Uniqlo Launches FB-Integrated Photo Community For Sharing Dress Experience

Fast Retailing, also known as its brand name of Uniqlo, launched a Facebook integrated photo sharing community called Uniqlooks (available in seven languages) last Thursday.   It allows users to upload pictures of those wearing at least a piece of Uniqlo’s products and share them with the other users for exchanging ideas on how to coordinate… Continue reading Uniqlo Launches FB-Integrated Photo Community For Sharing Dress Experience

Facebook Featured By Media Like Last Year’s Twitter In Japan

Weekly Diamond, Japanese business magazine featured Facebook for over 30 pages. Weekly Diamond 2011-01-29 As you see, the magazine cover has a lot of Facebook icons which were asked on Facebook by the editors. The first page shows applied readers’ Facebook icons, too. The sections are “What is Facebook?”, “Facebook Guide to start today” and… Continue reading Facebook Featured By Media Like Last Year’s Twitter In Japan

Facebook Japan Takes Hard Line, Banning Pseudo Names And Requires ID

Today February 8, some Japanese web users who are influential in tech communities like Hatena and Twitter, started reporting they were locked out from Facebook. After trying to log in, they were taken to the form, which title is “Complaints against a ban of your account, identity demanded”. On the form, following information are asked… Continue reading Facebook Japan Takes Hard Line, Banning Pseudo Names And Requires ID

Facebook Movie “The Social Network” Tops At Its Second Week

It is a slow-starter. The Facebook-themed movie “The Social Network”, which was defeated by Japanese movie “Boku to Tsuma no 1778 no Monogatari” at its release weekend reportedly won the ranking top on January 22-23 weekend (by Kogyo Tsushinsha). The Social Network Boku to Tsuma no 1778 no Monogatari (Stories Of Me And My Wife)… Continue reading Facebook Movie “The Social Network” Tops At Its Second Week

Like Facebook, “The Social Network” Could Not Top On The First Weekend In Japan

Japan weekend box office ranking for January 15th-16th weekend has just been released by Kogyo Tsushinsha [J]. The first weekend of “The Social Network” appeared on 321 theaters both in subtitle and dubbed versions all through the nation on January 15, 2011. 1. “Boku to Tsuma no 1778 no Monogatari” [J] (“1778 Stories of My… Continue reading Like Facebook, “The Social Network” Could Not Top On The First Weekend In Japan

Facebook Featured On TV Tokyo World Business Satellite

[Update] The video (12:20 min) is available on TV Tokyo website now (maybe for about a week). Last night, Facebook was taken up on the World Business Satellite, a financial/business news on TV Tokyo. The World Business Satellite [J] (WBS) is one of the most influential business-related TV programs on TV Tokyo, a Tokyo key… Continue reading Facebook Featured On TV Tokyo World Business Satellite

Track The International Space Station(ISS) From PC, Facebook And Smartphone

SightSpaceStation by Tokyo-based Tori Ningen [J] is a site gives you full experience and knowledge on the International Space Station(ISS) watch. The English/Japanese/Spanish-trilingual web site tells you that the earliest date and time when you will be able to watch the ISS flies over your town next time. Google Maps, Google Street View and Google… Continue reading Track The International Space Station(ISS) From PC, Facebook And Smartphone

Mixi Gives Up New “Search Friends By E-mail Address” Feature After Harsh Rejection

On November 30th, Mixi, Japanese counterpart of Facebook, one of the three biggest Japanese social network service, introduced a new feature [J, requires Mixi log-in], which allows you to search your friend on Mixi from his/her e-mail address, which makes Mixi step into real life networks side. Before the change, you could invite your friend… Continue reading Mixi Gives Up New “Search Friends By E-mail Address” Feature After Harsh Rejection

Facebook Japan Covered By Japanese TV First Time

November 9th, small hour of the morning on NTV, one of the largest commercial TV key station, broadcast a program featuring Facebook Japan office first time ever. The “IT information” program called iCon, was aired from 1:29 a.m. to 1:59 a.m. (usually described 25:29-25:59 on the day before in Japan). NTV published the edited version… Continue reading Facebook Japan Covered By Japanese TV First Time

Nikkei Reporting Facebook-Mixi “Alliance” Lets Mixi Stock Up 6%

Thursday evening we reported that Facebook released a new application to put your updates on Facebook into its local rival Mixi. 2 hours later, 9:15 p.m. 28th (Japan Time), Nikkei reported [J] the news with a title “US Facebook allied(Teikei, in Japanese) with Mixi, shares information on social sites”. Nikkei said that Facebook announced their… Continue reading Nikkei Reporting Facebook-Mixi “Alliance” Lets Mixi Stock Up 6%