Cardboard Theater Meme – Good for Japanese Small House

Budget immersive movie experience has been around Japanese Twitter. coined term ダンボール映画館(cardboard theater) うし!!映画だwwww pic.twitter.com/xSRT3P7LTF — ちーず (@hrhr_mumu) December 27, 2013 段ボール映画館、実際に作った人から絶賛の声しか聞かないし私もやってみよう pic.twitter.com/Iwa2Uc1EGL — 透明ランナー (@_k18) April 24, 2015 今話題のダンボール映画館をやってみた!!!!!!wwwwwwwwww pic.twitter.com/2VUfsntjPY — 新型のたもえ(TamolarM) (@dj_tmlrm_izgn) May 7, 2015 弟の考えた簡易映画館が天才的と俺の中で話題に pic.twitter.com/rb2vYvObe7 — ゆーき (@_KYV_) August 14, 2014 映画館つくった。真ん中にiPhoneおいてもぐったら下みたいになる!すごいわこれ! pic.twitter.com/8g7QYDyuYk — ゆうか ながお (@ex_am_yuu) January 2, 2014 なんかダンボール映画館とかゆうて ダンボールにスマホの画面の大きさの 穴あけて映画見てる、、笑 あほやわ〜笑 Twitterで流行ってるとかゆうてるけど ほんまなんかな〜笑… Continue reading Cardboard Theater Meme – Good for Japanese Small House

The Head of Japan’s 4th Largest Web Company Arrested By Hosting Porn

Jiji just reported[J] that the Kyoto and other police arrested the president of Osaka-based Home Page System by allowing FC2 users upload obscene videos. Ex-president and a brother of the FC2 founder is also under arrest. Home Page System has been claiming themselves as a PR company for FC2, one of the largest Japanese web… Continue reading The Head of Japan’s 4th Largest Web Company Arrested By Hosting Porn

E-mail Mistakenly Addressed to Mr./Ms. “Blacklist”

Mainichi reports[ja] that Minnano Seimei Hoken Advisor, a web service provides life insurance review, sent e-mails started with “To: Blacklist-sama” about 2,000 its customers by mistake. Power Planning, the company who runs the site, told to Mainichi that the customers received those mails are not the one on their real black lists, if you believe… Continue reading E-mail Mistakenly Addressed to Mr./Ms. “Blacklist”

Aichi Police Raids Amazon Japan over Child-porn Sales

Asahi reported today [J] that Aichi prefecture police had searched Amazon Japan head office at Meguro, Tokyo and Amazon Japan Logistics Center at Ichikawa, Chiba on suspicious of violation of child porn selling aid yesterday, January 23. It seems like that a two guys, already arrested last September, of a Tokyo-based used book shop sold… Continue reading Aichi Police Raids Amazon Japan over Child-porn Sales

Mixi Adds The Second Account, Gives Users Another Face

Japanese social network Mixi announced that it adds experimentally double accounts feature on its browser versions both on PC and smartphone. Smartphone app version will follow and the feature is planned to be official around March, and may be switchable without re-log-in. Mixi says that the feature has been requested from users, who want to… Continue reading Mixi Adds The Second Account, Gives Users Another Face

Jerry Yang’s 1999 Order Thanked By Japanese Auction Dominator Yahuoku

Yahufoku, former Yahoo! Auction, Japan’s most successful auction service might not launch if then-US Yahoo COO Jerry Yang did not stick it, the current Yahuoku division unit manager told to Ascii.jp. According to him, who joined as an engineer to the team in 2001, said that Yahoo! (Japan) Auction’s launch in September 1999 (so this… Continue reading Jerry Yang’s 1999 Order Thanked By Japanese Auction Dominator Yahuoku

Chromebook Finally Comes For Japanese Consumers

Google Japan official blog announced today November 11 that the first consumer Chromebooks will be sold in Japan. Dell Chromebook 11 is sold today, Acer C720 Chromebook will be available on 13 at retails and online. Chromebook had been only sold for enterprises and educational institutions in Japan since July. Chromebook Finally Comes For Japanese… Continue reading Chromebook Finally Comes For Japanese Consumers