NHK reported [J] that the 30th office in Roppongi Hills’s Mori Tower had a minor fire burnt some carpet and card board boxes before 9 a.m. today November 27th. Floors between 26th and 30th are used by Google Japan. (office visit report by AKIRA DRIVE) Roppongi Hills is one of the Japanese IT centers, having… Continue reading Google Japan’s office in Skyscraper had a Small Fire
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AllAbout Launches Non-Japanese AllAbout Japan for Foreign Visitors
AllAbout Inc., AllAbout Inc., a Japanese company which originally started as a joint-venture between Recruit and US About.com, running All About in Japanese, announced today [J] September 29th that its multi language sites AllAbout Japan, initially with English. According to the release, the site will have original articles by 500 Japan expert foreign writers, who… Continue reading AllAbout Launches Non-Japanese AllAbout Japan for Foreign Visitors
All Japanese Stocks Jump Up 10000% on Google Search
[Update] It seems fixed now (21:40 31th) Google’s instant stock search feature, one of the quick search results shown at the top of search results page, has been showing ten-thousandfold high price for stock prices on Japanese market today. (Nintendo stock on Google and Yahoo! Japan Finance) American stocks seem to be okay. Only Japanese… Continue reading All Japanese Stocks Jump Up 10000% on Google Search
Yahoo! Japan To Move Its Office From Roppongi To Kioi-cho
Yahoo! Japan, the nation’s largest web service company, announced[J] today June 19 that it will migrate its office to a new office/hotel building which has been being constructed at where Akasaka Prince Hotel was there before. Its expanding business seems to make it require more space. The new Yahoo! Japan office starting from May 2016… Continue reading Yahoo! Japan To Move Its Office From Roppongi To Kioi-cho
Japan’s 4th Largest Convenience Chain-store To Use Rakuten Super Points
According to Sankei reported [J], Circle-K-Sunkus, the 4th largest convenience chain-store, announced on November 17th that it would replace its own reward points system with e-commerce giant Rakuten’s Rakuten Super Points. Sales ranking of convenience store chains (2011) These 4 groups occupied nearly 90% of domestic market. chains sales(billion yen) Seven Eleven 3281 Lawson 1826… Continue reading Japan’s 4th Largest Convenience Chain-store To Use Rakuten Super Points
[Breaking] 2-channel Founder Hiroyuki Nishimura’s Drug-deal Aid Case Sent To Prosecutor
Asahi briefly reports [J] that Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has sent today a case to the public prosecutor’s office for possible violation (inciting, instigation) of the Anti-drug Law. 2-channel has been accused by leaving some posts around illegal drug deals. Hiroyuki, who influenced US 4-chan, which is an indirect homage of 2-channel, told his ownership… Continue reading [Breaking] 2-channel Founder Hiroyuki Nishimura’s Drug-deal Aid Case Sent To Prosecutor
Naver Line Is Down
Naver LINE is down after the midnight, October 31st. The official’s Twitter account says, 【障害報告】現在、LINEのアプリ・PC版等全デバイスにおいて全機能が利用できない不具合が発生しております。復旧にむけて原因調査対応中です。ご不便をおかけし申し訳ありません。復旧次第、ご報告致します。 #LINE — LINE (@LINEjp_official) October 30, 2012 “All functions of both Apps and PC versions LINE are not working now. We are investigating now and will let you know as soon as we recover.” at 01:17 a.m. Twitter’s top trends… Continue reading Naver Line Is Down
The Nikkei: KDDI To Start Offering The iPad Mini From November
The existence of a smaller version of the iPad hasn’t even been confirmed by Apple yet, but here is something fresh from the rumor mill in Japan: according to a report published in The Nikkei today, KDDI is currently “finalizing a deal” under which the company will start offering the “iPad Mini” from November. So… Continue reading The Nikkei: KDDI To Start Offering The iPad Mini From November
For $12.8 Million: Yahoo Japan Acquires Decopic Creator Community Factory
Acquisitions are relatively rare in Japan’s tech startup scene, but today Yahoo Japan caused a splash when the country’s biggest web company announced it acquired Tokyo-based Community Factory (which launched in 2006). TechCrunch Japan is reporting that the price stands at around 1 billion yen, which currently translates to US$12.8 million. Community Factory runs a… Continue reading For $12.8 Million: Yahoo Japan Acquires Decopic Creator Community Factory
Amazon Japan Mistakenly Teases Kindle Pages, But No Japanese E-Books
Amazon Japan, who has not been able to launch its long-awaited e-book reader/platform Kindle for years, leaked something related with Kindle on its website around September 3, just a couple of days before US Amazon’s press event planned on September 6 (7th in Japan timezone). According to a blogger ArtSalt [J], the link appeared fist… Continue reading Amazon Japan Mistakenly Teases Kindle Pages, But No Japanese E-Books