Masaru IKEDA

Cyber Agent America Launches Facebook App Of Metaverse

On Tuesday, Tokyo-based Cyber Agent‘s subsidiary in Silicon Valley, Cyber Agent America launched a metaverse called Comic World as a Facebook app basically targeting international users. In the app, you can dress up your own avatar with clothing you’ve purchased with a virtual money called ComicCash. The user account for Comic World is compatible with… Continue reading Cyber Agent America Launches Facebook App Of Metaverse

Japanese Alpinist Streams And Tweets From The Roof Of The World

Japanese alpinist Nobukazu Kuriki[J] (@kurikiyama) keeps tweeting and has uploaded YouTube videos from Annapurna, a series of peaks in the Himalayas, probably it’s those from the highest altitude on the globe in the human history. Almost a month later, he tries to ski from the top of the peaks (8,091 meter high / 26,500 feet… Continue reading Japanese Alpinist Streams And Tweets From The Roof Of The World

Gundam Cafe To Be Opened In Akihabara

Japanese character merchandising company Bandai announced it would open Gundam Cafe[J] in Akihabara next weekend, in commemoration with the animation series’ 30th anniversary. The cafe is located just a minute away from JR Akihabara station and under elevated railroads. The cafe serves Jaburo Coffee which is connected to a story of the series about a… Continue reading Gundam Cafe To Be Opened In Akihabara

DPJ To Submit The Bill Removing The Ban Of Internet Election Campaign

Japan’s ruling Democratic Party of Japan(DPJ) decided to submit the bill removing the ban of election campaign using the Internet, which is intend to be applied for the upper house election this coming summer. After the public office election law changes, candidates will be allowed to update their websites and to post blogs and tweets… Continue reading DPJ To Submit The Bill Removing The Ban Of Internet Election Campaign

Pankaku Increases Capital By Allocating New Shares To Cyber Agent

Pankaku[J], a tech start-up whose iPhone game app LightBike has recorded the 1st rank in the number of paid app downloading at the U.S. AppStore, announced it had increased capital by approx. USD536,000 through the allocation of new shares to a third party accepted by Cyber Agent last month, which means Cyber Agent has taken… Continue reading Pankaku Increases Capital By Allocating New Shares To Cyber Agent

Two Twitter-related Services Introduced Last Week

User Local[J], a tech start-up who is well-known for having developed a web-based access statistics tool using heat map visualization, released “Machi-Tsui[J]” (Machi stands for a city or a town. Tsui is a Japanese abbreviation for Twitter) on Friday, which allows you to find which part of Japan or which part of a prefecture your… Continue reading Two Twitter-related Services Introduced Last Week

Video Artists To Hold Japan’s First Festival Of Movie Clips Filmed With iPhone

Now we can easily capture every frame of every scene at any time at any place with the iPhone. A variety of the iPhone apps allow us to complete high-quality video clips including adding music and sound effects. Japan’s six video artists will have an event called “iPhone 3min Movie Festival[J]” this Saturday afternoon at… Continue reading Video Artists To Hold Japan’s First Festival Of Movie Clips Filmed With iPhone

Virtual Dating Game Love Plus Is Introduced For iPhone

Konami Digital Entertainment released virtual dating simulation game Love Plus[J] for the iPhone/iPod touch on Monday. There is a series of three apps corresponding to three heroines starring in the game, which are Love Plus iM (Aika Takamine), Love Plus iR (Rinko Kobayakawa) and Love Plus iN (Nene Anegasaki). Left: An composite picture demo using… Continue reading Virtual Dating Game Love Plus Is Introduced For iPhone

CyberAgent Investment Takes 3% Stake In Vietnam’s Top Mobile Content Provider

Shibuya-based CyberAgent Investment acquired 3% of share capital in Vietnam’s largest mobile content service provider VMG Media on Tuesday. In Vietnam, the under 30 generation shares almost a half of the country’s whole population (85mil.), which is expected to consume a high volume of mobile content. Currently the country’s mobile content market volume is worth… Continue reading CyberAgent Investment Takes 3% Stake In Vietnam’s Top Mobile Content Provider