KDDI au Lets Subscribers Find Facebook Friends Through Cell Phone Mail History

Back in May, Japan’s second largest mobile carrier KDDI au struck a deal with Facebook under which the social network would be featured prominently on future smartphones, for example in the form of a widget. And now KDDI makes it possible [JP] for users of their proprietary email system EZweb to automatically browse their cell… Continue reading KDDI au Lets Subscribers Find Facebook Friends Through Cell Phone Mail History

USB Buddism Sutra Chanting Tablet

Okyo (“Buddhist sutra” in Japanese) is a new gadget for Japanese Buddhists. Ihai (Spiritual Tablet)-shaped this portable USB gadget will chant sutra everywhere without calling monks. The pre-installed chant is Heart-Sutra(Hannya-Shingyo in Japanese) by a famous Jisseiin Jyonenji [J]. You may replace with your own chant in mp3 format. Letters on tablet can be modified… Continue reading USB Buddism Sutra Chanting Tablet

Japanese Makes Unofficial Famicon(NES) Google Doodles

Twitter for Japanese is becoming a new 2-channel, where people are often challenged to be what funny things they could write/express. @miki800 called for an unofficial Google Doodle logo contest themed Family Computer age 8-bit games. Bomberman Gradius Dig Dug Load Runner Super Mario Brothers (movie) Xevious There are many more but some games are… Continue reading Japanese Makes Unofficial Famicon(NES) Google Doodles

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TeleBing – Microsoft Releases TV Guide App For iPhone/iPad

TeleBing, named after television and Bing, Microsoft’s search engine, is an iOS application for Japanese TV watchers to show TV program schedules. Microsoft Japan released it “to promote Bing brand.” The program guide works with Twitter and Facebook. From program detail page, you may share your comments to Twitter and/or Facebook. Japanese TV programs data… Continue reading TeleBing – Microsoft Releases TV Guide App For iPhone/iPad

Research: Japanese E-Commerce Sites Expects Twitter The Most For Social Media Promotion

Shibuya-based Mobile web oriented HR agency Sapotant issued a research [J] on what social media buttons Japanese e-commerce websites are displaying to their customers (n=100). 48% of Japanese e-commerce site introduces one or more social media buttons. As shown on the chart, nearly 90% of who do, which is 42% of all, encourages users to… Continue reading Research: Japanese E-Commerce Sites Expects Twitter The Most For Social Media Promotion

Japanese-Style Search-By-Blabla Ads Fail Sometime

This is a follow-up post for my monthly column on The Japan Times, Why do Japanese advertisers suggest Internet-search keywords?. There I explained why many of paper/TV ads in Japan are asking people to search by keywords, instead of typing URLs. Soon after the column was published, I got a question from a reader if… Continue reading Japanese-Style Search-By-Blabla Ads Fail Sometime

Japanese Castle-town Building Game Shirotsuku Moves To Trading Cards

From August 2nd, Cave is beginning sales of “Shirotsuku Collection Card Shiro CA Part I” [J] (Shiro CA) as part of their castle town development social game “Shirostuku,” at Don Quijote, major family restaurants such as Gusto and 3F, and other major chains. “Shiro CA,” coupled with “Shirotsuku” trading cards, contain a serial ID number.… Continue reading Japanese Castle-town Building Game Shirotsuku Moves To Trading Cards