{"id":12482,"date":"2011-01-23T14:11:04","date_gmt":"2011-01-23T05:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/?p=12482"},"modified":"2011-01-23T14:11:04","modified_gmt":"2011-01-23T05:11:04","slug":"qa-whats-the-japanese-equivalent-of-enter-foreign-web-service-here-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/qa-whats-the-japanese-equivalent-of-enter-foreign-web-service-here-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&A: What’s The Japanese Equivalent Of [enter foreign web service here]?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAre Japanese people using different websites than users in other countries? Back in July 2008<\/a> and 2009<\/a>, we made two lists that showed some similarities and differences in usage, and now it’s time for a reboot.
\nNote:
\nWe know that this list is highly subjective. We know that some sites are not identical in nature (but just similar) in some cases (Netflix-Posren, for example). Leave a comment if you want to know more or think one of these attributions is off.<\/strong>
\nI linked to the English versions whenever possible (see the [ENG] mark).
\nHere’s the list (in no particular order):<\/strong>
\nWhat is the Japanese equivalent of Tripadvisor?
\n4Travel<\/a>.
\nGoogle?
\nYahoo! Japan<\/a>.
\n-> Since our first list in 2008, Google caught up in terms of search engine-related traffic and is now cooperating<\/a> with Yahoo in Japan.
\nWikipedia?
\nWikipedia Japan<\/a>.
\nFacebook?
\nMixi<\/a>.
\nFlickr?
\nPhotozou<\/a>.
\n-> Photozou, now a Zynga Japan property, plays in the same league<\/a> as Flickr in Japan.
\ndelicio.us?
\nHatena Bookmark<\/a>. [ENG]
\nMySpace?
\nMySpace Japan<\/a>.
\nDigg?
\nHatena Hot Entry<\/a>.
\n-> Hatena lists up the “hottest” bookmarks by their users here.
\nLinkedIn?
\nNo equivalent (many business social networks failed in Japan – look here<\/a> for a list).
\nTwitter?
\nTwitter Japan<\/a>.
\nYoutube?
\nYouTube Japan<\/a> and Nico Nico Douga<\/a>.
\nAmazon?
\nAmazon Japan<\/a>.
\n-> Online mall Rakuten<\/a> is actually Japan’s biggest e-commerce player.
\ndooyoo (price comparison engine)?
\nKakaku.com<\/a>.
\nNetflix?
\nPosren<\/a>.
\nQuora?
\nNo equivalent<\/a>.
\nYouporn?
\nDMM<\/a>.
\nCraigslist?
\nNo equivalent (there is no culture for classifieds in Japan, which means an instant success for a “Japanese Craigslist” is next to impossible to achieve).
\nYelp?
\nTabelog<\/a> and Gourmet Navigator<\/a>.
\nGroupon?
\nGroupon Japan<\/a>.
\nIMDb (Internet Movie Database)?
\nNihon Eiga Database<\/a> (Japan Movie Database).
\nWall Street Journal Online?
\nNikkei Online<\/a>. [ENG]
\nmonster.com?
\nRikunavi<\/a>.
\nEbay?
\nYahoo! Japan Auctions<\/a>.
\nAlexa?
\nNo equivalent.
\nMatch.com?
\nRakuten O-net<\/a>.
\nHulu?
\nacTVila<\/a>. BeeTV<\/a> from NTT Docomo on cell phones.
\n4chan?
\nFutaba<\/a> (the original).
\nlast.fm?
\nNo equivalent.
\nTechnorati?
\nKizasi<\/a>.
\nYahoo! Answers?
\nOshiete!goo<\/a>, OKWave<\/a>, and Yahoo! Chiebukuro<\/a>.
\n-> OKWave is powering Oshiete!goo and a host of other Q&A sites in Japan.
\nZynga?
\nZynga Japan<\/a>.
\nDeviantart?
\nPixiv<\/a>.
\nThe Onion?
\nKyoko Shimbun<\/a>.
\nAllrecipes.com?
\nCookpad<\/a>.
\nHotels.com?
\nJalan<\/a>.
\nMiniclip?
\nYahoo Mobage<\/a>. GREE<\/a> and Mobage-town<\/a> on cell phones.
\nTechcrunch?
\nTechCrunch Japan<\/a>.
\nHuffington Post?
\nAgora<\/a>.
\ntmz.com?
\nZakzak<\/a>.
\nBoing Boing?
\nZaeega<\/a>.
\nGizmodo?
\nGizmodo Japan<\/a>.
\nEngadget?
\nEngadget Japanese<\/a>.
\nIn case you want to know more, please add a comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are Japanese people using different websites than users in other countries? Back in July 2008 and 2009, we made two lists that showed some similarities and differences in usage, and now it’s time for a reboot. Note: We know that this list is highly subjective. We know that some sites are not identical in nature… Continue reading Q&A: What’s The Japanese Equivalent Of [enter foreign web service here]?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"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":[17,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-japan","category-service","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12482","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}