Naisyoku (Moonlight Job) is a new social game by Acquire Corp. for DeNA’s mobile social networking service Mobage Town. The Japanese word Naisyoku is not so positive. It literally means “working at home” but the word is often used to refer ultra menial labors done by low-income people who are unable to take regular jobs.… Continue reading Naisyoku – Japanese Mobile Social Game Leads You To Be… Menial Labor
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Japan No.1 Cellphone Carrier’s Official Social Network Now Opened To Other Two
Docomo Community [J], a social networking service run by NTT Docomo, Japan’s largest cellphone carrier, started March 2009, is now available to other carriers, No.2 KDDI au and No.3 Softbank Mobile. Docomo Community was designed to let you share photos, notes and diary with your family and friends for free, driven by cellphone but also… Continue reading Japan No.1 Cellphone Carrier’s Official Social Network Now Opened To Other Two
iPhone 2009 Takes 4.9% Share In Japan
MM Research Institute Ltd. announced their research on Japanese cellphone shipment share in year 2009 [J]. Sharp, Panasonic Mobile, Fujitsu, NEC, Kyocera, Sony-Ericsson, Apple, Toshiba, Casio, LG and others 2008 market share by the same MM Research was here [J], Sharp, Panasonic Mobile, NEC, Fujitsu, Sony-Ericsson, Toshiba and others As always, English media like Bloomberg… Continue reading iPhone 2009 Takes 4.9% Share In Japan
Unfaithful Partner Inquisition Cellphone Game
“Uwaki Game@Evidence” (Uwaki = love affair) by IDAC [J] is a paid Japanese cellphone game, on which you track down your virtual boyfriends’ love affair to break up peacefully. In the game, you are supposed to snoop around places where your boyfriend visits, such like his home and office, and seek evidences like long hair… Continue reading Unfaithful Partner Inquisition Cellphone Game
Cellphone Checks If Employees Goofing Off
KDDI R&D Laboratory, a subsidiary of Japan’s No.2 phone company KDDI Corporation, developed a technology to know cellphone holder’s actions remotely, by using data from acceleration sensor embedded on cellphones. photo by Daily Portal Z – “How to sleep at office” Until now, cellphone motion sensor could only detect holder’s repetitive movement like walking or… Continue reading Cellphone Checks If Employees Goofing Off
January 2010 Japan-IT Links (part 1)
Last week our RSS subscribers passed over 5,000, which is a good milestone. Twitter followers also increased to 400. Following @asiajin also will notify our latest articles. Thank you so much. Here is the first half of January Japanese IT/Web interesting news links we did not take as a dedicated article. (part 2 is here)… Continue reading January 2010 Japan-IT Links (part 1)
iPhone Final Fantasy Targets Oversea Market
Square Enix, who holds two best selling Japanese role playing game series, Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy, announced on Facebook their Final Fantasy I and II are being ported to iPhone/iPod Touch. In Japanese cellphone market, Square Enix has been offering downloadable early Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy Mobile [J] on three major carriers offered the… Continue reading iPhone Final Fantasy Targets Oversea Market
Softbank To Add iPhone-like WiFi Feature On Regular Cellphones
Softbank Mobile, the third largest, and iPhone exclusive provider cellphone carrier in Japan, announced their 22 (75 colors) new cellphone “Winter” models [J]. 8 of 22 will have WiFi feature and users are encouraged to join the new WiFi plan “Ke-tai WiFi”(cellphone WiFi) [J], which may cover up their 3G connectivity weakness due to dull… Continue reading Softbank To Add iPhone-like WiFi Feature On Regular Cellphones