One of the top Japanese internet-buzzed movie in 2009 was an funny ending of Anime “Sora no Otoshimono”(Thing fallen from the sky) episode 2. If it is your first time watching, you will be stunned. (NSFW?) The beautiful lyrical song is from 1974’s golden oldie “Misaki Meguri” (Cape excursion). Inspired by this, a science-fictioneer Housuke… Continue reading Flying Panty Ornithopter Merchandised
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Japan’s 13 Major Radio Station To Start Simulcast On The Web
Nikkei Business online reported [J] that major radio stations in greater Tokyo and Osaka area gathered to open a new website which offers the same programs as their broadcasting. They are 6 from Tokyo (TBS Radio, Nippon Hoso, Bunka Hoso, FM Tokyo, J-WAVE, Inter FM), 6 from Osaka (ABC、MBS、OBC、FMO、FM802、FMcocolo) and Nikkei Radio on short wave.… Continue reading Japan’s 13 Major Radio Station To Start Simulcast On The Web
Twitter Followers Serves You Free Sushi, Boardgame And More In Japan
Suddenly in Japan, small shop owners start thinking Twitter as a guerilla marketing tool. Ashton Kutcher could have eaten over $40,000 worth sushi in Tokyo if he knew it. The first one was a board game shop Sugorokuya(@sugorokuya) [J] at Koenji of west Tokyo, which offered “discount by number of your Twitter followers” campaign [J]… Continue reading Twitter Followers Serves You Free Sushi, Boardgame And More In Japan
Blame Internet Over The Fewest Homicides. What!?
Two of Japan’s most authoritative newspapers, Asahi Shimbun and Nikkei Shimbun both put a very similar notes on their front editorial on January 29th, which made net users upset. Both referred the statistical trend which had been announced by The National Police Agency. The number of homicides and homicide attempts in 2009 was 1,097, and… Continue reading Blame Internet Over The Fewest Homicides. What!?
January 2010 Japan-IT Links (part 1)
Last week our RSS subscribers passed over 5,000, which is a good milestone. Twitter followers also increased to 400. Following @asiajin also will notify our latest articles. Thank you so much. Here is the first half of January Japanese IT/Web interesting news links we did not take as a dedicated article. (part 2 is here)… Continue reading January 2010 Japan-IT Links (part 1)
Weekly Diamond Featured Twitter For 40 Pages, Reprinted
One of the most read Japanese business magazine (such like Forbes or Businessweek), Shuukan Daiyamondo(Weekly Diamond) January 23th 2010 issue, featured Twitter as a special topic for 40 pages. Both of the cover of the magazine and the first page of the featured section, thousands of Japanese Twitter user icons, which had been called for… Continue reading Weekly Diamond Featured Twitter For 40 Pages, Reprinted
Cellphone Geo-Location Game CoroPura Gets 750,000 Users
By seeing Foursquare and Gowalla mentioned a lot on blogs and twitter, I noticed that Asiajin has not introduced how geo location mobile services are doing in Japan, where GPS capable cellphones are there for years. CoroPura, which was originally named “Coronii-de-purasu”(Colony de Plus) and now the abbreviation became an official name, is a Japanese… Continue reading Cellphone Geo-Location Game CoroPura Gets 750,000 Users
Experience New Year’s First Pilgrimage On The Net
Why don’t you experience some part of the Japanese traditions as we do from the New Year’s Eve to the New Year’s Day? Most of Japanese people, excluding those who do not like to go out home in such a cold day, will usually go to a shrine and a temple nearby for praying for… Continue reading Experience New Year’s First Pilgrimage On The Net
Men’s Fingers-Fixed Glove To Avoid False Charge On Train Molestation
Toshio Shimoyama, a Japanese inventor living in Nagasaki, developed a new glove named “Otoko no Guu Tebukuro”(Men’s Clenched Glove), which has all five fingers totally plated [J]. For what? With this glove, you can not grope on girls or dipping your hands into girls’ cloths so you can assure that you are not the accused… Continue reading Men’s Fingers-Fixed Glove To Avoid False Charge On Train Molestation
Susan Boyle To Sing On Japan’s Most Popular Year End Program
According to Asahi Shimbun [J], NHK, nation’s public broadcasting organization, announced that this year’s most Internet-buzzed singer Susan Boyle will appear in Kohaku Utagassen [J], Japan’s most popular TV program which once 80% of Japanese, still 40% watches on new year’s eve [J]. photo by Deborah Wilbanks from Wikipedia [Update 2010-01-01] NHK put the recorded… Continue reading Susan Boyle To Sing On Japan’s Most Popular Year End Program