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Rakuten’s New Grocery Delivery Service Expantion Troubled In Poor Operation

Rakuten Mart, a new online grocery delivery service run by Japan’s giant e-commerce mall company Rakuten, expanded its delivery areas in Greater Tokyo on March 11, is failing to deliver the ordered foods, lots of bad reviews start circulating on the web. Rakuten’s own review service is getting harsh reviews, many tells that their ordering… Continue reading Rakuten’s New Grocery Delivery Service Expantion Troubled In Poor Operation

NASA and JAXA Runs Character Contest

GPM Anime Challenge is an anime character making contest run by NASA and JAXA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Overview Anime is a Japanese style of animation popular around the world. Anime characters have filled television shows and comics, and inspired costumes and educational activities. The Global Precipitation Measurement Mission (GPM) and our partners at the… Continue reading NASA and JAXA Runs Character Contest

Otagei – Too Much Trained Audience’ Dance In Japan

They are not artists, just regular Japanese mostly girls idol fans who buy tickets, chant and dance from auditorium to try to let their icons recognize them. Their performance is called “Otagei” (オタ芸 = Otaku + Gei, act/art). You may easily imagine that many other regular audience do not welcome their space-taking, sometimes annoying moves… Continue reading Otagei – Too Much Trained Audience’ Dance In Japan

Nikkei Reports Docomo To Copy KDDI’s Successful Android App Subscription Program “Smart-Pass”

Nikkei Business reported as a “breaking news” today [J] that Japan’s largest telco NTT Docomo is planning to start the fixed rate Android app subscription service such like #2 KDDI’s au Smart Pass earliest in June. KDDI’s Smart Pass, which charges 390 yen (US$4.00) every month for variety of Android apps set, recently passed 5… Continue reading Nikkei Reports Docomo To Copy KDDI’s Successful Android App Subscription Program “Smart-Pass”

Google Chrome Browser Blocks Several Major Japanese Sites As Potential Malware Distributors

Today, March 5, 2013, many users reports are circulating Twitter and other social media, that their Chrome browser do not let them open some Japanese websites, including major ones. The sites alleged by Google includes a national newspaper Mainichi.jp, a popular music ranking site Oricon Style, MyNavi News, one of the most popular 2-channel summary… Continue reading Google Chrome Browser Blocks Several Major Japanese Sites As Potential Malware Distributors

Currencies Personification By Japanese Foreign Exchange Company

We have been reporting how often personification received positive responses from tech/net-friendly consumers. For example, Android handsets, computer virus and popular web services had gotten anthropomorphic images by third-parties. A Twitter user @kudou39 noticed that a Japanese foreign exchange company SBI FXTrade featured 9 virtual girls for 9 major currencies they are offering trade. Here… Continue reading Currencies Personification By Japanese Foreign Exchange Company

TV Tokyo To Start A Reality Show, Can You Live Only By Amazon Products

A Japanese television station TV Tokyo announced that they would air a new show featuring online commerce site Amazon Japan, “Kaiteki! Amazon Seikatsu”(It’s nice! Amazon Life) from midnight March 4th. A model and a comedian will live in one-room-mansions next to each other, challenge to set up the houses and live only with things purchasable… Continue reading TV Tokyo To Start A Reality Show, Can You Live Only By Amazon Products

Japan’s Largest Travel Agency JTB Allies With Expedia

JTB, Japan’s largest travel agency, announced [J] that it agreed with Air Asia Expedia, Asia-Pacific arm of Expedia jointly run with Air Asia, on comprehensive alliance, expected to sell 150,000 hotels of Expedia to Japanese customers, 7,000 domestic hotels to Expedia oversea customers. Those hotels are planned to show up at earliest Autumn on JTB… Continue reading Japan’s Largest Travel Agency JTB Allies With Expedia