Hachioji is a city in Western Tokyo, about 1 hour ride train from Tokyo station. It is a bedroom suburb of Tokyo with 555,000 population. The city, local chambers of commerce, enterprises and universities formed a project Cyber Silkroad Hachioji [J], which aims economic development of the city. The latest Android news from Hachioji is… Continue reading Hachioji-city Makes Unofficial Android Girl Character Droiko-chan
Category: Japan
Ameba Pico’s English Is Too Difficult
A Japanese user, who might be a big fan of CyberAgent’s popular virtual avatar world Ameba Pigg, asked a question [J] on Yahoo! Chiebukuro (=Yahoo! Answers in Japan) about his playing Ameba Pico, an English version of Ameba Pigg. I’m playing Ameba Pico but totally lost as I can not understand the following English. Please… Continue reading Ameba Pico’s English Is Too Difficult
A Japanese Entrepreneur Calls For Co-Founders By Lottery Over Twitter Retweets
Kazuma Ieiri, founder of Japanese web company Paperboy & Co. [J], tweeted 3 hours ago [J], “[RT Experiment] If this tweet is retweeted more than 2,000 times, I will start a new business with three randomly chosen (from who retweeted). You will have no obligation but listed on the board. We can think together what… Continue reading A Japanese Entrepreneur Calls For Co-Founders By Lottery Over Twitter Retweets
Mark Zuckerberg’s Surprise Appearance At Mobile Hack Tokyo, Also A Meeting With Prime Minister
Mark Zuckerberg is showing up at the event in Tokyo now. The event is Facebook Mobile Hack Tokyo [J] at Tokyo Midtown, Roppongi. Photos by @ken_b4u, http://twitpic.com/92rfn1 http://twitpic.com/92ridj [Update 4] A Japanese Facebook user recorded when Zuckerberg appeared. You see how the attendees (expected someone else) were surprised. [Update][Update 3] Some Twitter users tweeted that… Continue reading Mark Zuckerberg’s Surprise Appearance At Mobile Hack Tokyo, Also A Meeting With Prime Minister
2-channel Possessor Singaporean Company Is Dummy, Yomiuri Reports
Yomiuri Shimbun reported on March 27 that they had researched the ownership of 2-channel, Japanese gigantic anonymous bulletin board service, in Singapore, and resulted the self-claimed current owner Packet Monster Inc. in Singapore, is a paper company, one of 2,000 companies registered under Rikvin Consultance, whose address is the same as the Packet Monster, at… Continue reading 2-channel Possessor Singaporean Company Is Dummy, Yomiuri Reports
Presentation: DeNA And GREE – A Perspective On Japanese Social Games Going Global
We have covered the Japanese social game industry to some extent on Asiajin over the last years, and I myself do so in more detail on my personal site. In recent months, the two biggest companies in this space, DeNA and GREE, have invested hundreds of millions of US dollars in bringing the concept of… Continue reading Presentation: DeNA And GREE – A Perspective On Japanese Social Games Going Global
Google Japan Runs AKB48 Commercial For Galaxy Nexus, Which Is Almost Free On Shop
Google is airing a commercial of its Android reference handset Galaxy Nexus, with AKB48, who is the top girls idol group, who also cooperates on Google+ promotion in Japanese. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZW2R9fPp-o The commercial song is sung by the selected members of AKB48 for Google+, called “Gugutasu Senbatsu”(Gugu = abbrev of Google, tasu=to add, senbatsu=selection) Gugutasu is… Continue reading Google Japan Runs AKB48 Commercial For Galaxy Nexus, Which Is Almost Free On Shop
Tokyo Court Orders Google To Suspend Keyword Suggestion Around A Person
Tokyo District Court issued a decision of provisional disposition on March 19 for Google to remove specific search results on its suggested keywords feature around a name of a male who sued Google that the search results infringed his privacy, according to the layer of him, Mainichi reported [J] ([update 2012-03-27] Mainichi English posted the… Continue reading Tokyo Court Orders Google To Suspend Keyword Suggestion Around A Person
“ngi group” Changes Name To “Motion Beat”
ngi group [J] has announced at today’s meeting of the board of directors that they have resolved to change their firm name to “Motion Beat,” as a condition of the acknowledgement of the modification of one section of their company statute at the meeting of stockholders to be held on June 22nd. ngi group set… Continue reading “ngi group” Changes Name To “Motion Beat”
Experiment: Can You Identify Twitter Users In Tokyo?
A Japanese column media Omocoro [J] ran an interesting test in Shibuya, one of the most crowded area in Tokyo. A writer Sebuyama tries to find a random person whose tweets show he/she is in Shibuya. All 3 target were picked up from search by “Shibuya nau(=now in Shibuya)” on Twitter, which sometimes could be… Continue reading Experiment: Can You Identify Twitter Users In Tokyo?