Japanese Government Opens Social Media(=Twitter) Guide Site For Public Organizations

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry(METI) opened “Public Organization Social Media Portal” [J] to educate national governmental sections and local governments on how to utilize social media. The portal shows several guidelines for 1. citizens to see social media and 2. government workers to send information via social media. Interesting thing is, on this… Continue reading Japanese Government Opens Social Media(=Twitter) Guide Site For Public Organizations

Placeholder Public Service Commercial Buzzed Crazy In Japan

Advertising Council Japan (AC Japan) has been mostly a sole commercial providers on Japanese commercial TV stations for a week since the East Japan Earthquake occured. As most regular companies did not want to play their commercial with fear of criticized as inconsiderate during many people are in deep grief, all commercial stations (i.e. non… Continue reading Placeholder Public Service Commercial Buzzed Crazy In Japan

“I’m A Russian-Japanese.” – Facebook Beset On Japanese Nickname Judgement

On February 8th, about two weeks ago, Facebook suspended quite a few numbers of Japanese active users who had names which do not sound like Japanese. They asked for the users their real name and copy of ID like passport. It shocked Japanese early adopters who were tasting Facebook backed by media boom, as many… Continue reading “I’m A Russian-Japanese.” – Facebook Beset On Japanese Nickname Judgement

Which Foreign Startups Are Doing Well In Japan “Under The Radar”?

It’s no secret that in recent years, quite a few foreign (mostly American) web brands have made it big in Japan: Google, YouTube, Twitter, Wikipedia, Amazon etc. But what about startups that don’t have huge budgets to internationalize, no staff in Japan and – in some cases – not even a Japanese user interface (usually… Continue reading Which Foreign Startups Are Doing Well In Japan “Under The Radar”?

Facebook Featured By Media Like Last Year’s Twitter In Japan

Weekly Diamond, Japanese business magazine featured Facebook for over 30 pages. Weekly Diamond 2011-01-29 As you see, the magazine cover has a lot of Facebook icons which were asked on Facebook by the editors. The first page shows applied readers’ Facebook icons, too. The sections are “What is Facebook?”, “Facebook Guide to start today” and… Continue reading Facebook Featured By Media Like Last Year’s Twitter In Japan

Groupon Japan’s Osechigate Still Smoldering

The poor traditional holiday food (osechi) delivery happened on New Year’s day around Groupon Japan, followed by media bash then Groupon world CEO’s sincere but delayed video apology 17 days later, must affected somewhat on their Japanese penetration and pitching daily deal business itself. Even though a month passed, media rushing on this issue has… Continue reading Groupon Japan’s Osechigate Still Smoldering

Facebook Movie “The Social Network” Tops At Its Second Week

It is a slow-starter. The Facebook-themed movie “The Social Network”, which was defeated by Japanese movie “Boku to Tsuma no 1778 no Monogatari” at its release weekend reportedly won the ranking top on January 22-23 weekend (by Kogyo Tsushinsha). The Social Network Boku to Tsuma no 1778 no Monogatari (Stories Of Me And My Wife)… Continue reading Facebook Movie “The Social Network” Tops At Its Second Week

Like Facebook, “The Social Network” Could Not Top On The First Weekend In Japan

Japan weekend box office ranking for January 15th-16th weekend has just been released by Kogyo Tsushinsha [J]. The first weekend of “The Social Network” appeared on 321 theaters both in subtitle and dubbed versions all through the nation on January 15, 2011. 1. “Boku to Tsuma no 1778 no Monogatari” [J] (“1778 Stories of My… Continue reading Like Facebook, “The Social Network” Could Not Top On The First Weekend In Japan

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