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Jeff Bezos Wants Amazon Japan’s Sales To Grow 30%, Bring Kindle Over This Year

There can be no doubt that with a US$15 billion market cap, 75 million user accounts in Japan alone, and over 10,000 employees worldwide, the 800-pound gorilla in Japan’s e-commerce sector is Rakuten. Amazon Japan however, launched as early as 2000 (3 years later than Rakuten) continues to be a formidable opponent for the country’s… Continue reading Jeff Bezos Wants Amazon Japan’s Sales To Grow 30%, Bring Kindle Over This Year

Hulu Japan Cuts Price 2/3 To 980 Yen

Hulu Japan lowered its subscription fee from monthly 1,480 yen (US$18.3) to 980 yen (US$12.1) . 2 weeks ago, Hulu Japan succeeded to receive contents first from major national broadcast network’s key station, TV Tokyo, though the network is the weakest one among 5 private networks. At the launch, it was essentially an online video… Continue reading Hulu Japan Cuts Price 2/3 To 980 Yen

Twitter Japan Starts Brand Page With Docomo, Lawson and Warner

Twitter Japan official blog announced [J] that the brand page for promotion launched in Japanese Twitter. The new advertising program on Japan’s (probably) most popular social networking service is introduced 4 month after its US launch. The first three companies use the brand page are the largest telco NTT Docomo, convenience chain store Lawson and… Continue reading Twitter Japan Starts Brand Page With Docomo, Lawson and Warner

NHK Starts News Program Interacts With Twitter Messages By Watchers

In Japan, April is the start of school year, and many TV programs also begin this season. Japan’s public broadcasting network NHK began weekday midnight news program News Web 24 [J] works with the popular Internet service, Twitter. # The 24 in “News Web 24” means 24 o’clock, means 00:00, which is often used in… Continue reading NHK Starts News Program Interacts With Twitter Messages By Watchers

Photozou: Zynga Japan Sells Photo Sharing Site To Digital Garage

Back in 2010, when Zynga acquired Tokyo-based Unoh (and turned the company into its Japan HQ), the main targets of the Americans were game-related assets and the team. But Zynga also acquired a pretty successful photo sharing service that was developed by Unoh: Photozou,which went live in 2005 and can probably be best described as… Continue reading Photozou: Zynga Japan Sells Photo Sharing Site To Digital Garage

Japanese Government Reassures Free WiFi Providers Not Tap Users Messages

Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications(MIC) on April 4 issued two administrative directions around the constitutionally guaranteed secrecy of communication (=Tsuushin no Himitsu, in Japanese) against Connect Free and NTT Broadband Platform. Both companies tried to offer free WiFi services at shops last December but got in troubles by suspicious behaviors when users connect… Continue reading Japanese Government Reassures Free WiFi Providers Not Tap Users Messages

[Video] Magical Dice Always Gives 6

Showed on Nico Nico Douga http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm17428052 via Internet Watch

A Summary of the Latest Studies about Japan & Social Media

2011 was not only a year that changed the geography of Japan but also a year that drastically altered the way Japanese people use social media. Facebook came out of nowhere and increased its user base more than 200% (Socialbakers) , Twitter became mainstream (Study 4) and a Comscore report claimed that Mixi is not #1 social… Continue reading A Summary of the Latest Studies about Japan & Social Media

Japanese School Textbook Inspired English Learning Book With AR

Mirai-kei New Horizon de Mou Ichido Eigo wo Yatte Miru(Challenge English again with futuristic version of New Horizon) by a Japanese publishing company Tokyo Shoseki is an English textbook, which follows the format of the company’s popular junior high-school text book New Horizon. NEW　HORIZON　English　Course　２ It is a textbook for adults who want to study high-school… Continue reading Japanese School Textbook Inspired English Learning Book With AR