Yahoo Japan, the country’s biggest website with 1.6 billion page views per day, will enter a partnership with Cookpad, a popular recipe site, according to a report by business daily The Nikkei. Much like Yahoo in the US, Yahoo Japan runs a number of vertical services under its portal: one of them, Yahoo Recipe, will… Continue reading Yahoo Japan Teams Up With Recipe Portal Cookpad
On Social Site “IRORIO,” Avatars Advance By Posting Comments On News
Second News Inc. has opened the news site IRORIO, [J] where news readers can develop their own avatar by posting their opinions. IRORIO is a news site which delivers tri-monthly news from in and out of Japan, of many genres, including politics, economy, society, entertainment, technology, lifestyle, etc. Readers can enjoy a “training game” where… Continue reading On Social Site “IRORIO,” Avatars Advance By Posting Comments On News
Anti-Cyber Attack Alert System “DAEDALUS” Looks Very “Ghost In The Shell”-ish
Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) announced “DAEDALUS” (Direct Alert Environment for Darknet And Livenet Unified Security) system on June 6. The system has nationwide distributed surveillance network to watch so-called darknet, a part of the Internet which IP address are not supposed to be used. There are non-ignorable amount of digital… Continue reading Anti-Cyber Attack Alert System “DAEDALUS” Looks Very “Ghost In The Shell”-ish
Buying A 173,250 Yen Doll From Microsoft Comes With Dev Tools, Or Opposite?
Microsoft Japan has been featuring Cloud-girl Claudia to grab the heart of anime-loving geeks. Their latest campaign offers the limited Claudia doll for everyone who purchases Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional with MSDN, which price is 173,250 yen (US$2200). The doll is planned to be 15-20 centimeters(6-8 inches) heights, with serial number. The campaign will… Continue reading Buying A 173,250 Yen Doll From Microsoft Comes With Dev Tools, Or Opposite?
Google+ TV CM Featuring AKB48 Election
Do people oversea believe the AKB48 election, to decide which girls of the idol group should sing in front line of bunch of members, are more important than political election for some Japanese? Google Japan, who chose AKB48 as its promotional force last Deccember, featured Atsuko Maeda’s speech during the last election for TV commercial… Continue reading Google+ TV CM Featuring AKB48 Election
Japan’s Web News Week 22
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. Amazon Japan To Sell Data SIM For Tablet, First As A Foreign Company – The scoop by Nikkei. Japan Communication Denies Nikkei’s Story That Amazon Japan To Resell Their Data SIM.… Continue reading Japan’s Web News Week 22
Hip-hop Anti-Phishing Enlightenment Song By Japan Credit-card Association
Japan Credit-card Association released a hip-hop song teaches you what kind of the Internet phishing are aiming you. The song title is “Itsumo Kimi wo mamoritai kara”(’cause we always want to protect you.). Three mermaids tell you 5 points you need to be careful on the net. via Modern Syntax
2nd Part Of Romance Sims Series “My Forged Wedding” Released
Voltage [J] has released “My Forged Wedding,” an English version of “Chikai No Kisu Wa Totsuzen Ni♪” (Suddenly Kiss of Vow) as the second part of the North American romance simulation game “Romance Sims” series, for iPhone and Android. “My Forged Wedding” is an English Version of “Chikai No Kisu Wa Totsuzen Ni,” the number… Continue reading 2nd Part Of Romance Sims Series “My Forged Wedding” Released
Yahoo! Japan To Close Yahoo! Kukuru, Naver Matome Rip-off
Yahoo! Japan, the largest website in the country, who holds a lot of successful sub-services under its brand, announced today the termination of their Yahoo! Kururu, user-generated summary site. The service launched September 2011, is often called as “Yahoo!’s Naver Matome”, as the service seemed quite similar to the already-successful info-aggregation site Naver Matome. The… Continue reading Yahoo! Japan To Close Yahoo! Kukuru, Naver Matome Rip-off
Perfume’s Open Dance Data Inspiring CG Creators
In April, we reported that Japanese girls techno unit Perfume opened the motion data of their dance on Github. Fans’ creatives seem to be arriving to the official site. Daihei Shibata lets the doll Perfume dance on his desktop. Pretty inpressive CG work. The official site shows other 4 great videos using the same motion… Continue reading Perfume’s Open Dance Data Inspiring CG Creators