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Japan’s Web Nees Week 49

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. Yahoo! Japan Starts Nanapi-like Tips-Sharing Service Chie-Note Baidu buys Shimeji (Android Japanese input method). The price is several hundred million yen. – A developer Adamrocker will move back from U.S., join… Continue reading Japan’s Web Nees Week 49

Bank Of Japan Starts Twitter, Can It Stop Too-High Yen By Tweets?

Bank of Japan, Japan’s central bank, announced [J] its immediate start of Twitter on December 16. Two Twitter account in Japanese and in English started tweeting. These accounts provide updates on new releases on the Bank’s web site. In addition, the Bank may, when necessary, as in cases of emergency, communicate its messages through these… Continue reading Bank Of Japan Starts Twitter, Can It Stop Too-High Yen By Tweets?

Google Chrome Promotion With Hatsune Miku

Like US Google featuring Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber, Google Japan chose the most popular singer on Japanese web, virtual singing tool Hatsune Miku, a 61 seconds video which praises all involved creators. The playing count does not move up from 309, which might be from Japanese word-play 3(=Mi) 9(=ku). You may check the stats… Continue reading Google Chrome Promotion With Hatsune Miku

Asiajin Spanish, Japanese And 4 Year Anniversary

We are celebrating 4 year anniversary today! We launched Asiajin officially on December 12, 2007, 4 years ago. Here I announce two new Asiajin blogs, Spanish version and Japanese version. The new Spanish version, Asiajin en Español is supported by Tokyo-based ShakingAsia, whose business is bringing oversea services into Japan and Asia. If you are… Continue reading Asiajin Spanish, Japanese And 4 Year Anniversary

Microsoft Japan’s Cloud Girl Sends You A New Year’s Card

Microsoft Developer Network(MSDN) runs a campaign for Japanese developers by featuring its cloud-technology poster girl Claudia. If you are living in Japan, you will be able to receive a Nengajou, new year’s greeting postcard from Claudia and a special guest Hikaru Aizawa, who is another anime campaign girl from Microsoft Taiwan [Zn]. (It is not… Continue reading Microsoft Japan’s Cloud Girl Sends You A New Year’s Card

Japan’s Web News Week 49

This week’s Japanese Web/IT related news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Lawsuits news continues around web services. It is not so common to take a legal action in Japan if you compare with countries like U.S. KLab To Sue Crooz Over Social Game Copyright DeNA Expresses It’s Thinking To Sue Back… Continue reading Japan’s Web News Week 49

My Sweet Umadonna – Game To Date With Girls As A Racing Horse

Last month, we introduced a Japanese dating game on which you go out with several handsome pigeons. It was weird to play love-life with pigeons, but probably this one comes with more familiar theme, love with horse. The game is offered by Japan Racing Association (JRA, or “Nippon Chuo Keiba Kai”), a public company operates… Continue reading My Sweet Umadonna – Game To Date With Girls As A Racing Horse

35 Series Of Power Rangers Color Chart

Nikkei Entertainment, an entertainment magazine under Nikkei newspaper made an interesting chart [J] around all 35 series of popular Super-Sentai-series, also known as Power Rangers oversea, has been made for 36 years since 1975, shows which series had what colors of heroes. According to the article, colors and characters are closely related with Japanese people’s… Continue reading 35 Series Of Power Rangers Color Chart

Yupiteru’s Speed Camera Detector Lei01 Is A Virtual Girl Talks You When Driving

In Japan, carrying speed-radar detectors on your car is not illegal. People try to avoid speeding tickets by knowing where radar gun is pointing you beforehand. And when some machine is a commodity, there is always a room to ship a product with moe-flavor for people who love it. Yupiteru’s radar detector Lei01 [J, beware,… Continue reading Yupiteru’s Speed Camera Detector Lei01 Is A Virtual Girl Talks You When Driving