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Japan’s First Social Media Focused Contest is Ready to Kick Off

The Team of the University of Tokyo Who Won the Grand Prize in MCJ 2011 You might wonder if there’s any competition about social media and apparently there’s one in Japan. After successfully holding the 2011 Marketing Competition Japan (MCJ) which was participated by 24 teams from 12 different universities, the MCJ committee is gearing up for… Continue reading Japan’s First Social Media Focused Contest is Ready to Kick Off

Keroro And Other Characters Invade Ameba Pigg

CyberAgent [J] has opened up “Narikiri Dori” (Transformation Ave.), a new area in their virtual space Ameba Pigg, [J] where you can enjoy dressing up as popular characters from animes like Shin Seiki Evangelion [J] and “Keroro Gunsou” [J] (Sergent Keroro). “Narikiri Dori” is a new area based on Akihabara, and approximately 50 types of… Continue reading Keroro And Other Characters Invade Ameba Pigg

Augmented Reality + Capsule Toys, July 30th “Kamen Rider” Release By Bandai

Bandai [J] has announced that from July 30th they will launch a series of exclusive vending machine capsules (Gashapon) of the new figure series “HYBRID GRADE Kamen Rider–01,” which fuses capsule toys with AR (Augmented Reality). 1 in each capsule, four types in all, each 500 yen. “HYBRID GRADE Kamen Rider” is a gashapon figure… Continue reading Augmented Reality + Capsule Toys, July 30th “Kamen Rider” Release By Bandai

Is Facebook Japan’s No.1 Social Networks?

No, not yet. Italian social media consultant Vincenzo Cosenza updated world map of social networks, and on this June 2012 version, Japan is painted in Facebook color. I just refer my past articles. 2011: The year when Japan went global over social networking | The Japan Times Online Asiajin » Follow-up Of The Social Networking… Continue reading Is Facebook Japan’s No.1 Social Networks?

Orenoyome – Pinterest for Otaku

Oreno Yome wo Jiman suru Saito (A website to boast my wife) is a new Japanese service where to post your favorite photos of “yome”, which literally means wife, but in Otaku context, “ore no yome” means anything but your real human being wife, on which female character assigned, and on which you put your… Continue reading Orenoyome – Pinterest for Otaku

Nihon Enterprises Opening Android Market From Summer Which Allows Payment Using Point Program “Ponta”

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 Nihon Enterprises Opening Android Market From Summer Which Allows Payment Using Point Program “Ponta”

Japan’s Web News Week 23

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. Nintendo Expresses Anger On Nikkei’s Scoop Around Coming Wii U, “Full Of Mistakes And Complete Conjecture” Yahoo! Search Blog Forecast The Coming 4th Election Of… AKB48 DeNA Brings Mobage To Chinese… Continue reading Japan’s Web News Week 23

Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani Publishes A Book “Englishnization”

Hiroshi Mikitani, CEO of Japan’s largest online e-commerce mall Rakuten, announced [J] on his twitter account that his new book on how he is letting his company and employees adapt to English. 英語化の話しを本に書きました。ビジネスマンだけでなく、様々な人に読んでもらえたらと思っております。前二冊と同様印税についてはすべて寄付させて頂きます。 [楽天]http://t.co/1YJcbdJv [本] #rbooks pic.twitter.com/ugJ5lAYU — 三木谷浩史 H. Mikitani (@hmikitani) June 7, 2012 “I have written up on how to make things into… Continue reading Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani Publishes A Book “Englishnization”