2009-07
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Kotaku Opens Japanese Version Of Its Game Blog
American Popular Game blog Kotaku licensed its brand and contents to a Japanese company Mediagene, after their first localized blog in Australia to open a new blog media [J] in, one of the most …
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Local Heroes Sing A Song For Reducing Crime
“Bakuon Sentai Sumpu Ranger[J]”, or the roaring squadron Sumpu ranger, is a popular local rock band originating in Hamamatsu City which is well-known as the birthplace of Honda Motor, …
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For All Digital-Age People Suffering From Dry Eyes, This Is A Solution
Game geeks and Internet geeks usually gaze at computer screen without blinking their eyes, that may cause the high number of patients who are suffering from dry eyes. For many of them, eye drops no …
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Q&A: What's the Japanese equivalent of [enter foreign web service here]?
This is a reboot of a post I wrote back in July last year, listing up the Japanese equivalents of websites that are popular in the US and Europe. For example, Japanese people don’t know Ebay but …
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Japan’s Largest Q&A Site Launches Official Chinese Edition
On Tuesday, Shibuya-based Q&A portal site OK Wave officially released its Chinese edition[C] in association with Chubun Industry[J] which publishes a Chinese-language newsletter[C] and provides a …
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Wireless Japan 2009, Mobile Innovations Are Out There
In order to cover one of this year’s remarkable mobile exhibitions in Tokyo, I’ve checked many IT news sources, but most of new products and new services introduced at the exhibition have …
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Nico Nico Jikkyo, Long Awaited Chat Over TV Programme
Nico Nico Jikkyo (Jikkyo originally means “live state” in Japanese, but in this case, abbreviated form of Jikkyo-Chukei, “play-by-play broadcasting”) is a newly introduced …
