Google built a dedicated page which is tailored for Japanese cellphone web browsers (i.e. i-mode and others) to help people suffering Tohoku earthquake/tsunami/nuclear crisis [J]. Compact web page for cellphone browser is in higher demand for many refugees at evacuation shelters. This is good move as well as other Google’s latest help like Person Finder,… Continue reading Google Opens Evacuation Info Portal For Japanese Cellphone
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Undercover Cops Dispatched To 1,500 Cellphone Shops To Check If They Explain Kids Filtering Service
Jiji reported [J] that Japan’s National Police Agency is planning to send secret agents to 1,500 cellphone shops nationwide, to check if shop clerks ask a customer who will use the cellphone, and if s/he says it is for their children, then if they introduce kids filtering service and explain what bad things could happen… Continue reading Undercover Cops Dispatched To 1,500 Cellphone Shops To Check If They Explain Kids Filtering Service
LovePlus Followers Assaulting Cellphone, Gree And Mobage Town
Virtual Dating Game LovePlus on Nintendo DS was a smash hit, let Konami themselves publish a sequel LovePlus+(Love Plus Plus) [J] (feature limited), iPhone version and coming arcade version. Two gigantic social gaming networks, Gree and Mobage Town, who have been adding new games every day, of course ride on this trend. On the same… Continue reading LovePlus Followers Assaulting Cellphone, Gree And Mobage Town
Japan’s Top Search Keywords in 2010 By Yahoo! Japan
It is a year-end buzzword ranking season. Yahoo! Japan, Japan’s most popular search portal, though the backend search engine has been gradually switching to Google’s one (everyday more people report that their search results are the similar with the Google’s results), eventually gets the highest number of search volume in Japanese. Yahoo! Japan just released… Continue reading Japan’s Top Search Keywords in 2010 By Yahoo! Japan
30% Japanese Sends E-Mail First To Ask If They Can Make Phone Call
Internet research company Ishare reported [J] that new phone call “manner” emerging, especially among young women in Japan. 40.7% of female and 19.9% male answered that they ask if they can call others by cellphone e-mail. (n=556) So, those people make an appointment for telephone call by e-mail. The reasons they do that are; to… Continue reading 30% Japanese Sends E-Mail First To Ask If They Can Make Phone Call
Luna Luna – Mobile Menstruation Care Site, 2.7% Of Japanese Women Pay, Now Goes U.S.
In Japan, paying for contents on cellphone web is so common. That supports unbelievable profit on social gaming networks Gree and Mobage-Town. Over 2% of population purchase weather forecast on cellphone with 105 yen or more, which I recently wrote for The Japan Times, is also a good example. There is another successful, interesting cellphone… Continue reading Luna Luna – Mobile Menstruation Care Site, 2.7% Of Japanese Women Pay, Now Goes U.S.
Earthquake Warning For Japanese Cellphone Works Well
In Eastern Japan, around 5 p.m. on 29th (Japan Standard Time), massive number of people in office and home got different than usual sound on their cellphones. It was one of the latest function on Japanese feature phone, Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) system. The earthquake itself, which happened in Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan, recorded 5.8-magnitude,… Continue reading Earthquake Warning For Japanese Cellphone Works Well
Part Time Jobs Site Baitoru.com Introduces Video Resume
Baitoru.com is a Japanese jobs site which is specialized for part time jobs listing. Recently they added a new feature on which job-seekers can send a video pitch to companies. You can send your self-taking job interview movie from your cellphone or PC, if the employer’s job post has any of these requests: decide hiring… Continue reading Part Time Jobs Site Baitoru.com Introduces Video Resume
Softbank Sends 6 Walking WiFi Ninja To Comiket To Cover Up Cellphone Demand
The 78th Comiket(Comic Market), the world’s largest self-published comic book fair, was held again this summer in Tokyo bay side. This summer, there were 35,000 groups had booths and 560,000 people visited the fair for 3 days. As such many people gather in a huge but single conference hall, logistics are always problem. Convenience stores… Continue reading Softbank Sends 6 Walking WiFi Ninja To Comiket To Cover Up Cellphone Demand
Mobile Janken(Rock-Paper-Scissors) Site Charged By Illegal Gambling
According to Kyodo News, Tokyo metropolitan police department security division arrested three members of the company which ran online mobile gambling sites. It is the first time arrest ever over mobile gambling website across the nation. One of their site, Kensyou Jankenpon (“rock-paper-scissors rewards”. the site already suspended), operated by Seeds Style Co., Ltd. [J]… Continue reading Mobile Janken(Rock-Paper-Scissors) Site Charged By Illegal Gambling