June 2012 – Page 2

Yahoo! Japan’s Hosting Company First Server Suffering Massive Down – Possible Data Lost?

First Server, a subsidiary of Yahoo! Japan, has been having service troubles since around 17:30 June 20. There are several web services observed to be down, who explained on temporary error pages that their services are down because of the hosting service’s glitch. According to RBB Today [J], on the servers on 5 services, the… Continue reading Yahoo! Japan’s Hosting Company First Server Suffering Massive Down – Possible Data Lost?

NHK News Explains What Japanese Web Jargon “JS” Means

Japan’s public TV channel NHK explained at its morning news what “JS” on the online forum means. NHK introduced this “JS” [J] as a new trend word listed by International Tokyo Toy Show 2012, which means “today’s elementary school girls who are fashion-conscious”, where “JS” comes from “Joshi Shogakusei”(elementary school girls). Actually the word “JS”… Continue reading NHK News Explains What Japanese Web Jargon “JS” Means

Yahoo! Japan Allies With CCC(Tsutaya), Japan’s Blockbuster

Yahoo! Japan, the nation’s largest web service, and Culture Convenience Club(CCC), who runs video rental chain store Tsutaya and the center of the reward point network T-point, announced their tight alliance today after the Tokyo stock market closed. According to the release [J], Yahoo! Japan to merge T-ID, online ID for 40 million T-point card… Continue reading Yahoo! Japan Allies With CCC(Tsutaya), Japan’s Blockbuster

LinkedIn Chairman-Rakuten CEO Talk Livestreamed Soon

LinkedIn chairman Reid Hoffman is visiting Tokyo to promote his book “The Start-up of You” Japanese version (“Staato Appu!”). Ustream announced [J] that they are to broadcast Hoffman and Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani’s talk tonight soon from 19:00 (Japan Standard Time). The talk theme is “Startup in Japan”. There are English channel and Japanese channel… Continue reading LinkedIn Chairman-Rakuten CEO Talk Livestreamed Soon

Japan’s Web News Week 24

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. Mixi CEO Interview By Nikkei British Council’s English School Ad Campain Is A Photo Caption Contest Siri Japanese CM Trouble – No One Can Reproduce The Same Phrase “Play Sakanaction’s Songs”… Continue reading Japan’s Web News Week 24

Twitter-buzzed Cat iPhone Jack Accessory Gets A Naughty Parody

Last month, we reported the useless cat accessory for iPhone being commoditized backed by Japanese Twitter users buzzing. The product seems to be at the final stage of development. http://twitpic.com/9oonki By seeing the buzz, @kizuki_jpn crafted an inspired accessory which has a jack for the jack of iPhone. http://twitpic.com/9vlswt I do not know this parody… Continue reading Twitter-buzzed Cat iPhone Jack Accessory Gets A Naughty Parody

Otaku Social Matching Service “Otakuma” Reincarnated As “Ultema”

C. S. T. Entertainment [J] has announced that they will be closing their specialized Otaku (nerd) social matching service Otakuma [J] as of May 26th. “Otakuma” is C.S.T. Entertainment’s first shot at developing a social matching service which began in 2009. At first it bathed in the limelight as a matching service specialized for otaku… Continue reading Otaku Social Matching Service “Otakuma” Reincarnated As “Ultema”

Japan’s First Social Media Focused Contest is Ready to Kick Off

The Team of the University of Tokyo Who Won the Grand Prize in MCJ 2011 You might wonder if there’s any competition about social media and apparently there’s one in Japan. After successfully holding the 2011 Marketing Competition Japan (MCJ) which was participated by 24 teams from 12 different universities, the MCJ committee is gearing up for… Continue reading Japan’s First Social Media Focused Contest is Ready to Kick Off