A half month after the ‘osechi'(traditional Japanese New Year food) trouble, Groupon founder and CEO Andrew Mason appeared on video on the Groupon Japan official blog to offer his apologies to Japanese Groupon users. “We learn from this mistake, and don’t repeat the same mistake twice.” I think most Japanese customers will be satisfied with… Continue reading Groupon CEO Andrew Mason Apologizes To Japanese Customers For Osechi Trouble
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Japan To Get Disney Android
Disney Mobile announced [J] to release new Android 2.2 smartphone in February. Disney Mobile is one of few successful MVNOs in Japan. Since 2008, they sell Disney feature phones [J] using Japan #3 Softbank Mobile network. This time they have not opened on which carriers the Disney smartphone works yet. But the silhouette seems to… Continue reading Japan To Get Disney Android
A Blogger Taking The Same Vendor Machine Photo For More Than 5 Years
A Japanese blog “Watashi ha Mainichi (no you ni) Jidou Hanbaiki no Shashin wo Totte imasu. Gomen-nasai” [J], which means “I am taking a photo of the vendor machine (almost) every day. Sorry”, is a blog dedicated for the same coca cola vending machine in Sapporo, Hokkaido with over 5 years’ successful story. The blog… Continue reading A Blogger Taking The Same Vendor Machine Photo For More Than 5 Years
Taglet – Contactless Information Sharing App On Android2.3 NFC
Taglet [J] is a new Android app/service utilizing the latest Android 2.3(Gingerbread)’s new feature – NFC. With the app, you may register any other NFC devices with the service. You may add information like URL, short message, phone number, e-mail address, etc. on each NFC. Then, when you hold your Android over the device, Taglet… Continue reading Taglet – Contactless Information Sharing App On Android2.3 NFC
January 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 1)
Early part of January news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Continued to (Part 2) The year 2011 began with Groupon osechi trouble in Japanese web. New year holidays is the period when there are least news in Japan, and it helped that osechi story lasted for a whole week. There are… Continue reading January 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 1)
Facebook Featured On TV Tokyo World Business Satellite
[Update] The video (12:20 min) is available on TV Tokyo website now (maybe for about a week). Last night, Facebook was taken up on the World Business Satellite, a financial/business news on TV Tokyo. The World Business Satellite [J] (WBS) is one of the most influential business-related TV programs on TV Tokyo, a Tokyo key… Continue reading Facebook Featured On TV Tokyo World Business Satellite
December 2010 Japan IT Links (Part 3)
The Asiajin’s December 2010 was a great month. We had 56 articles in one month, which was the record. Continued from (Part 2). Last part of December news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Digital Garage Assists HootSuite To Sell Paid Plan In… Continue reading December 2010 Japan IT Links (Part 3)
Copyright Mark May Mean “Miss” For Japanese Teens
You know what copyright mark © means, don’t you? It should be common for all cultures that young generation try to differentiate themselves by changing their languages from adult. In this case with Japanese teenager girls, they have been using © for totally different purpose since mid 1990’s. Here is an image from monthly teens’… Continue reading Copyright Mark May Mean “Miss” For Japanese Teens
Kinect Transforms You A Hero – Ultra Seven
Japanese YouTube user hogehoge335 released his new Kinect demonstration with legendary transforming TV hero Ultra Seven [Wikipedia, En] (The second season of Ultraman series). [Update] The creator hogehoge335 made an English subtext version, Here is the original Japanese version, By hogehoge335’s move on the webcam, several Ultra Seven’s powers like throwing hair part, head beam… Continue reading Kinect Transforms You A Hero – Ultra Seven
Twitter Shogi – Japanese Chess Over Tweets
Twitter Shogi(= Japanese Chess) by Kayac is a new web service for good-old correspondence (Japanese) chess between two Twitter users. You can simply start a new game with @your_opponent by tweeting like, @your_opponent 7六歩 #tw_shogi then the service will find the new game begins, record your and your opponent’s moves. The second word shows the… Continue reading Twitter Shogi – Japanese Chess Over Tweets