Japan
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KDDI au Lets Subscribers Find Facebook Friends Through Cell Phone Mail History
Back in May, Japan’s second largest mobile carrier KDDI au struck a deal with Facebook under which the social network would be featured prominently on future smartphones, for example in the …
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USB Buddism Sutra Chanting Tablet
Okyo (“Buddhist sutra” in Japanese) is a new gadget for Japanese Buddhists. Ihai (Spiritual Tablet)-shaped this portable USB gadget will chant sutra everywhere without calling monks. The …
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Japanese Makes Unofficial Famicon(NES) Google Doodles
Twitter for Japanese is becoming a new 2-channel, where people are often challenged to be what funny things they could write/express. @miki800 called for an unofficial Google Doodle logo contest …
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TeleBing - Microsoft Releases TV Guide App For iPhone/iPad
TeleBing, named after television and Bing, Microsoft’s search engine, is an iOS application for Japanese TV watchers to show TV program schedules. Microsoft Japan released it “to promote …
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Research: Japanese E-Commerce Sites Expects Twitter The Most For Social Media Promotion
Shibuya-based Mobile web oriented HR agency Sapotant issued a research [J] on what social media buttons Japanese e-commerce websites are displaying to their customers (n=100). 48% of Japanese …
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Japanese-Style Search-By-Blabla Ads Fail Sometime
This is a follow-up post for my monthly column on The Japan Times, Why do Japanese advertisers suggest Internet-search keywords?. There I explained why many of paper/TV ads in Japan are asking people …
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Presentation: The Web, Social Games And Mobile In Japan
A few weeks ago, I gave a presentation on Japan’s web, mobile, and social gaming industries during an event in Tokyo. As I assume a large number of Asiajin readers should be at least a bit …
