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Nico Nico Douga Hits 28 Million Users, Generates US$46 Million In Sales Last Quarter

Nico Nico Douga, Japan’s answer to YouTube, is still growing nicely, five years after launch. Dwango, the Tokyo-based company behind the popular service, released its financial report [PDF] for the last nine months (ending in June 2012). And according to the report, Nico Nico (the company’s most important asset) reached 28.08 million users in June.… Continue reading Nico Nico Douga Hits 28 Million Users, Generates US$46 Million In Sales Last Quarter

Facebook Usage in Japan: Then and Now (August, 2012)

My students and I (Adam Acar) have been constantly monitoring the Japanese social media landscape as part of our social media seminar. After checking the demographic distribution of Facebook users in last August we repeated this procedure again today, just about a year later. The results were quite interesting as can be seen in the figures below.… Continue reading Facebook Usage in Japan: Then and Now (August, 2012)

Softbank and Disney Make AR Mickey Mouse Fan

Walt Disney Japan [J] is to distribute “AR fans” of Mickey Mouse at some shops who handle Disney Mobile On Softbank, as part of a Disney Mobile On Softbank summer campaign. This fan can show AR contents of Mickey Mouse. A special AR marker is printed on the fan, and when you view through the… Continue reading Softbank and Disney Make AR Mickey Mouse Fan

Koozyt Heads Up Production Space At Biohazard CAFE & GRILL “S.T.A.R.S”

Koozyt, Inc. has taken charge of the production space at the Biohazard CAFE & GRILL “S.T.A.R.S” [J] (Biohazard is the Japanese version of Resident Evil) which has opened on the 7th floor of the Shibuya Parco Part 1. They are developing projection mapping which freely uses multiple super small focus projectors, the first attempt in… Continue reading Koozyt Heads Up Production Space At Biohazard CAFE & GRILL “S.T.A.R.S”

Play Game On Spreadsheet! Japanese Coffee-Soda Promotion

Japan’s beverage vendor Suntory’s new promotion site [J] for its carbonated coffee drink Espressoda [J] is an action game on web browser, which you can play at office, as the game looks like your are working on spreadsheets. Horizontal scrolling game with jump and obstacles, such like Super Mario, is built on financial tables and… Continue reading Play Game On Spreadsheet! Japanese Coffee-Soda Promotion

“Electronic Brain Glasses Summit” To Be Held August 4th

Fukui Prefecture Sabae City [J] and Sabae IT Propulsion Forum Executive Committee [J] are holding “Electronic Brain Glasses Summit” [J] at Fuikui Prefecture Sabae City Culture Center on August 4th. Sabae city is a production area for glasses producing 95% of all glasses in Japan, and also recently they are focusing their attention on the… Continue reading “Electronic Brain Glasses Summit” To Be Held August 4th

Mixi Page’s New Campaign Song With Gals And 7yo DJ

Japanese social network giant Mixi collaborates with the large summer festival of gals under the name of “Campus Summit 2012 meets mixi”. According to the event page, Campus Summit is a summer festivals for and by college students, which began in 1995 in Tokyo. At largest, the festivals were held at 57 locations in all… Continue reading Mixi Page’s New Campaign Song With Gals And 7yo DJ

SoftBank Starts Using The 900MHz “Platinum Band”

There can be no doubt that SoftBank is the mobile carrier with the weakest network among Japan’s big three telcos, following that of NTT Docomo and KDDI. But now there is hope that things will finally change for the better. Back in March this year, the Japanese government decided to allocate the 900-megahertz band (also… Continue reading SoftBank Starts Using The 900MHz “Platinum Band”