{"id":13836,"date":"2011-04-11T00:11:39","date_gmt":"2011-04-10T15:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/?p=13836"},"modified":"2011-04-11T00:11:39","modified_gmt":"2011-04-10T15:11:39","slug":"march-2011-japan-it-links-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/march-2011-japan-it-links-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Early part of March news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Continued to <a href=\"\">(Part 2)<\/a><br \/>\nReferred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberagent.co.jp\/news\/press\/2011\/0228_1.html\">CyberAgent To Start iPhone Social Game Platform GameWave For North America And Global<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thanko.jp\/product\/interior-daily-necessaries\/flat-chair.html\">Full-flat Office Chair Enables You To Stay Even For A Week At Office<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/coupon-jp.com\/monthly_report.html\">Recruit Pompare Catching Up Groupon Japan In February<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/corporate.nikkeibp.co.jp\/information\/newsrelease\/newsrelease20110301.shtml\">iAppli Advence Award &#8211; 8 Docomo Feature Phone Apps<\/a><\/li>\n<li>77% Of Japanese Interested In Smartphone <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qmedia.co.jp\/media\/pdf\/news\/2011\/press11021801.pdf\">Are Thinking Androids<\/a> &#8211; a bit dubious reserach though<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.karada.ft.nttcloud.net\/\">Food Photo To Calory Recording Service<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideaxidea.com\/archives\/2011\/03\/karada.html\">Idea*idea<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/techblog.yahoo.co.jp\/web\/yahoo_api_1\/yahooapi_4\/\">Yahoo! Chiebukuro Releases API<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sellaband.jp\/\">Sellaband Launches Japanese version<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/03\/02\/us-yahoojapan-idUSTRE72081N20110302?WT.tsrc=Social%20Media&#038;WT.z_smid=twtr-reuters_%20com&#038;WT.z_smid_dest=Twitter\">[Reuter] Yahoo closes in on Yahoo Japan deal<\/a> [En] and <a href=\"http:\/\/jp.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idJPJAPAN-19778620110302\">[Ja]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Studylog &#8211; Sharing Your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.studylog.jp\/\">Self-Study Records<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Onkyo Releases Audio Player Which Supports <a href=\"http:\/\/japan.cnet.com\/digital\/av\/20426865\/\">radiko.jp, a radio IP simulcast service.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/japan.cnet.com\/news\/service\/20426807\/\">Sharee China launches deals of the day service for Chinese visitors to enable to be paid with Union Pay card.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/headlines.yahoo.co.jp\/hl?a=20110302-00000001-isd-game\">Panasonic to suspend the development of their new game device targeting the North American market.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rbbtoday.com\/article\/2011\/03\/02\/74773.html\">Shogakkan introduces the calendar iPhone app with a photo collection of woman TV anchors\/reporters.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NTV introduces the iPhone app including 3,000 recipes introduced on their program <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rbbtoday.com\/article\/2011\/03\/01\/74766.html\">&#8220;Kewpie 3-min cooking&#8221;.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rbbtoday.com\/article\/2011\/03\/01\/74760.html\">In mid-March, three student nurses to tour the worst hotels in Singapore, London and NYC. (produced by TripAdvisor Japan).<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gaopeng.com\">Groupon launches its Chinese subsidiary as GaoPeng.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.livedoor.jp\/gx_socialmedia_lab\/archives\/2324499.html\">Japanese Brands Facebook Page Fans Ranking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/job.html?jvi=oU9DVfwl,Job\">Twitter Japan Is Hiring Communications Manager<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/primeserver.fujitsu.com\/sparcenterprise\/event\/11\/candy\/\">Oracle Japan&#8217;s Company Dog Wendy Visits Fujitsu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rbbtoday.com\/article\/2011\/03\/02\/74803.html\">Netprice-backed Cloudy Study launches a self-learning management tool called Studylog.