Amazon Japan Mistakenly Teases Kindle Pages, But No Japanese E-Books

Amazon Japan, who has not been able to launch its long-awaited e-book reader/platform Kindle for years, leaked something related with Kindle on its website around September 3, just a couple of days before US Amazon’s press event planned on September 6 (7th in Japan timezone). According to a blogger ArtSalt [J], the link appeared fist… Continue reading Amazon Japan Mistakenly Teases Kindle Pages, But No Japanese E-Books

Ameba Pico’s English Is Too Difficult

A Japanese user, who might be a big fan of CyberAgent’s popular virtual avatar world Ameba Pigg, asked a question [J] on Yahoo! Chiebukuro (=Yahoo! Answers in Japan) about his playing Ameba Pico, an English version of Ameba Pigg. I’m playing Ameba Pico but totally lost as I can not understand the following English. Please… Continue reading Ameba Pico’s English Is Too Difficult

iPhone 4S To Be Sold From 8 a.m. October 14, Apple Japanese Site Says

About an hour prior to Apple’s “Let’s Talk iPhone” event, Apple Store Ginza (Tokyo, Japan) page [J] is showing that the new iPhone 4S will be on sale from 8 a.m. October 14. The text is here with my translation, iPhone 4S、登場。 10月14日、午前8時より、Apple Storeで発売。あなたにぴったりの通信事業者と料金プランを選ぶお手伝いをします。iPhoneの設定もスタッフが行うので、ストアを出る前から使い始める準備が完了します。さらに詳しく iPhone 4S has come. It’s on sale from 8 a.m. October… Continue reading iPhone 4S To Be Sold From 8 a.m. October 14, Apple Japanese Site Says

McDonald’s Japan Confuses “Wiki” and “Pedia”

McDonald’s Japan opened a new web campaign for its strategic product quarter pounder, which they desperately wanted to sell even by hiring buyers. The campaign site is named “Quarter Pounder Wiki“, on where there are several keywords are displayed in cloud style. By clicking each keyword, you can see fun contents. But how can this… Continue reading McDonald’s Japan Confuses “Wiki” and “Pedia”