{"id":12442,"date":"2011-02-05T23:30:01","date_gmt":"2011-02-05T14:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/?p=12442"},"modified":"2011-02-05T23:30:01","modified_gmt":"2011-02-05T14:30:01","slug":"january-2011-japan-it-links-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/january-2011-japan-it-links-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continued from <a href=\"\">(Part 2)<\/a>. Last part of  January news which we did not write as a dedicated article.<br \/>\nReferred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitpic.com\/3sk9gi\">Akihabara Free-Of-Vehicle Sunday Held First Time In 2.5 Years Since Serial Killer Incident<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/d.hatena.ne.jp\/kyoumoe\/20110123\/1295783490\">Many Ameblo Celebrity Bloggers Found To Write Their Successful Purchases On Penny Auction Services<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/n-styles.com\/main\/archives\/2011\/01\/24-060000.php\">More details<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kokusen.go.jp\/news\/data\/n-20110124_1.html\">National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan(NCAC) Alerts About Penny Auction Services<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/sankei.jp.msn.com\/life\/news\/110124\/trd11012421000169-n1.htm\">Sankei<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japantrends.com\/apple-fruit-vending-machine-for-commuting-health\/\">Cut Apple Vending Machine<\/a> [En] &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/03\/japans-first-banana-vending-machine-debuts-in-shibuya\/\">Banana&#8217;s one<\/a> [En]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asahi.com\/national\/update\/0124\/TKY201101240379.html\">Jiji Press Reporter Copies An Article From Kyodo News But Forget Erasing The &#8220;(Kyodo)&#8221; Credit At The End<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/journal.mycom.co.jp\/news\/2011\/01\/25\/031\/index.html\">Small Spa Town in Nagano Gets New Visitors By Mimicing A Town In A Game<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/akiba.kakaku.com\/pcevent\/1101\/25\/143000.php\">Akihabara Hobby PC Assemble Space With Maid Massage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hara19.jp\/archives\/3715\">Microsoft Taiwan collaborate with Japanese illustration SNS pixiv<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialbakers.com\/facebook-statistics\/japan\">Facebook Japanese Active Users Passed 2 Million (on Socialbakers)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.softbankmobile.co.jp\/ja\/news\/press\/2011\/20110125_01\/index.html\">Softbank Introduces Android Market Payment Integration On Their Cellphone Bills<\/a> &#8211; it was the key for Japanese mobile services on feature phone being so profitable. it should affect good on Android, too.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/booklive.jp\">Toppan, Intel and Bitway to e-book store BookLive!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/headlines.yahoo.co.jp\/hl?a=20110125-00000541-san-bus_all\">KDDI au to start simulcast service of 52 FM radio stations for their smartphone subscribers.<\/a> &#8211; chasing <a href=\"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/12\/japans-13-major-radio-station-to-start-simulcast-on-the-web\/\">Radiko<\/a>[En]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/japan.cnet.com\/news\/business\/20425453\/\">Yahoo! Japan Records Strongest Q3 Sales And Profits Ever<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.softbankmobile.co.jp\/ja\/news\/press\/2011\/20110113_01\/index.html\">SoftBank rents iPad in Special school gratis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/xn--88jw10p.jp\/\">URL Shortener Makes An URL In Japanese Phrase &#8220;I&#8217;ll Kill (your custom subdomain)&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hangakubangkok.com\/\">Takafumi Horie&#8217;s Groupon Clone Hangaku Tokyo To Launch Hangaku Bankok For Thai<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/takapon_jp\/statuses\/30160891995496448\">Horie&#8217;s tweet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fb-shared.com\/\">Shared &#8211; Facebook Hot Entries Ranking<\/a> &#8211; It counts most shared URLs from Japanese Facebook users.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/japan.cnet.com\/news\/business\/20425484\/\">Rakuten Recipe Aims To Take Over The Top From Cookpad By The End Of 2011<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;That would be bad news for cookpad.&#8221;(@Serkan)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tenga.co.jp\/tenga_bin\/\">Tenga Gift Service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kansblog.kantei.go.jp\/\">prime minister&#8217;s blog had an English version<\/a> &#8211; it was not much announced to Japanese.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/smart.fm\/\">Smart.fm To Be Changed Back To iKnow!