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/journal.mycom.co.jp\/news\/2011\/03\/02\/092\/index.html\">Sharp Exntends Its E-Book Reader Galapoagos Onto Their Million Of Android<\/a>. It&#8217;s like Kindle for Android, but only for Sharp&#8217;s Android<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/aws.typepad.com\/aws\/2011\/03\/now-open-aws-region-in-tokyo.html\">Amazon Finally Opens Tokyo Data Center For Amazon Web Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rocketnews24.com\/?p=77688\">Japanese iPhone Game Urges Users To Set 5 Star On Review<\/a>. This game has &#8220;under construction&#8221; part and clicking it takes you to the review page on iTune App Store<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kayac.com\/news\/2011\/02\/post_117.php#blockNewsDetail\">Half Of Kayac&#8217;s Mobile App Nakamap Download Is From Kuwait<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/apps.facebook.com\/sugoijihanki\/\">Coca Cola Japan&#8217;s Facebook Campain Page<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/c.cocacola.co.jp\/svm\/?cid=rel_20110117\">Suspended<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/togetter.com\/li\/107393\">Togetter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/journal.mycom.co.jp\/news\/2011\/03\/01\/040\/index.html\">Shogakkan&#8217;s App DIME to host the first smartphone app award.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.hamazo.tv\/e2506817.html\">Moe Taxi In Hamamatsu<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.jp\/article.pl?sid=11\/03\/03\/0028216\">Slashdot Japan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.venturenow.jp\/news\/2011\/03\/03\/1505_010156.html\">Ekitan&#8217;s IPO Gets Almost Double Price On Its First Day<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asahi.com\/national\/update\/0303\/OSK201103030084.html\">Kyoto Univ Exam Cheater Arrested<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimin-miyagi.or.jp\/\">Drastic Web Design Featuring Wire Frame As Is By LDP&#8217;s Miyagi Branch<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/gamme\/status\/43350130417598464\">@gamme<\/a> &#8211; It was all in single image at first. Now they are closing to regular web design.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/csp.netratings.co.jp\/nnr\/PDF\/Newsrelease03032011_J.pdf\">Nielsen Reports Zozotown&#8217;s TVCM And Yahoo! Japan Alliance Increases Traffic Remarkably<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/getnews.jp\/archives\/102058\">Groupon Japan Reportedly To Post 50% Off Cake Coupon Without Shop&#8217;s Consent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mmd.up-date.ne.jp\/news\/detail.php?news_id=755\">MMD Labo&#8217;s Smartphone Resarch For Female<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.groupon.jp\/about-groupon_promise\/\">Groupon Japan Releases Groupon Promise &#8211; To Recover Their Fallen Reputations<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/info.groupon.jp\/topics\/20110303-656.html\">release<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eajapan.co.jp\/news\/14965\/\">EA Launches Its First Mobile Social Game In Japan On Gree<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/hirotoebata\/status\/43500351197949953\">Coca Cola Japan&#8217;s Facebook Promotion Page Resumed<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.jp\/dp\/4835620062\">And book around their web promotion is published<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/service.okwave.jp\/okwave\/info\/okwave\/index.html#info_0304\">OKWave Says That They Would Have RemovedKyoto Univ Exam Cheater<\/a>. They mean, different from Yahoo!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.donya.jp\/item\/18850.html\">Contactless iPhone battery charger.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/technology\/smartphones\/elfoid-may-be-the-creepiest-mobile-ever\/story-fn6vihic-1226015725834\">Human Shaped Cellphone Elfoid<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/technology\/smartphones\/elfoid-may-be-the-creepiest-mobile-ever\/story-fn6vihic-1226015725834\">Engadget Japanese<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ameblo.jp\/staff\/entry-10818151552.html\">Ameba Pigg&#8217;s Stop Supporting Flash 9<\/a> Makes <a href=\"http:\/\/ameblo.jp\/staff\/entry-10819083477.html\">Thousands Users Upset<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itmedia.co.jp\/news\/articles\/1103\/03\/news084.html\">ITMedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bangin.wordpress.com\/2011\/03\/06\/internet-slangs-part-%e2%85%a1\/\">Internet Slangs -Part \u2161- [En]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/k-tai.impress.co.jp\/docs\/news\/20110307_431703.html\">iPhone app promoting Suntory Beer.