TEDxTokyo, an independent local-based version of the world’s popular innovation conference, is now being held at Miraikan, Japan’s National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation[J]. This is the second edition of the conference which has been held in Tokyo, and all the sessions are bringing you all around the world via YouTube in English and… Continue reading TEDxTokyo 2010, Annual Ideas Spreading Conference Is Going On
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Soldering Cafe To Be Opened At Ex-school Site In Akihabara
The birth rate keeps lower number in Japan, which causes more elementary and junior high schools to be shut down across the nation. Especially in the highly populated areas, these ex-school buildings turned to be used for artist’s studios, SOHO for tech entrepreneurs and coffee shops filling the lessee’s stomachs with great meals. In mid-May,… Continue reading Soldering Cafe To Be Opened At Ex-school Site In Akihabara
Tokyo Giants & Hanshin Tigers, Both To Introduce Specially Designed Handsets For Better Fan Engagement
The Yomiuri Giants[J], a professional baseball team based in Tokyo, announced it would introduce a new cellphone handset especially designed for their fans in late June in association with Japan’s second largest mobile operator KDDI and MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) Inphonix[J]. The team’s logo is printed on the handset, and player’s portraits and the… Continue reading Tokyo Giants & Hanshin Tigers, Both To Introduce Specially Designed Handsets For Better Fan Engagement
Cartoon Illustration Sharing Site Tinami Introduces Streaming Integration And API
Tinami[J], a fourteen-year-old illustration sharing site for cartoonists and animators, completed the integrations with Ustream and Stickam last week, and it now allows users of the service to broadcast live videos of their drawing processes via the two streaming services and to communicate with their fans. Furthermore, the site introduced an API[J] for developers who… Continue reading Cartoon Illustration Sharing Site Tinami Introduces Streaming Integration And API
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
User-generated Web Apps Are Being Born Around IP Simulcast Radio Service
As Akky reported here on Asiajin, the Association of IP Simulcast Radio launched Radiko.jp[J] on Monday, almost a week has been passed. It has been attracting potential radio lovers using desktop or laptop on a daily basis, which caused network heavy load against the service on the day of the service launch. Furthermore, some of… Continue reading User-generated Web Apps Are Being Born Around IP Simulcast Radio Service
Asiajin Meets Chili: Akky Presents Japanese Tech Scene At Taipei’s Tech Community
Nii-hao, Taiwan! Asiajin co-founder Akky Akimoto is now in Taiwan. On Saturday, he was invited to have a presentation on Japanese social media and tech scenes at Chili Ideas Party, a serial meet-up organized by Taipei-based Chili Consulting[C] who has been serving Taiwan’s tech community. Asiajin co-founder Shunichi Arai and author Masaru IKEDA also visited… Continue reading Asiajin Meets Chili: Akky Presents Japanese Tech Scene At Taipei’s Tech Community
Spoofing PM Tweets Cause Confusion, The Cabinet Office To Move Up The Day Of Real Account Launch
A cabinet advisor unveiled recently that Japanese prime minister Yukio Hatoyama would start using Twitter in the beginning of next year to let the people know how the government is working on political issues. On the Christmas day in prior to his first “REAL” tweet, someone (an ex-theater writer a.k.a. a blogosphere fussbudget) has pretended… Continue reading Spoofing PM Tweets Cause Confusion, The Cabinet Office To Move Up The Day Of Real Account Launch
Japanese Red Cross Promotes Blood Donation By Augmented Reality
Digital Signage Consortium[J] has set up digital signage devices at Akihabara station and on the streets around there, and is helping Japanese Red Cross to campaign blood donation by using the augmented reality technology. The device enables face recognition, and it can count how many people have seen the screen. When you stop by in… Continue reading Japanese Red Cross Promotes Blood Donation By Augmented Reality
Yahoo China Closes Online Photo Album, Users Are Ready To Sue Against It
Yahoo! China[C] shut down its online photo album service last Thursday, and it hit tens of thousands of Chinese people using the service. The users are blaming and demanding to get their photos back to their hands, Beijing Daily[C] reports. The service was believed to be provided permanently for free, but it was closed… Continue reading Yahoo China Closes Online Photo Album, Users Are Ready To Sue Against It