Category: Japan

Hello Kitty Guides Travelers In New App By Japan Tourist Agency

The Japan Tourism Agency [J] and NEC BIGLOBE Inc. [J] have released the iOS application “Visit Japan with HELLO KITTY,” an iOS application where Sanrio’s Hello Kitty acts as a tour guide for foreign tourists in Japan. “Visit Japan with HELLO KITTY” is the Japan Tourism Agency’s app for lovers of Japan from other countries… Continue reading Hello Kitty Guides Travelers In New App By Japan Tourist Agency

Naver Line Is Down

Naver LINE is down after the midnight, October 31st. The official’s Twitter account says, 【障害報告】現在、LINEのアプリ・PC版等全デバイスにおいて全機能が利用できない不具合が発生しております。復旧にむけて原因調査対応中です。ご不便をおかけし申し訳ありません。復旧次第、ご報告致します。 #LINE — LINE (@LINEjp_official) October 30, 2012 “All functions of both Apps and PC versions LINE are not working now. We are investigating now and will let you know as soon as we recover.” at 01:17 a.m. Twitter’s top trends… Continue reading Naver Line Is Down

Japanese TV Viewership Measurer Video Research To Cooperate With Twitter Japan

Video Research, a company providing Japanese television audience rating, also belongs to the nation’s largest ad agency Dentsu group, announced that it is planning to offer a new television viewer rating based on number of tweets [J]. Twitter Japan will assist it by providing hashtag search streaming API. As a first attempt, Video Research is… Continue reading Japanese TV Viewership Measurer Video Research To Cooperate With Twitter Japan

Comm – DeNA Enters Smartphone Call/Message Battlefield

DeNA, a Japanese web company runs a huge social gaming platform Mobage and mobile auction service Bidders, announced today that they had released a new messaging app/platform Comm. It is a free call app by which you may call from/to 204 countries. The app also supports messaging with “stamps” and photo-sharing. Different from Mobage, Comm… Continue reading Comm – DeNA Enters Smartphone Call/Message Battlefield

Regex Of The Dead – Shoot Zombies By Your Regular Expressions

Hatena user id:aike released a quite geeky parody of The Typing of the Dead. The Typing of the Dead, arcade zombie shooting game by typing keyboard fast was already geeky, but on this new browser game, you hit zombies by typing regular expressions. The zombies have own names. When you type a regular expression on… Continue reading Regex Of The Dead – Shoot Zombies By Your Regular Expressions

The Nikkei: KDDI To Start Offering The iPad Mini From November

The existence of a smaller version of the iPad hasn’t even been confirmed by Apple yet, but here is something fresh from the rumor mill in Japan: according to a report published in The Nikkei today, KDDI is currently “finalizing a deal” under which the company will start offering the “iPad Mini” from November. So… Continue reading The Nikkei: KDDI To Start Offering The iPad Mini From November

Japan`s First Social Media Focused Competition Kicks Off

KOBE, September 16, 2012. After successfully holding the 2011 Marketing Competition Japan (MCJ), in which 24 teams from 12 different universities participated, the MCJ committee officially launched MCJ 2012. The organizers of the event expect more than 150 teams from 30 different universities (mostly from Global COE institutions) to compete in MCJ 2012.The competition will… Continue reading Japan`s First Social Media Focused Competition Kicks Off

For $12.8 Million: Yahoo Japan Acquires Decopic Creator Community Factory

Acquisitions are relatively rare in Japan’s tech startup scene, but today Yahoo Japan caused a splash when the country’s biggest web company announced it acquired Tokyo-based Community Factory (which launched in 2006). TechCrunch Japan is reporting that the price stands at around 1 billion yen, which currently translates to US$12.8 million. Community Factory runs a… Continue reading For $12.8 Million: Yahoo Japan Acquires Decopic Creator Community Factory