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Japan’s Web News Week 17

This week’s Japanese Web/IT related news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. A Japanese Twitter user made up a fake invoice from Twitter, buzzed as good number of people believed the story heavy tweets would be charged. Gree, DeNA and 4 Others Held… Continue reading Japan’s Web News Week 17

Japan’s Web News Week 15

This week’s Japanese Web/IT related news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. 67 Of The Same Name Japanese Hirokazu Tanaka Gather For Guiness Record English Talking Free Kyoto Tourist Guide For iPhone [En] via MyNavi Goocus: Smartphone Wikipedia Reader Works With Your Location… Continue reading Japan’s Web News Week 15

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Photozou: Zynga Japan Sells Photo Sharing Site To Digital Garage

Back in 2010, when Zynga acquired Tokyo-based Unoh (and turned the company into its Japan HQ), the main targets of the Americans were game-related assets and the team. But Zynga also acquired a pretty successful photo sharing service that was developed by Unoh: Photozou,which went live in 2005 and can probably be best described as… Continue reading Photozou: Zynga Japan Sells Photo Sharing Site To Digital Garage

A Summary of the Latest Studies about Japan & Social Media

2011 was not only a year that changed the geography of Japan but also a year that drastically altered the way Japanese people use social media. Facebook came out of nowhere and increased its user base more than 200% (Socialbakers) , Twitter became mainstream  (Study 4) and a Comscore report claimed that Mixi is not #1 social… Continue reading A Summary of the Latest Studies about Japan & Social Media

Japan’s Web News Week 12

This week’s Japanese Web/IT related news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Fujitsu And Nagoya Univ Develops A Technlogy Detects If You Are Being Deceived By Your Voice A Man Made 250 Banknotes To Slanderous Leaflets Arrested Japanese Cellphone Earthquake Alert Arranged In… Continue reading Japan’s Web News Week 12

Japan’s Web News Week 10

This week’s Japanese Web/IT related news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Tokyo Metropolitan Police To Begin Twitter For Disaster-Releaf Planned In 2012 Kanazawa College of Art Enrollment and Graduate by the same students. via @U2game_Sawagi Iine Manga With Mecha-Zuckerburg – The title… Continue reading Japan’s Web News Week 10

NHN Japan’s LINE App Hits 20 Million Users – After Just 8 Months

20 million – that’s the amazing number of users that LINE, a communication app made by NHN Japan, just hit. The free voice call/messenger app for iOS and Android just took eight months to reach this milestone (it was released in June last year). LINE makes it possible for users to call or text each… Continue reading NHN Japan’s LINE App Hits 20 Million Users – After Just 8 Months

Dole Japan Offers Special Bananas Listened AKB48 For Ripening At Tokyo Marathon 2012

2012 version of annual Tokyo Marathon will be held on February 26, with 36,000 runners who luckily win the lottery from 283,988 applicants. At the marathon, one of the official supplier Dole Japan is going to provide 96,000 “lucky” bananas, named “Goku Sen”(Extremely Selected) [J], which will be chosen from its over 100 kind of… Continue reading Dole Japan Offers Special Bananas Listened AKB48 For Ripening At Tokyo Marathon 2012

C.A. Mobile Releases Smartphone Social Commerce Platform “SCP”

C.A. Mobile [J] has released the smartphone social commerce platform “SCP.”  They will proceed by the introduction of their cell phone site “ONE☆FESTA.” “SCP” is a corporate electronic commerce site geared towards establishing unique social pages.  The social commerce platform offers a system which allows you to submit impressions such as “I want it!,” “I… Continue reading C.A. Mobile Releases Smartphone Social Commerce Platform “SCP”

Sorayume Offers New Social Game For Gree, Super-Bride Battle

Sorayume [J] has released the new social game for GREE “Chou Yome Taisen” (Super-Bride Battle). “Super-Bride Battle” is a card battle type social game with many characters appearing from several popular game and anime works.  Going beyond the framework of their works, you use the various character and item cards to advance.  The character cards… Continue reading Sorayume Offers New Social Game For Gree, Super-Bride Battle