Baidu Japan ( http://baidu.jp/ ), a Japanese arm of the Chinese largest search company Baidu, has been unreachable. SEM Research blog pointed out that the Baidu Japan’s search service was removed and the site only had company profile. Its Japanese service launched in March 2007, and stopped image and video search in July 2013. Baidu… Continue reading Baidu Japan Becomes Unreachable
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Rakuten To Dissolve Lekutian In China, Joint-Mall With Baidu
Japan’s largest e-mall company Rakuten today announced [J] that they would shut down its Chinese e-mall Lekutian(rakuten.cn) planned in May, 2012. Rakuten jointly established Lekutian with China’s search engine giant Baidu in January 2010, and began the mall in October 2010. The reason is explained as Lekutian did not show the growth they had expected,… Continue reading Rakuten To Dissolve Lekutian In China, Joint-Mall With Baidu
Sumitomo To Export Online Pharmacy Soukai Drug To China And Indonesia
Sumitomo Corporation announced on March 7 that their online pharmacy Soukai Drug (soukai = briskness in Japanese) is going to expand into China and Indonesia this year. Their Shanghai and Jakarta subsidiaries are already set up. Trial in Shanghai is planned to begin in late April, Jakarta service will start in late August.
Taito Releases Smartphone Social Spy Game Onto Chinese Market
Taito [J] has released the Android social game “特工大戦” (SPY WARS), for the smartphone “Tencent Wireless Open Platform for Community” through business partnership with GREE [J] and the Chinese internet portal Tencent. “特工大戦” is the first segment of a social game in China for the “Tencent Wireless Open Platform for Community.” It’s a Chinese language… Continue reading Taito Releases Smartphone Social Spy Game Onto Chinese Market
“Selfy Channel” Makes Its Way To China For #1 SNS Sina Weibo
GCREST [J] has opened service of their avatar community “Selfy Channel” (USA: Tinier Me) for China’s largest SNS “Sina Weibo” [C] as “Xiaotiandi” [C] (Small World), via development and management by a major Chinese social game developer FiveMinutes Inc. GCREST’s support base FiveMinutes will oversee development and administration of “Xiaotiandi,” and they will provide service… Continue reading “Selfy Channel” Makes Its Way To China For #1 SNS Sina Weibo
KDDI To Bring Android Apps To China Mobile Subscribers
Japan’s second biggest telco and mobile carrier KDDI is planning to bring a set of made-in-Japan apps to Android users in China, in cooperation with China Mobile, the country’s biggest telco (over 600 mobile subscribers). Under the deal, KDDI will start offering an initial 22 apps, for example manga or games, in China Mobile’s Android… Continue reading KDDI To Bring Android Apps To China Mobile Subscribers
How Japanese Over Thirty Feel NEC’s Joint Venture With Lenovo
A week ago, China’s Lenovo and Japan’s top-shared PC vendor NEC announced to merge their PC business and to establish a joint venture company. Lenovo and NEC say they will create a joint venture to form the largest PC business in Japan. The new entity, NEC Lenovo Group Japan, brings together Japan’s top PC company… Continue reading How Japanese Over Thirty Feel NEC’s Joint Venture With Lenovo
“Zombie Japanese” – Chinese Derogatory Term Referring Japan Anthropomorphized
Like as “Jap” in some English countries, there are Chinese words for insulting Japan/Japanese. One of the popular words is Riben Guizi(日本鬼子), which means “Zombie Japanese” in Chinese (“Devil’s Children Japanese” in Japanese, slightly different). The word is often used to talk about Imperial Japan’s army during WWII, but still seen on Chinese web especially… Continue reading “Zombie Japanese” – Chinese Derogatory Term Referring Japan Anthropomorphized
Report Of Asiajin Shanghai Meetup
This is a report of Asiajin Shanghai Meetup which was held on July 24th. The meetup was held at Sunstyle showroom in Shanghai Sculpture Space. Thank you so much to Gang Lu and George Godula for securing a venue. More than 20 people have gathered to the event on this very hot day in Shanghai. Five… Continue reading Report Of Asiajin Shanghai Meetup
Baidu’s Popular Service Tieba Comes To Baidu Japan
Baidu Tieba(“Paste Bar” in English) [Zh] is an ultra popular community service run by the world second largest search engine Baidu [Zh]. The uniqueness of Tieba is that it combined search engine and forum, by guiding search results to related discussion boards. If the searched word did not have a counterpart forum, users are suggested… Continue reading Baidu’s Popular Service Tieba Comes To Baidu Japan