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ESPer2009: Exploratory IT Engineers And Developers Wrap-up This Year’s Japanese Tech Scene

Since 2000, IPA, a Japanese governmental arm in charge of promoting IT industry, has been running an annual contest to find young computer engineers who have developed services and technologies that we’ve never experienced, which is titled the Exploratory IT human resources project a.k.a. MITOH. There was an year-end alumni meet-up where the entrepreneurs who… Continue reading ESPer2009: Exploratory IT Engineers And Developers Wrap-up This Year’s Japanese Tech Scene

Who’s Free And Tonchidot To Hold Fundraising Party At SXSW To Help Relief Efforts

A cross-post to Asiajin and Startup Dating. SXSW is currently taking place in Austin, Texas.   Asiajin contributors Serkan Toto and Paul Papadimitriou are there for moderating panels on Japanese web services and social media.  A team of the moderators, the presenters and the panels are now joining forces to help the disaster relief efforts… Continue reading Who’s Free And Tonchidot To Hold Fundraising Party At SXSW To Help Relief Efforts

Sankei & Asahi: Both Newspapers Move On To Survive

Last week we got a couple of remarkable news about what happened to the industry that usually bring us news stories about the world on the move. The Sankei Shimbun[J], Japan’s 7th largest newspaper in the number of its circulation, set up a new page specifically focusing on Internet services and web industry trends as… Continue reading Sankei & Asahi: Both Newspapers Move On To Survive

Next-Generation Web Technologies And New Marketing Solutions Meet

On Thursday and Friday at a venue near Tokyo Station[J], IT news publisher and event organizer IDG Japan and Cymen, a Tokyo-based venture in search engine optimization(SEO) and web marketing for enterprise business, jointly held a conference combining three events on Internet cutting-edge technologies and its enabling web marketing solutions. Next Ad & Marketing 2009… Continue reading Next-Generation Web Technologies And New Marketing Solutions Meet

CNET Japan Holds Its Annual Tech Innovation Awards Contest

On Friday, CNET Networks Japan[J] held this year’s award ceremony of its annual innovation contest called TechVenture 2009[J] in Omotesando, in association with Tokyo-based seven tech-oriented venture capital firms. Totally 15 companies and services are nominated for the prize awards.   Let’s have a look at each of them and what they provide. Atlantis[J] (Service: AdLantis[J]) Atlantis… Continue reading CNET Japan Holds Its Annual Tech Innovation Awards Contest

Cyber-Maid Augmented Reality

Geisha Tokyo Entertainment Inc. announced a new entertainment software title using augmented reality technology named “Dennoh Figure ARis“(Cyber Figure Alice) which will be on sale this autumn (2008). The package will come with two cyber-cubes and two cyber-sticks. You set up your webcam, and by putting the cyber-cube on your desk, a cyber-maid is displayed… Continue reading Cyber-Maid Augmented Reality