GREE CEO Yoshikazu Tanaka announced it in June last year, and now the Japanese mobile social gaming giant did make the second step on the road to internationalization (following the mig33 investment in Singapore): it just announced the establishment of GREE International, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary in California. The office will be led by… Continue reading GREE Opens Subsidiary In The US
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Facebook Featured On TV Tokyo World Business Satellite
[Update] The video (12:20 min) is available on TV Tokyo website now (maybe for about a week). Last night, Facebook was taken up on the World Business Satellite, a financial/business news on TV Tokyo. The World Business Satellite [J] (WBS) is one of the most influential business-related TV programs on TV Tokyo, a Tokyo key… Continue reading Facebook Featured On TV Tokyo World Business Satellite
Copyright Mark May Mean “Miss” For Japanese Teens
You know what copyright mark © means, don’t you? It should be common for all cultures that young generation try to differentiate themselves by changing their languages from adult. In this case with Japanese teenager girls, they have been using © for totally different purpose since mid 1990’s. Here is an image from monthly teens’… Continue reading Copyright Mark May Mean “Miss” For Japanese Teens
Bijin Kabuka: Girls Presenting Quotes Make You Hot Even When Markets Are Cold
Bijin Tokei, which is known for having developed a hot girl clock gadget, has developed a new gadget in association with SBI Holdings, a conglomerate of online financial services. It is called Bijin Kabuka[J] and cute girls show you the realtime quotes every minute. It aims to entertain market board watchers, they say, and allows… Continue reading Bijin Kabuka: Girls Presenting Quotes Make You Hot Even When Markets Are Cold
Lion Introduces Restroom Finder For Students To Have Exams W/O Worrying About Diarrhea
In the days from January to March, it is very hard time for high school graduates and prep-school students because of taking entrance exams for universities/colleges of their choices. They are always nervous. Not a few of the students suffer from diarrhea before the exams. Poor thing. Lion Corporation, a 220 year-old sanitary and… Continue reading Lion Introduces Restroom Finder For Students To Have Exams W/O Worrying About Diarrhea
Kinect Transforms You A Hero – Ultra Seven
Japanese YouTube user hogehoge335 released his new Kinect demonstration with legendary transforming TV hero Ultra Seven [Wikipedia, En] (The second season of Ultraman series). [Update] The creator hogehoge335 made an English subtext version, Here is the original Japanese version, By hogehoge335’s move on the webcam, several Ultra Seven’s powers like throwing hair part, head beam… Continue reading Kinect Transforms You A Hero – Ultra Seven
Sharp to Introduce International Models Of E-book Reader Galapagos
Sharp announced recently they would introduce the e-book reader Galapagos[J], which was introduced in Japan last October, in U.S and several emerging countries such as Mainland China, India and Brazil. The current models enable the company’s original e-book format of XMDF, and upcoming models to be sold outside Japan are expected to support e-Pub format… Continue reading Sharp to Introduce International Models Of E-book Reader Galapagos
Twitter Shogi – Japanese Chess Over Tweets
Twitter Shogi(= Japanese Chess) by Kayac is a new web service for good-old correspondence (Japanese) chess between two Twitter users. You can simply start a new game with @your_opponent by tweeting like, @your_opponent 7六歩 #tw_shogi then the service will find the new game begins, record your and your opponent’s moves. The second word shows the… Continue reading Twitter Shogi – Japanese Chess Over Tweets
Groupon Fails To Bring Happiness To Japanese New Year Holidays
In Japanese new year’s holidays, we enjoy having osechi-ryori or specially-prepared dishes to be eaten during the first three days of January. Most dishes are cooked to be preserved for several days to a few weeks so housewives need not cook during the period. The dishes have been traditionally cooked at home, but nowadays… Continue reading Groupon Fails To Bring Happiness To Japanese New Year Holidays
LinkedIn Working On Japanese Localization
not “crazy” but “mental illness” tatoo TechCrunch Japan reported [J] on its Japan original post that LinkedIn is seeking a Japanese translation contractor. Japanese Translator (Contractor Assignment) Mt View, CA USA Mountain View, CA, United States Job Type: Contractor Primary responsibilities: Translate LinkedIn’s site to Japanese language version. Timing: This contract will begin on January… Continue reading LinkedIn Working On Japanese Localization