Oita Airport is a local airport in Oita prefecture, Kyushu island, Japan. When you arrive at the airport, you will see a big sushi dish on the conveyor, (photo by @yuwt) You can also watch how it is on a movie by cdefinverter, A local incorporated association Tourism Oita runs this to promote their variety… Continue reading Oita Airport Baggage Conveyor Belt Is A Big Sushi Shop
iPhone 4S To Be Sold From 8 a.m. October 14, Apple Japanese Site Says
About an hour prior to Apple’s “Let’s Talk iPhone” event, Apple Store Ginza (Tokyo, Japan) page [J] is showing that the new iPhone 4S will be on sale from 8 a.m. October 14. The text is here with my translation, iPhone 4S、登場。 10月14日、午前8時より、Apple Storeで発売。あなたにぴったりの通信事業者と料金プランを選ぶお手伝いをします。iPhoneの設定もスタッフが行うので、ストアを出る前から使い始める準備が完了します。さらに詳しく iPhone 4S has come. It’s on sale from 8 a.m. October… Continue reading iPhone 4S To Be Sold From 8 a.m. October 14, Apple Japanese Site Says
7th Mashup Awards “Ninja Challenge” To Take Place In Palo Alto October 19 (Call For Presentations Ends October 12)
The so-called Mashup Awards have a relatively long history in Japan’s web world, with the 7th event scheduled to be held in Japan next month (here‘s Asiajin’s report on the last event from December 2010). It has been organized in Japan every year so far, but now the Mashup Awards 7 (MA7) event is coming… Continue reading 7th Mashup Awards “Ninja Challenge” To Take Place In Palo Alto October 19 (Call For Presentations Ends October 12)
DeNA To Purchase Atakama Labs, Stretches Its Hands To South America
DeNA, a company running a social game networking Mobage in Japan and now oversea, announced that the acquisition of Chilean game development company Atakama Labs S.A. DeNA has been adding social game development companies into its group from USA, Netherlands, Sweden, Vietnam. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DeNA to Acquire First Latin American Subsidiary, Atakama Labs Chile-based… Continue reading DeNA To Purchase Atakama Labs, Stretches Its Hands To South America
Gree Games With Users Who Trying To Leave Away
On a CGM Curation site Naver Matome, there is a funny list [J] how people are complaining how Gree, one of Japan’s largest social game networking service, makes its member withdrawal process difficult. Here is the resigning form page which I could find from their help. (on smartphone version. their main feature phone site and… Continue reading Gree Games With Users Who Trying To Leave Away
Cyber Agent Establishes Overseas Smartphone Marketing Division
Cyber Agent has announced that it will establish an “Overseas Smartphone Marketing Division,” a specialized station for assistance in the undertaking of overseas marketing for smartphone, aimed particularly at America. “Overseas Smartphone Marketing Division” is geared towards offering smartphone promotion of their Japanese business into the overseas market. Cyber Agent’s operations include starting the overseas… Continue reading Cyber Agent Establishes Overseas Smartphone Marketing Division
Gibli Animation Film “From Up On Poppy Hill” Area Opens On Ameba Pigg
Cyber Agent [J] has opened a special area for their 2D virtual space “Ameba Pigg,” [J] returning Studio Gibli’s latest film “Kokuriko-zaka Kara” (“コクリコ坂から”, From Up On Poppy Hill) to the world stage. The limited term period is from September 16th until the 25th. This “From Up On Poppy Hill” area is Ameba Pigg’s original… Continue reading Gibli Animation Film “From Up On Poppy Hill” Area Opens On Ameba Pigg
DeNa Buys Out Vietnamese Subsidiary of Punch Entertainment
DeNA [J] has announced that they will acquire all shares of the Vietnamese game development company Punch Entertainment (Vietnam) Company Limited. which will become a subsidiary company. Buyout is planned to be completed within the month of September. Punch Vietnam is a subsidiary of the American game developer Punch Entertainment, Inc. Their development process and… Continue reading DeNa Buys Out Vietnamese Subsidiary of Punch Entertainment
September 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 2)
Continued from (Part 1). Middle part of September news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Continued to (Part 3) Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Japnaese Facebook Pointed Out Full Of Fake Girls’ Account – a blog listed many fake accounts and guys who have those girls on their… Continue reading September 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 2)
Manga Authoring Software “ComiPo!” English Version Released
At the Tokyo Game Show, a variety of businesses and organizations other than game companies have displays. This comic book software “ComiPo!” [J, E] is one of them. “ComiPo!” is released by the ComoPo! production committee, (Web Technology Com Corp., committee chairperson: Keiichi Tanaka), and it’s a program that’s like, “Even though I can’t draw… Continue reading Manga Authoring Software “ComiPo!” English Version Released