Sumitomo Corporation announced on March 7 that their online pharmacy Soukai Drug (soukai = briskness in Japanese) is going to expand into China and Indonesia this year. Their Shanghai and Jakarta subsidiaries are already set up. Trial in Shanghai is planned to begin in late April, Jakarta service will start in late August.
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3 yo Girl’s Hatsune Miku Performance
“PoPiPo” sung and danced by Chibi(=mini) Miku. The original song on Nico Nico Douga, http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm5508956 CG (MMD) version, via Insidears [J]
[Photo] How To Land A Job At Rakuten
Gayle L McDowell’s book “The Google Resume: How to Prepare for a Career and Land a Job at Apple, Microsoft, Google, or any Top Tech Company” is translated to Japanese and sold in Japan this month. The cover image of the Japanese version book posted by a blogger Yumaendo got a huge buzz on Facebook,… Continue reading [Photo] How To Land A Job At Rakuten
[Video] Siri Japanese vs Docomo’s Shabette Concier
iPhone’s voice navigation Siri recently added Japanese support. Japan’s largest telco NTT Docomo had released Android app “Shabette Concier”(or “Konsheru” from Japanese notation, abbrev of concierge) on March 1, just before the Siri Japanese launch. Here is a video by Japanese YouTube user ysm7651 compare the two side by side. More of the watchers’ impressions… Continue reading [Video] Siri Japanese vs Docomo’s Shabette Concier
Android Contactless-RFID Controlled Rice Cooker By Panasonic
Panasonic’s new SR-SX2 Series (SR-SX102-RK black, SR-SX-102-W white, SR-SX182-RK black/large, SR-SX182-W white/large) is the Japan’s first, and I believe the world’s first, smartphone-controlled rice cooker. On top of the all high-end features such like “200 Celsius degree steam”, “Great-power dancing boil(Dai karyoku odori-daki)”, “Diamond Furnace(Daiyamondo Kamado)”, it newly supports settings-by-smartphone. Holding your FeliCa supported Android… Continue reading Android Contactless-RFID Controlled Rice Cooker By Panasonic
2-channel Founder And Affiliate Companies Gets Police Raid Around Drug-Dealers Comment Deletion
NHK [J], Asahi [J], Yomiuri [J]and others reported today that about 10 of Japan’s massive anonymous bulletin board service 2-channel-related homes and offices, including its founder Hiroyuki Nishimura’s house were searched by Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department from November 2011 to March 2012, this month. It turned out “according to a person in the investigation”. The… Continue reading 2-channel Founder And Affiliate Companies Gets Police Raid Around Drug-Dealers Comment Deletion
Japan’s Web News Week 9
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. Eye-Fi Invested By NTT Docomo [En], Docomo’s release 5,000 Yen Note Lunchbox Yahoo Japan To Assign New CEO, new CEO Manabu Miyasaka’s LinkedIn Profile, Nikkei, Masahiro Inoue CEO’s comments are funny.… Continue reading Japan’s Web News Week 9
Japan’s Youngest Female Mayor Complained Media On Facebook. The Media Fusses
Naomi Koshi, a mayor of Ohtsu, Shiga-prefecture, who recorded the youngest female mayor when she was elected this January 2012, was reported by several national papers that she “moaned” that her opinions do not reach for her people via Japanese media in Japanese and English. I am so frustrated at Japanese media. Does this happen… Continue reading Japan’s Youngest Female Mayor Complained Media On Facebook. The Media Fusses
Instagram Supports Japanese Social Networks Mixi
iPhone social camera app Instagram announced on its official Twitter account that it now supports Mixi, Japan’s largest real-side(as opposed to game-centric Gree/Mobage) social networking service. Hey Japan & Mixi users! We've added support in v2.2. Download the update to start sharing to your Mixi account now: http://t.co/FexfAJnU — Instagram (@instagram) March 1, 2012 Blog… Continue reading Instagram Supports Japanese Social Networks Mixi
Allatanys – Three Major Japanese Newspapers’ Online Challenge Silently Taken Down
Allatanys, an website where you may read headline news from three of Japan’s most published newspapers in parallel, run by Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun and Nikkei, has ceased yeasterday, February 29, 2012. The site top shows a short text with background image which makes the text hard to read. The text tells, “Allatanys site has… Continue reading Allatanys – Three Major Japanese Newspapers’ Online Challenge Silently Taken Down