<\/a>. they are changing to a 100% paid service from march 31<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kayac.com\/service\/sp\/android\/letitsleep\/\">&#8220;Let it Sleep&#8221;&#8212;The smartphone application that can tape somniloquy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mainichi.jp\/seibu\/news\/20110126sog00m040007000c.html\">Google Japan Defends Google Maps Showing Hanged Underware Against A Japanese Suer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.hackers-cafe.net\/2011\/01\/hate-is-to-use-facebook-google.html\">Google Translate Hates Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li>[Groupon issue] <a href=\"http:\/\/news.ameba.jp\/20110125-8\/\">Flash Magazine Reports Groupon Japan Sales Increased Overlimit Coupons Without Shops&#8217; Permission<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/android-au.jp\/whats\/#58\">KDDI Releases CMs Critisize Softbank<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/android-au.jp\/whats\/#59\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/android-au.jp\/whats\/#60\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/android-au.jp\/whats\/#45\">3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/release.nikkei.co.jp\/detail.cfm?relID=272175&#038;lindID=1\">Research: 79% Of Japanese Facebook Users (who are already using it) Use Real Name. 18% Think Facebook Will Be Widely Used In Japan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mj-makeup-room.tv\/\">Shiseido Runs J\/E Bilingual Makeup Streaming Program For Asia<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/markezine.jp\/article\/detail\/13275\">Markezine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/japanese.engadget.com\/2011\/01\/31\/ar\/\">AR Fishing Toy Virtual-Masters-Real<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberagent.co.jp\/news\/press\/2011\/0131_1.html\">AmebaPigg Users broke through 6M, Virtual currency supply is about 600 million yen scale during month.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usadash.jp\/\">Anime Usavich Car And Twitter Campaign Around Japan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/yfrog.com\/hs4prcmj\">The China&#8217;s Imitation Gundam Statue Comes Back To Be Original<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/5747579\/does-this-look-like-gundam-to-you\">Kotaku covered<\/a>[En]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lib.baidu.jp\/\">Japanese Version Of Baidu Library Blamed As Piracy<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Nobuyuki_Idei\/status\/32603241392898049\">Nobuyuki Idei(ex-Sony CEO) Tweets He Would Discuss Baidu Library Copyright Issue At Board Meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/recocheck.jp\/\">RecoCheck &#8211; Recruit Enters Geo Location Service<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/jp.techcrunch.com\/archives\/jp20110201recruit-launches-social-location-service-recocheck\/\">TechCrunch Japan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/masason\/status\/32423283689259008\">SoftBank made SMS with Egypt free.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/gsdf\/fan\/game\/index.html\">Japan Ground Self Defense Force Enters Simple Game Competition, Both On PC And Mobile<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.jp\/articles\/11\/01\/31\/0715259.shtml\">Slashdot Japan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemanavi.co.jp\/info\/last.html\">&#8220;The Social Network&#8221; Movie ranked 3rd In 3rd Week<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/techwave.jp\/archives\/51585499.html\">Digital Garage Invests in US Mobile social network Path<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atpress.ne.jp\/view\/18850\">Nobot partners with Smaato<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mti.co.jp\/?p=4365\">Luna Luna Passed 2 Million Paid Members, Added French\/German\/Chinese\/Korean Versions<\/a> &#8211; Asiajin&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/25\/luna-luna-mobile-menstruation-care-site-2-7-of-japanese-women-pay-now-goes-u-s\/\">cover on Luna Luna<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fbrank.main.jp\/\">Facebook Japanese Official Page Ranking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/club.shogakukan.co.jp\/kod\/momibaraishi.html\">Kids Comic Magazine (Weekly Sunday) Website Sets Interactive Nipple Hitting Button For Application Form<\/a> &#8211; hard hitting takes you to an application form<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you want to know any specific news more, but unable to find them in other English blog\/media, please let us know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continued from (Part 2). Last part of January news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Akihabara Free-Of-Vehicle Sunday Held First Time In 2.5 Years Since Serial Killer Incident Many Ameblo Celebrity Bloggers Found To Write Their Successful Purchases On Penny Auction Services &#8211;&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/january-2011-japan-it-links-part-3\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">January 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 3)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-japan-it-links","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}