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. App Translates Your Face Into Emoticon [En] Nara Local Gvmnt Manager Running Anti-Sankei-Newspaper Campaign On Facebook Criticized By Major Newspapers On new NEC desktop PC, you may order to record TV… Continue reading Japan’s Web News Week 7
“Turtle Farm Island” Reaches Over 1 Million Users
ONE OF THEM, Inc. [J] has announced that their social game for Ameba mobile, “Kami No Ue No Kame Nouen” (Eng: Turtle Farm Island), has reached over 1 million users. In “Turtle Farm Island,” you run a farm on top of the back of a big turtle, and together you can raise turtles in this… Continue reading “Turtle Farm Island” Reaches Over 1 Million Users
GREE Shares Down 6.15%, After Users Discover Glitch In Their Top Social Game
Shares in Japan’s top social gaming company GREE (current market cap: US$6.5 billion) dipped 6.15% today, following reports of users exploiting a glitch in the platform’s top social game. The title in question is “Tanken doliland”, a social card battle game mixed with RPG elements. As we reported yesterday, a bug in the game makes… Continue reading GREE Shares Down 6.15%, After Users Discover Glitch In Their Top Social Game
Gree’s Tanken Doriland Bug Let Users Copy Rare-Cards, Sell At Auction Over $300
Early Sunday morning on 2-channel social-network forum, there are people reporting a cheat using bug on a social game Tanken Doriland, run on Japan’s large social game platform Gree. If believe it, Tanken Doriland’s player can copy any virtual card by using two accounts on two cellphones, by sending the original to the other phone,… Continue reading Gree’s Tanken Doriland Bug Let Users Copy Rare-Cards, Sell At Auction Over $300
Yahoo Hoshou: Yahoo Japan Starts “Safety” Service For Online Shoppers
Yahoo Japan, the country’s biggest website, is a major force in the domestic e-commerce sector. The transaction value for their auction service “Yahoo Auction” (by far the biggest in Japan) and “Yahoo Japan Shopping” reached a staggering 950 billion yen (US$12 billion) last fiscal. Reason enough for the company to announce a new service for… Continue reading Yahoo Hoshou: Yahoo Japan Starts “Safety” Service For Online Shoppers
NOTTV: Japan Gets Smartphone-Only TV Channel (Video)
NOTTV – that’s the name of a new mobile TV channel that could one day replace 1Seg, the current TV and broadcasting standard for Japanese cell phones. Japan’s biggest mobile carrier NTT Docomo, the country’s biggest ad agency Dentsu, and a handful of private-sector broadcasters are planning to launch NOTTV on April 1 this year.… Continue reading NOTTV: Japan Gets Smartphone-Only TV Channel (Video)
Kakaku.com Unveils “Tabelog Yoyaku”, Online Restaurant Reservation Site
Kakaku.com, Inc. announced that “Tabelog Yoyaku” that you can make reservation on site at their part of “Tabelog” service. No membership is required and it is for free. “Tabelog Yoyaku” is service that you can check availability and make reservation. By searching dates, area and budget, restaurant can be reserved will be sown up, and… Continue reading Kakaku.com Unveils “Tabelog Yoyaku”, Online Restaurant Reservation Site
Google Rules Snail Mail Marketing In Japan
Tsuhan Tsushin reported that Google Japan got Grand Prix at Japan Post’s Direct Mail Award [J], which is an annual contest choose the best from companies’ direct mail(DM) really sent. This year, 28 DM are awarded from 672 applicants, and the most valued DM from three points of view, strategy, creativity and effectiveness. Google’s DM… Continue reading Google Rules Snail Mail Marketing In Japan
Japan’s Web News Week 6
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. Toshiba Blu-ray Recorder Stops By Auto-Updator Bug via Yomiuri Excellent Hatsune Miku Chrome CM Parody With Idol M@ster – parody of this http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm16896784 An User Making 100,000 Notes Let Evernote Crash,… Continue reading Japan’s Web News Week 6
Report: Amazon To Bring Kindle To Japan In April
Business daily The Nikkei says it learned that Amazon Japan, the country’s second-biggest e-commerce company, is planning to finally offer its e-book reader Kindle to Japanese customers. According to the paper, Amazon is expected to launch Kindle devices in April this year “for less than 20,000 yen” (US$257). Apparently, the Kindle Touch will be positioned… Continue reading Report: Amazon To Bring Kindle To Japan In April