As we reported last month, one of only 6 Google presidents Koichiro Tsujino left Google Japan at the end of April. This leave is confirmed both on the Google’s executive list, on which no more Google Japan president exists, and Tsujino’s tweet [J], ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????less than a minute ago via web??????ktsujino On that tweet, he said… Continue reading Google Japan’s “President” Gone – Exceptional Position Of Japan Local Office Lessened
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Google Losing Default Mobile Search Engine Position On Docomo i-mode Portal, A Gate To Half Of Japanese Mobile Web
Japan’s largest cellphone carrier NTT Docomo, which boasts 50% market share on cellphone users, also keeps over 50% share of cellphone web connection services i-mode, announced that they switch their default mobile internet search service from Google mobile search to Goo’s one since April 30th [J]. Until last week, your searching on i-mode portal, iMenu… Continue reading Google Losing Default Mobile Search Engine Position On Docomo i-mode Portal, A Gate To Half Of Japanese Mobile Web
Mixi Friend-Finder Now Uses Gmail Info via OAuth
Japan No.1 social networking service Mixi, which recently passed 20 million users, announced that their friends invitation page now has “search friends from your gmail” function, in cooperating with Google Gmail with OAuth. See Also: Mixi’s press release [J]
Japanese April Fools’ Day Is 3D! 3D! 3D!
Blame Avatar’s hit on screen. Many of Japanese big portal showed great originality on April Fools’ Day. Half a day ahead to 3D services launch in USA. The No.1 Yahoo! Japan announced their migration to 3D top page on Microsoft Silverlight technology. No.4 portal (by visitors, according to the NetRatings 2007 research [J]) Nifty No.… Continue reading Japanese April Fools’ Day Is 3D! 3D! 3D!
January 2010 Japan-IT Links (part 2)
News on the latter half of January 2010 which we did not write as a dedicated article. Part 1 is here. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. METI Lottery In Exchange For Used Cellphone Campaign Collaborates Hatsune Miku Chinese Guy In Saitama Arrested By Providing Proxy Servers For Chinese Gamers To Play… Continue reading January 2010 Japan-IT Links (part 2)
“Google Is Nothing Special” Yahoo! Japan President Brags Their Supremacy
An interview to the president of Yahoo! Japan Masahiro Inoue (photo) by Nikkei Business Magazine with a catchy title “Google? I think none of their services are cool.” is getting huge attentions in Japanese web. To answer the interviewer’s comment “By comparing Google’s services such like Street View and Book Search, Yahoo! seems not to… Continue reading “Google Is Nothing Special” Yahoo! Japan President Brags Their Supremacy
Google Search yahoo.co.jp Returned Suspicious Site
As reported on Google Help Forum in Japanese [J], some Japanese search users who searched on Google by “yahoo.co.jp” was taken to a site which has a strange domain “twakuwakuland.info”, but shows the totally same contents as Yahoo! Japan. People usually search Yahoo! Japan by “Yahoo” but not “yahoo.co.jp” (well, I don’t know why people… Continue reading Google Search yahoo.co.jp Returned Suspicious Site
Google Releases Google Japanese Input (Beta)
Google Japan’s development section announced on Google Japan official blog [J] a project started from their famous 20% rule” produced a new Japanese input method “Google Japanese Input” application, both for Windows and Macintosh (currently for Intel 32 bit only, no 64 bit support). After installation, you may choose Google IME(Input Method Environment) on your… Continue reading Google Releases Google Japanese Input (Beta)
Google Books Gives Up To Cover Japanese Publication To Avoid Int’l Legal Conflicts
Google submitted a revised settlement to the NY Federal Court Friday seeking approval of an agreement that would clear the way for continuing operation of Google Books, Google’s book retrieval and online sales service. To avoid legal conflicts with publishers and authors in Japan, France and Germany, the settlement redefined the service so as to… Continue reading Google Books Gives Up To Cover Japanese Publication To Avoid Int’l Legal Conflicts
Google Puts Big Billboard Ad At Shinkansen Station To Promote Enterprise Use
Google started a promotion campaign that encourages corporate users to switch their BI (business intelligence) tool platform to Google Apps, which is called Go Google[J]. Go Google is the worldwide campaign, and the company displays a billboard ad at a location for each one of major cities around the world. Here in Japan, a 6.6… Continue reading Google Puts Big Billboard Ad At Shinkansen Station To Promote Enterprise Use