SoftBank Frameworks, logistics provider and a subsidiary of SoftBank, announced a new service where you can send packages without knowing the recipient’s physical address. The service is called Meru-Ado Takuhaibin (Email Address Door-to-Door Delivery). To send a package, sender would fill out an online form with the email address of the recipient. The service will… Continue reading Send a Package via Email Address
Google Search yahoo.co.jp Returned Suspicious Site
As reported on Google Help Forum in Japanese [J], some Japanese search users who searched on Google by “yahoo.co.jp” was taken to a site which has a strange domain “twakuwakuland.info”, but shows the totally same contents as Yahoo! Japan. People usually search Yahoo! Japan by “Yahoo” but not “yahoo.co.jp” (well, I don’t know why people… Continue reading Google Search yahoo.co.jp Returned Suspicious Site
Bijin-Tokei Gots Inevitable Follower – Adult Version
We covered the first Bijin-Tokei (Beautiful Girls Clock, if you are to take Japanese language exam, “Bijin-Dokei”), every single of 1440 minutes has a different photo with a beautiful girl hanging the time on a blackboard, on their launch. It got huge attentions and has been producing a lot of variants, both by themselves (Binan… Continue reading Bijin-Tokei Gots Inevitable Follower – Adult Version
Japan’s IVP Invests $1.5 million In Chinese Social Gaming Company Rekoo
One of Japan’s most famous independent venture capital firms, Infinity Venture Partners (IVP), seems to have a big interest in the social gaming space and China. IVP already has a number of startups with this profile in their portfolio, and today it came to light they’ll intensify the relationship with one of them through a… Continue reading Japan’s IVP Invests $1.5 million In Chinese Social Gaming Company Rekoo
ESPer2009: Exploratory IT Engineers And Developers Wrap-up This Year’s Japanese Tech Scene
Since 2000, IPA, a Japanese governmental arm in charge of promoting IT industry, has been running an annual contest to find young computer engineers who have developed services and technologies that we’ve never experienced, which is titled the Exploratory IT human resources project a.k.a. MITOH. There was an year-end alumni meet-up where the entrepreneurs who… Continue reading ESPer2009: Exploratory IT Engineers And Developers Wrap-up This Year’s Japanese Tech Scene
The 7th and Final Bonen Kaigi
Daiya Hashimoto and 100shiki’s Gen Taguchi’s annual year end event Bounen Kaigi (Year-forgetting party+meeting) was held at Yahoo! Japan’s headoffice, Roppongi Midtown, Tokyo. This 7th anniversary, however, had been declared the last one. 2009 Ranking As always, the two hosts made their (personal) year ranking what impressed them in 2009. MovaTwitter (Asiajin): unofficial Twitter site… Continue reading The 7th and Final Bonen Kaigi
Taiwan’s Apple Daily: A New Style Of Making News Visible Gets The World’s Reputation
The world’s most successful professional golfer Tiger Woods is now facing adultery scandal. Taiwan’s gossip news media Apple Daily (owned by Hong Kong’s Nextmedia) made 3-D CG videos on his car crash and what might have happened. Some of the videos were put on YouTube and marked 2 million views in the last ten days.… Continue reading Taiwan’s Apple Daily: A New Style Of Making News Visible Gets The World’s Reputation
Taxi-pooling Service Meets The Best Known LBS iPhone App And Map Portal
Probably it’s common in any city around the world that not more female geeks are appeared than males at tech industry scenes. Except some activities that encourage more females to join this exciting community, such as U.S.-based “Girls in Tech” and Tokyo Girl Geeks[J], it is mere that we see a female entrepreneur who runs… Continue reading Taxi-pooling Service Meets The Best Known LBS iPhone App And Map Portal
Japan’s CyberAgent Sets Up $22.7 Million Fund For Startups In East Asia
The more you talk with Japanese VCs and entrepreneurs these days, the more you hear “China” as the next target for investing money or establishing a subsidiary. Now Japanese web behemoth CyberAgent (listed at the Tokyo Stock Exchange) says it has set up a fund exclusively focused on web startups in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan… Continue reading Japan’s CyberAgent Sets Up $22.7 Million Fund For Startups In East Asia
A New Japanese Twitter Clone Ameba-Now Front Loaded To PC Web
Cyber Agent, known by one of the most successful blog hosting Ameblo boasting thousand celebrities users, who started a new mobile microblog service Ameba Now, accelerated to launch its PC version 3 days later, today 11th, which was originally planned on 16th. Ameba Now’s top page (without login) shows featured celebrities messages. Different from cellphone… Continue reading A New Japanese Twitter Clone Ameba-Now Front Loaded To PC Web