GREE’s [J] American subsidiary company GREE International has opened “Come Play GREE,” a global promotion site. This site is open to the public for general users overseas. Including titles planned to be offered from this point on, they are introducing Japan-American social games made by GREE and its partners such as “Zombie Jombie,” “Dino Life,”… Continue reading GREE Opens Global Site “Come Play GREE”
Month: June 2012
KDDI’s Subsidiary Wire And Wireless To Offer Free WiFi At Starbucks, Starting From Tokyo
Wire and Wireless (wi2), a subsidiary of Japan’s second largest cellphone carrier KDDI, announced [J] its new free WiFi program at Starbucks Coffee chain-store in Japan. Free WiFi at cafe? If you have ever tried to find free WiFi in Japan, you know this is a news. The free WiFi program, “at_STARBUCKS_Wi2”, is sponsored by… Continue reading KDDI’s Subsidiary Wire And Wireless To Offer Free WiFi At Starbucks, Starting From Tokyo
Anonymous Hackers Personified As A Clumsy Girl On Japanese Web
Anonymous, a hacker group known by several internet protest attacks against the recently passed Japanese anti-copyright bill which penalized music downloaders, who are being reported to be attacking Japanese government and political parties websites, gets a little troubles on its first contact with Japanese. Until this attack began, Anonymous and its hacktivism were known as… Continue reading Anonymous Hackers Personified As A Clumsy Girl On Japanese Web
KDDI Releases Pilgrimage Application for Android
KDDI’s [J] consumer Shikoku branch has released Itsu Demo O Henro [J] (Anytime Pilgrim), an Android application which allows you to experience pilgrimage in everyday life using smartphone’s GPS function. Download is free. “Anytime Pilgrim” is a public app in which prioritizes au Smartpass, and depending on the distance walked in everyday life, you can… Continue reading KDDI Releases Pilgrimage Application for Android
Social Game “Majimon” Has Campaign With Energy Drinks
NHN Japan [J] is doing a tie-up campaign for their smartphone social RPG “Majimon” involving Suntory Beverage and Food Limited’s [J] “Vitamin Water Speed In” as well as “Energy Gear Water.” The time period is from May 29th until June 18th. In this campaign, when users input the 16 digit ID (serial number) on targeted… Continue reading Social Game “Majimon” Has Campaign With Energy Drinks
Rakuten Launches Teaser Site For Kobo e-Book Reader In Japan
Some time on the exact same day when Amazon Japan informed its customers Kindle coming to Japan market, Rakuten, the nation’s largest e-mall platform, is turned out to launch an information site of its e-book reader Kobo, which Rakuten bought November 2011. The site has a single page with Kobo Touch eReader image, which has… Continue reading Rakuten Launches Teaser Site For Kobo e-Book Reader In Japan
Amazon Japan Preannounces Kindle Coming “Soon”
Amazon Japan’s top page is showing a new text banner that says its e-book reader Kindle will be sold in Japan soon, today on June 26. The time it was displayed seemed around 15:15, 30 minutes ago, by Twitter tweets. Amazon periodically expressed their putting Kindle to Japan market. There have been also several leaked… Continue reading Amazon Japan Preannounces Kindle Coming “Soon”
Japan’s Web News Week 25
This week’s Japanese Web/IT related news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Naver LINE Launches Brand Accounts With Coca-Cola, Lawson, Zensho And Nippon TV 70 Japanese Companies Form iOS Consocium To Encourage Apple Products On Business, The Verge [En] NTT Docomo backs Silicon… Continue reading Japan’s Web News Week 25
Android Market Allowing Ponta Points Opens This Summer
Nihon Enterprise, [J] in partnership with Royality Marketing, who run the community point program Ponta, [J] has announced that from this summer they will launch the Android contents service “Ponta App Market” which can make transactions using Ponta points. “Ponta App Market” is a marketplace for Android where you can leisurely purchase contents using saved… Continue reading Android Market Allowing Ponta Points Opens This Summer
Dentsu’s Android Lottery App For Internship Seat
Dentsu, Japan’s largest advertising agency released a new Android app for wannabe students, Lucky Senkou(=selection). The app has only a single feature, to let students draw a lottery for the platinum slots of the 2012 internship program at Dentsu. You just need to click the button and wait Dentsu’s contact. The app description begins with… Continue reading Dentsu’s Android Lottery App For Internship Seat