NHK Online, Japan’s public broadcasting organization makes a special website about its 15 years internet activities. The NHK Online History, a Flash contents, is quite interesting as it covers Japanese and the world Internet news and trend for last 20 years. Here is the video version in English. The site also has “special interviews” of… Continue reading NHK Website Celebrates 15th Anniversary With Biz Stone And Jun Murai Interviews
Category: Japan
Will DeNA Crack The Japanese Code For International Expansion?
DeNA, the company behind one of the big three social networking sites in Japan, Mobage-Town (20m users in Japan), cannot be clearer on its current strategy. It’s called international expansion. Everyone is abuzz of today’s acquisition of Ngmoco, an US iPhone game developer for a staggering USD 400m. The big tide in social gaming is… Continue reading Will DeNA Crack The Japanese Code For International Expansion?
Facebook Sudden Surge In Japan By Notable Web Users
Japan is known as one of the most difficult countries for Facebook. However, there has been sudden Facebook buzz happening in Japanese websphere now for about a week. Tokyo-based social media consultant company Looops Communications counted that there were over 11.7% Japanese Facebook users increase observed in 11 days last week. According to them, the… Continue reading Facebook Sudden Surge In Japan By Notable Web Users
New Location-Based Service: Mixi Sees 2 Million “Check Ins” In First Month
Mixi, Japan’s Facebook, last month introduced a new function, “Check-In”. As the name suggests, Check-In works much like Facebook Places does: press the “Check In” button on Mixi Mobile (the site’s cell phone version) to broadcast your current location to let your friends know where you are or share info on certain points of interests… Continue reading New Location-Based Service: Mixi Sees 2 Million “Check Ins” In First Month
Sharp Ties Up With Japan’s Largest Video Rental Chain For Content Distribution To Android Tablets
Galapagos, the name of the South American islands where English naturalist Charles Darwin discovered rare species of creatures, is used as an adjective to describe the isolation of Japanese mobile industry from the world standard. But Sharp dared to name their brand new digital tablet product “Galapagos[J]“, in spite of the word’s negative meaning, which… Continue reading Sharp Ties Up With Japan’s Largest Video Rental Chain For Content Distribution To Android Tablets
Asiajin Meetup Tokyo #2 Signup
Venue is now fixed at Akihabara. We will have the second Tokyo meetup this Saturday after two years rest. Please check the following link to join the meetup. http://asiajin.doorkeeper.jp/ Or you may apply via e-mail by scanning this QR-Code and send to the gotten e-mail address. [Update] We have sent an e-ticket to all who… Continue reading Asiajin Meetup Tokyo #2 Signup
Answer For What is PROJECTION CLOCK】2名様」！ On Twitter Trending Topics
The strange phrase “PROJECTION CLOCK】2名様」！” appeared on the Twitter Trending Topic sometime early morning in UTS October 4th. (morning to night in Japan Standard Time) That phrase itself is mix of English and Japanese, which means …PROJECTION CLOCK] for 2 persons”! It is a part of full sentence in a marketing campaign run by Nifty,… Continue reading Answer For What is PROJECTION CLOCK】2名様」！ On Twitter Trending Topics
Asiajin Seoul meet up on October 16th
We proudly announce that the first Asiajin meetup in Seoul will be held on 16th, October (Saturday). Asiajin co-founder, Shunichi Arai, will visit the city and talk about the situation of the Japanese web and startup industry. This will be a great opportunity to meet new friends, and learn about the differences between Korean and… Continue reading Asiajin Seoul meet up on October 16th
Evernote CEO: A Half Of The Third Party Developers Are Japanese
Silicon valley-based tech start-up Evernote, which has introduced services for note-taking and archiving for PCs and smartphone devices, announced new partnerships with seven Japanese companies on Wednesday. Evernote CEO Phil Libin is now visiting Japan, and he says, “Our Japanese users share almost 18% of our total user accounts, which is the second place in… Continue reading Evernote CEO: A Half Of The Third Party Developers Are Japanese
Connection Search: Facebook Japan And Recruit Launch Job Service For College Grads
Facebook has over 500 million members worldwide, but only 1.4 million of these live in Japan. The company established a subsidiary in Tokyo earlier this year, localized its site in 2008, and released a special version optimized for Japanese cell phones a few weeks back. And now it seems to be time to partner up… Continue reading Connection Search: Facebook Japan And Recruit Launch Job Service For College Grads