2008-11
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Big shake-up at Mixi: Apps possible, no invitations anymore, kids OK
Today Mixi, Japan’s biggest social network, sent out a press release (J), announcing some of the biggest changes the site has seen in recent months. The company of the same name also held a …
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Google agrees to pay royalties for Japanese music played in YouTube clips
Google today came to an agreement with the JASRAC (Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers), Japan’s largest music copyright administration body to pay royalties for music …
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Suginami Ward Proposes Removing Google Street View Images
A ward in the residential area of the Tokyo Metropolitan Special District, Suginami Ward Authority started introduce on the ward’s newsletter and the website how to request the deletion of …
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Branding social networks the Japanese way: Put 'em on juice bottles and noodle cups
After having drawn 15 million members to the site (or approximately 1 in 6 Internet users in Japan), Nippon’s biggest social network Mixi now thinks the time has come for some offline …
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Paperboy & co. goes public
18th November 2008, Japanese web hosting company Paperboy (J) (JASDAQ:3633) announced that the company will be listed to JASDAQ stock market on December 19th. Paperboy runs services like Lolipop (J), …
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Livedoor Starts Video Search Service
Livedoor started a video search service[J] on its portal, in association with Tokyo-based tech-venture Accessport Inc. Livedoor adopted Accessport’s video search engine called …
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EmoHeart: Japanese universities develop solution to visualize "human" emotions in virtual worlds
One major problem that leads to a low level of identification with avatars in virtual worlds is the lack of visualization of emotions carried in typed messages (through which users usually …
