Tokyo Stock Exchange Today announced that Bengo4.com(pronounced bengo-shi-dotto-komu, bengoshi means layer in Japanese) will be listed to its Mothers section on December 11. Bengo4.com is a portal site serving legal FAQ, legal news/column publishing, layer matching, etc. Japanese Legal Advice Service Bengo4.com To Go IPO
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Japanese Crowdsource Service Crowdworks To Go IPO
Tokyo Stock Exchange Today announced that Crowdworks will be listed to its Mothers section on December 12. Japanese Crowdsource Service Crowdworks To Go IPO
Yahoo! Japan Reportedly Ends The Tie With Kakao Japan
Nikkei IT Pro reported that Yahoo is to dissolve partnership with Kakao Japan, which has been continued since October 2012. Yahoo! Japan Reportedly Ends The Tie With Kakao Japan
Google Agreed To Remove 122 Items By Court Order
Asahi reported that Google Japan answered them that they would remove the items ordered by Tokyo District Court. Complainer’s agent confirmed that most of the items are not showing up on Google Search results. The complainer had claimed that Google showing the pages with implying that he was related with crimes is an invasion of… Continue reading Google Agreed To Remove 122 Items By Court Order
J-Deite Shows Real Transformer Car/Robot
Project J-deite, a joint group of three companies, Brave Robotics, Asratec and Takara Tommy, demonstrated its transforming car-robot J-deite, though the size is 1/4 of the final version. Takara-Tommy, is a Japanese toy company known by making Transformers. According to Brave Robotics site, 1/2 scale robot is planned to be made in 2015, then 1/1… Continue reading J-Deite Shows Real Transformer Car/Robot
IBM Makes Anime “Steins;Gate” New Short Episodes on “Cognitive Computing”
The new short episodes of Sci-Fi anime series Steins;Gate is released on IBM Japan’s “Cognitive Computing” promotion site Mugendai Web (infinite web). The series name is “聡明叡智のコグニティブ・コンピューティング”(cognitive computing of sagacious wisdom). Episode I Cooking is watchable. There are three more episodes grayed-out on the site. The original game Steins;Gate featured an “ancient” portable computer IBN5100,… Continue reading IBM Makes Anime “Steins;Gate” New Short Episodes on “Cognitive Computing”
Google Ordered To Remove 122 Search Results Possibly Damaging Complainer’s Reputations
Tokyo District Court judged, Asahi reported. Google can file opposition. Google Ordered To Remove 122 Search Results Possibly Damaging Complainer’s Reputations
Facebook Adds Kansai-ben(dialect)
Facebook Japan added today a new language selection “Japanese (Kansai)” for its web versions (PC and mobile), Weekly Ascii Plus reported. In Kansai-ben, “Iine!”(Like!) is displayed as “Eeyan!”, “Comment” is replaced with “Tsukkomu”. via Weekly Ascii Plus Facebook Adds Kansai-ben(dialect)
DeNA Drops “Mobage” Brand for Overseas
Mobage official English blog announced that they change the name “Mobage” to “DeNA Games” outside of Japan. we’re excited to share that Mobage will now simply be known as DeNA (pronounced D-N-A). via vsmedia DeNA Drops “Mobage” Brand for Overseas
Facebook Adds QR-Code to Add Friends via 2D Barcode for Japan
AndroWire reported that Facebook added a new QR Code profile feature only for Japanese users. Facebook users on iOS and Android can show a QR Code from a user profile, on which others can access and request to be a Facebook friend. Early this week, Facebook released stamps on comments feature for Japan, at now… Continue reading Facebook Adds QR-Code to Add Friends via 2D Barcode for Japan