Nihon Enterprise, [J] in partnership with Royality Marketing, who run the community point program Ponta, [J] has announced that from this summer they will launch the Android contents service “Ponta App Market” which can make transactions using Ponta points. “Ponta App Market” is a marketplace for Android where you can leisurely purchase contents using saved… Continue reading Android Market Allowing Ponta Points Opens This Summer
Dentsu’s Android Lottery App For Internship Seat
Dentsu, Japan’s largest advertising agency released a new Android app for wannabe students, Lucky Senkou(=selection). The app has only a single feature, to let students draw a lottery for the platinum slots of the 2012 internship program at Dentsu. You just need to click the button and wait Dentsu’s contact. The app description begins with… Continue reading Dentsu’s Android Lottery App For Internship Seat
Yahoo! Japan’s Hosting Company First Server Suffering Massive Down – Possible Data Lost?
First Server, a subsidiary of Yahoo! Japan, has been having service troubles since around 17:30 June 20. There are several web services observed to be down, who explained on temporary error pages that their services are down because of the hosting service’s glitch. According to RBB Today [J], on the servers on 5 services, the… Continue reading Yahoo! Japan’s Hosting Company First Server Suffering Massive Down – Possible Data Lost?
“Be My Princess for GREE” To Be Released In North America
Voltage [J] has announced that they will launch the romance game “Be My Princess for GREE” for distribution in the North American market as a web application for Android and iOS on the GREE Platform. “Be My Princess for GREE” is the English version of the “GREE Platform Award 2011” romance game first prize winner… Continue reading “Be My Princess for GREE” To Be Released In North America
NHK News Explains What Japanese Web Jargon “JS” Means
Japan’s public TV channel NHK explained at its morning news what “JS” on the online forum means. NHK introduced this “JS” [J] as a new trend word listed by International Tokyo Toy Show 2012, which means “today’s elementary school girls who are fashion-conscious”, where “JS” comes from “Joshi Shogakusei”(elementary school girls). Actually the word “JS”… Continue reading NHK News Explains What Japanese Web Jargon “JS” Means
Yahoo! Japan Allies With CCC(Tsutaya), Japan’s Blockbuster
Yahoo! Japan, the nation’s largest web service, and Culture Convenience Club(CCC), who runs video rental chain store Tsutaya and the center of the reward point network T-point, announced their tight alliance today after the Tokyo stock market closed. According to the release [J], Yahoo! Japan to merge T-ID, online ID for 40 million T-point card… Continue reading Yahoo! Japan Allies With CCC(Tsutaya), Japan’s Blockbuster
LinkedIn Chairman-Rakuten CEO Talk Livestreamed Soon
LinkedIn chairman Reid Hoffman is visiting Tokyo to promote his book “The Start-up of You” Japanese version (“Staato Appu!”). Ustream announced [J] that they are to broadcast Hoffman and Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani’s talk tonight soon from 19:00 (Japan Standard Time). The talk theme is “Startup in Japan”. There are English channel and Japanese channel… Continue reading LinkedIn Chairman-Rakuten CEO Talk Livestreamed Soon
Japan’s Web News Week 24
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. Mixi CEO Interview By Nikkei British Council’s English School Ad Campain Is A Photo Caption Contest Siri Japanese CM Trouble – No One Can Reproduce The Same Phrase “Play Sakanaction’s Songs”… Continue reading Japan’s Web News Week 24
Twitter-buzzed Cat iPhone Jack Accessory Gets A Naughty Parody
Last month, we reported the useless cat accessory for iPhone being commoditized backed by Japanese Twitter users buzzing. The product seems to be at the final stage of development. http://twitpic.com/9oonki By seeing the buzz, @kizuki_jpn crafted an inspired accessory which has a jack for the jack of iPhone. http://twitpic.com/9vlswt I do not know this parody… Continue reading Twitter-buzzed Cat iPhone Jack Accessory Gets A Naughty Parody
Otaku Social Matching Service “Otakuma” Reincarnated As “Ultema”
C. S. T. Entertainment [J] has announced that they will be closing their specialized Otaku (nerd) social matching service Otakuma [J] as of May 26th. “Otakuma” is C.S.T. Entertainment’s first shot at developing a social matching service which began in 2009. At first it bathed in the limelight as a matching service specialized for otaku… Continue reading Otaku Social Matching Service “Otakuma” Reincarnated As “Ultema”