Lunarr founder invites famous US-bloggers to Japan

Toru TAKASUKA, known as a very few Japanese entrepreneur challenging in US internet market by his Lunarr (covered on TechCrunch, Mashable, and a lot more), invites popular bloggers from US for one week Tokyo and Japan web technology meetings trip. The invited bloggers are: Tom Foremski from Sillicon Valley Watcher Marshall Kirkpatrick, Read/Write Web Kristen… Continue reading Lunarr founder invites famous US-bloggers to Japan

Google Maps Japan hats off to Mixi

Mixi (on Asiajin), the biggest Social Network Site in Japan, announced that Google Maps Japan now has an specialized Mixi button for users who wants to embed Google Maps on their users diary (Mixi Nikki). “Embed this map to other service: mixi” Mixi has been having the “embed Google Maps” feature for a year which… Continue reading Google Maps Japan hats off to Mixi

Applications from Japanese companies welcome for Techcrunch 50

Over 700 web and web-related companies from all over world handed in an application for last year’s Techcrunch 40 event, organized by the famous Tech blog of the same name. This year, the competition is called Techcrunch 50 and it is again organized by Techcrunch USA. It will be conducted from September 8-10th in San… Continue reading Applications from Japanese companies welcome for Techcrunch 50

Japanese national TV network expands to Youtube

Japanese copyright holders in the music, TV and movie industry are known to be very protective of their contents when it comes to distribution on the web. Youtube has been “cleaned” several times in the past after complaints filed by media companies from this country. Now, for the 1st time for a major TV network,… Continue reading Japanese national TV network expands to Youtube

Japanese government plans to restrict mobile web access for children

We covered political initiatives in Japan to censor the web a few times on Asiajin in the past. In a new move announced today, the Japanese government urges parents and schools to tightly control how children use their cell phones. A panel recommended a handful of concrete steps which were nodded through today by the… Continue reading Japanese government plans to restrict mobile web access for children

NTT Docomo provides high-speed cellularphone-web at home

NTT Docomo announced that they will start a new internet connection service “Home U” in June, which enables WiFi web access from cellularphone at home. With the latest cellphone type N906iL(nicknamed: “onefone”), which has not only data access over cellphone but also WiFi access feature, user can access their favorite cellularphone websites at maximum 54Mbps… Continue reading NTT Docomo provides high-speed cellularphone-web at home

iPong on multiple iPod Touch devices

Ryo Shimizu, CEO of Ubiquitous Entertainment Inc. (also active as a blogger under the handle name “shi3z”), introduced iPong, his researcher buddy Mr. Kondo‘s toy application for the iPhone/iPod Touch. Not much by way of explanation is provided, but multiple iPod Touches seem to be connected wirelessly and serve up a virtual game of Pong.… Continue reading iPong on multiple iPod Touch devices

Report: JUI (Javascript User Interface) 2008 conference in Tokyo

On Monday, the first JUI (Javascript User Interface) conference was held at RECRUIT‘s gigantic headquarters in Ginza, Tokyo. Although there was hardly any time to promote the quickly scheduled event, more than 100 hackers showed up at the venue! The organizers managed to squeeze a total of 10 speeches into the 3 hour event. The… Continue reading Report: JUI (Javascript User Interface) 2008 conference in Tokyo

7 Web services to become creative Japanese style

In the last few years and months, a couple of Japanese companies decided to launch web sites allowing users to create and share works of art (or trash as in my case) online. Here is a current list of seven of the most popular Japanese web services aimed at creative people. None of these sites… Continue reading 7 Web services to become creative Japanese style