drop of several tweets for defining the topic.   It’s Twitter… Continue reading Chirpstory: Japan’s Best-known Service For Curating Tweets Goes International

Rakuten Enters Indonesia With “Rakuten BELANJA ONLINE”

Rakuten just doesn’t stop internationalizing. In May, we reported about the joint venture the Japanese e-commerce giant (market cap at the Tokyo Stock Exchange: $10 billion) entered with Indonesia’s biggest media company, Global Mediacom. And today, Rakuten announced the result of the deal, an online mall, which will be opened next year and give Indonesian… Continue reading Rakuten Enters Indonesia With “Rakuten BELANJA ONLINE”

Breaking: Japan FTC Conducts Investigation On DeNA(Mobage-Town)

Kyodo reports [J] (11:08) that DeNA, who runs one of Japan’s largest mobile social networking Mobage-Town, is subjected to an on-site investigation by Japan Fair Trade Commission(JFTC). DeNA was rumored to ask their third-party game application providers not to provide games for Gree. [Update] Nikkei follows [J] (11:13) with more detail. It says that the… Continue reading Breaking: Japan FTC Conducts Investigation On DeNA(Mobage-Town)

Ask Asiajin Authors

We have just switched to Disqus comment system from another comments service. So this post also serves as new comment system test. All registered users and Disqus users can write comments. Tentatively, now guest users can post comments, too. Please help our test by leaving any general questions, requests, suggestions, applauds, complaints, whining, etc. for… Continue reading Ask Asiajin Authors

Japanese Love Song In The Motif Of MS Excel, And Anti-Virus

“My Excel Story – watashi no kokoro no naka no kansuu(functions in my mind)” “Functions in my mind filters memories with you.” “I can find tiny memories even between 1 and 0, you taught me to take away ROUNDDOWN” “You can count by AVERAGE. ISTEXT, feel words.” c/w “Ai no Uirusu Taisaku”(Love Anti-Virus) Released November… Continue reading Japanese Love Song In The Motif Of MS Excel, And Anti-Virus

myGengo Opens $45,000 API Lab To Support Third Party Developers

Having raised $585,000 in angel investments this summer, Tokyo-based human translation start-up myGengo has set aside $45,000 to support third-party developers with their new API Lab. The API Lab is a place for developers to experiment with the myGengo API, build plug-ins for third-party platforms, and win cash prizes. While myGengo has offered crowd-sourced translation through their homepage – the… Continue reading myGengo Opens $45,000 API Lab To Support Third Party Developers

Mashup Awards 6: Doting Father Develops Social Web For Recording His Daughter’s Growth

The award-presenting ceremony of the Mashup Awards 6[J], an annual web service development contest organized by a bunch of Japanese web companies, took place in Tokyo yesterday, where the venue was packed with hundreds of presenters and an audience.   This contest literally aims at letting participants compete their skills in developing a web service… Continue reading Mashup Awards 6: Doting Father Develops Social Web For Recording His Daughter’s Growth