Last week we got a couple of remarkable news about what happened to the industry that usually bring us news stories about the world on the move. The Sankei Shimbun[J], Japan’s 7th largest newspaper in the number of its circulation, set up a new page specifically focusing on Internet services and web industry trends as… Continue reading Sankei & Asahi: Both Newspapers Move On To Survive
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Monetize Hacks #3 Report (part 1)
24th night at Roppongi Hills, the third Monetize Hacks meeting was held by some web directors from Livedoor and Hatena by welcoming 120 web directors and entrepreneurs in and around Tokyo. The first monetize Hacks [J] was called for web directors greeting and exchanging ideas around 15 people, the second one [J] was a group… Continue reading Monetize Hacks #3 Report (part 1)
White Elephant From The Internet Bubble? Seven-yo Avatar SNS Is Shut Down
A Tokyo-based conglomerate of PC manufacturing and e-commerce retailing, MCJ(Mouse Computer Japan) announced it would shut down the company’s avatar SNS service Cafesta[J] at the end of this month. The service earns 600,000 unique users and 80 million pageviews in a month. Cafesta was launched by Powered.com (merged to KDDI in 2006), an ISP and… Continue reading White Elephant From The Internet Bubble? Seven-yo Avatar SNS Is Shut Down
Promotion Character Battle: Digital Deer vs. Analog Bear
Since Tsuyoshi Kusanagi stepped down from the role promoting digital terrestrial TV service (see this for more details), NAB, the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan, were forced to introduce a new promoter, which is Chide-jika[J], punning the words of digital TV and deer. In opposition to the deer’s activity, users of Japan’s largest… Continue reading Promotion Character Battle: Digital Deer vs. Analog Bear
April Fools’ Day Jokes On Japanese Websphere
On the day when all we are permitted to wag the dog, many companies devoted themselves to create attractive pranks on their websites. I wrapped up what had happened on Japanese web scene. For pursuing the journalist’s perspective to be honest on the facts, we Asiajin report no prank nor joke, but do the fact… Continue reading April Fools’ Day Jokes On Japanese Websphere
A Brief History Of Japan’s Social Media Scene
This rough overview shows how the social media landscape evolved in Japan from 1987 till today. Hideyuki Yoshikawa is the man behind this. The original blog post can be found here [JP]. In the past, Asiajin covered Kakaku.com, 2channel, Hatena, Nico Nico Douga, Mixi, Twitter (Japan) and Pixiv.
Bounen Kaigi 2008 report
Bounen Kaigi, annual year-end conference considering the record of the year, was held at Yahoo! Japan office again this year. This conference was sponsored by Yahoo! Japan and the event hosts were Gen Taguchi (blog: 100shiki[J]) and Daiya Hashimoto (blog: Jyoho Kogaku Passion for The Future[J]). This conference consisted of the followings. Noticeable Net Services… Continue reading Bounen Kaigi 2008 report
Niconico Douga welcomed “the father of the i-mode”
On Friday 4th July, Niconico Daikaigi 2008 (Daikaigi = Big meeting) was held by Dwango/Niwango at JCB Hall, Suidoubashi, Tokyo, with 2,000 atendees and over 10,000 users via broadcast. This biggest event for Niconico Douga had a lot of new services/functions release, with a secret surprize. Niconico Douga Update New version code is “Niconico Douga… Continue reading Niconico Douga welcomed “the father of the i-mode”
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