Hamigakibiyori (means “A good day to brush teeth” in Japanese), a free iPhone game on which you can brush teeth of several anime girls, is planned to release soon, “Unless rejected by Apple” as the official says.
By good brushing, you gain “love points”, by which you may purchase new toothbrushes.
via Inside
AndroWire reported that Facebook added a new QR Code profile feature only for Japanese users.
Facebook users on iOS and Android can show a QR Code from a user profile, on which others can access and request to be a Facebook friend.
Early this week, Facebook released stamps on comments feature for Japan, at now only for Japan.
Facebook Adds QR-Code to Add Friends via 2D Barcode for Japan
NikkeiBP reported that 3,794,777 379,4777 Yahoo! Japan Mail users were unable to access the service since around 9:30 a.m. September 30.
The number of affected users is about 8% of whole 50 million users. Troubled hardware are being replaced and are supposed to resume tomorrow, October 3.
official release
According to IT Media [J], Amazon Japan, Japan Post and Nasta jointly designed a new mailbox, which allows people to receive larger boxes, reduce redelivers.
On Amazon’s product review, already 7 users reviewed with averaged 1.5 stars. Most say that 32,000 yen (already 35% off though) is too expensive. One points out that Amazon’s parcels tend to be bigger than other shopping services in Japan.
書体の神経衰弱やってる pic.twitter.com/WeBYFVMmEh
— KAMINO Aki (あきず) (@akz) September 27, 2014
A Japanese hiker @setori_ tweeted with a photo around a crater on Mt. Ontake, Nagano.
一人でのんびり御嶽山(^^) pic.twitter.com/cFzNtPuw5e
— enari (@setori_) September 27, 2014
The tweet’s time 11:52 a.m is just one minute before the mountain erupted. There are no newer tweets from this person and Japanese web users are anxious.
[Update]
Video by another hiker is uploaded on YouTube.
Public TV NHK used this video on their news tonight.
[Update 2]
According to @cooliceco, @setori_ posted a tweet saying that she safely came back from the mountain, but then she removed her account. (if believe the screenshots)
御嶽山噴火一分前に写真を撮ってたenariさん無事のお知らせ。良かった…！！ pic.twitter.com/G2ld2xGpoy
— ゆりぽん (@cooliceco) September 28, 2014
There are several accounts with name @setori_(digits) claiming that she is the original hiker opened a new account, but all seem fake and trolling.
Photo Tweet A Minute Before Today’s Volcano Eruption Worried
Yahoo! Japan, the nation’s largest web service company, announced[J] today June 19 that it will migrate its office to a new office/hotel building which has been being constructed at where Akasaka Prince Hotel was there before.
Its expanding business seems to make it require more space. The new Yahoo! Japan office starting from May 2016 will occupy 20 floors among 24 office floors in the total 38 story building.
Roppongi is one of the most favored place by Web companies and start-ups in Tokyo. And the one reason is definitely because Yahoo! Japan is in Roppongi Mid-town. Although the move is planned 2 years in future, this may affect other web companies office planning under and around the Yahoo’s eco-system.
The new location is about 2 kilometer north, between the Imperial palace and Crown Prince’s Palace. It is across the street from Hotel New Otani Tokyo.
Sankei reported [J] today (March 8) that Toshiba is going to ship the first Chromebook in Japan earliest in April.
Toshiba to Sell First Japanese Chromebook Next Month, Sankei Says
Today Mixi announced [J] that Yusuke Asakura, who took the lead at long-struggling Japanese Facebook rival since last June, will be replaced with Hiroki Morita, an executive officer managing the recent hit social game Monster Strike.
The release said that this financial year Mixi will get black inc, moves from its business reconstruction phase to regrowth phase.