<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Dominic\">@Dominic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikkansports.com\/general\/news\/p-gn-tp0-20110305-744630.html\">Kyoto Univ Cheater Typed His Questions By His Left Hand On Regular Cellphone<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/iphone-lab.net\/archives\/129773\">30min releases the iPhone app specializing in sharing ramen experience.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/business.nifty.com\/articles\/topic\/110308\/\">Playback tweets by your followers.  Pixiv Redrum Smiles releases Retime.me<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/anachro.vis.ne.jp\/moe\/\">Programming Language Personified &#8211;  Self-publishing Book<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Quora-like Q&#038;A service called <a href=\"https:\/\/qa-real.com\/\">QAREAL<\/a>.  It has to be signed up with real names. <a href=\"http:\/\/qau.jp\/\">Another Quora-like<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/eavesdroppr.com\/\">Another one (not opened yet)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.echofon.com\/\">Ecofon-Coca Cola trouble<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/akiba.keizai.biz\/headline\/2334\/\">Weekly Diamond Begins To Release Its Feature Articles As iPhone Apps<\/a>. The first one is on Akihabara, 450 yen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.siliconera.com\/2011\/03\/05\/mangagamer-announce-visual-novel-guide-to-tokyo-go-go-japan-my-first-trip\/\">Japanese Game For Visiting Foreigners &#8211; Under Development [En]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mantan-web.jp\/2011\/03\/07\/20110307dog00m200012000c.html\">Web Meme El Shadai To Be Comicalized<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/journal.mycom.co.jp\/news\/2011\/03\/09\/050\/index.html\">JR Develops Train Sheet On Which You Cannot Open Legs Wide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trendmicro.co.jp\/vbc\/mail\/090311\/safesync\/index.asp\">TrendMicro&#8217;s Unlimited Storage Service Stops To Accept New Users After 3 Month<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/searchblog.yahoo.co.jp\/2011\/03\/yahooiphoneipad.html\">Yahoo! Japan Opens iPhone\/iPad App Search<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitpic.com\/47ly4a\">Hatsune Miku Image With A Lots Of Hatsune Miku Illustrations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ginzametrics.com\/ginzametrics-is-hiring-in-tokyo.html\">SEO Service Ginzametrics Backed By YCombinator Moves And Hires In Tokyo<\/a> [En] via Hacker News<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/dashboard\">Tumblr Begins Japanese Beta<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/matome.naver.jp\/odai\/2129890838123648701\">Pompare Ad Lady Photos on Naver Matome<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chakuriki.net\/archives\/51235989.html\">Pompare Ad Parody Using The Same Lady From Photo Stock Service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.auncon.co.jp\/corporate\/2011\/0309.html\">Asian EC Service Research By Aun Consulting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jp.playstation.com\/ps3\/imada\/index.html\">Sony PlayStation3&#8217;s Campaign Site Is So Japanese<\/a>. Intentionally exaggerating how Japanese web design is, I guess<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.advertimes.com\/20110310\/article8314\/\">Social Network Users Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/google-latlong.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/visit-hiroshima-peace-memorial-in.html\">Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome Featured On Google Street View<\/a> [En]. <a href=\"http:\/\/googlejapan.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/google.html\">Google Japan blog<\/a> [J]<\/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>Early part of March news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Continued to (Part 2) Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. CyberAgent To Start iPhone Social Game Platform GameWave For North America And Global Full-flat Office Chair Enables You To Stay Even For A Week At Office Recruit Pompare&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/march-2011-japan-it-links-part-1\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">March 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 1)<\/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-13836","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\/13836","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=13836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}