Drecom Releases American iOS App “Monster Arms”
Drecom [J] Has released the new social game application “ Monster Arms ” for the American App Store. The support language is English so unfortunately it can’t be downloaded from Japan.
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Plug-in Cat For Smartphone Is Under Development
When Japanese blogger @nekomura_otako posted her rough sketch of this Smartphone accessory idea on Twitter.
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Plug-in Cat For Smartphone Is Under Development
Japanese Font With Stroke Order
I never saw this kind of Japanese font. All Chinese letter has stroke number by side, so if you set the font on your browser and OS, you may always check the right stroke order. The sample text means “Chinese letter’s stroke order” The font is avaiable here .
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Japanese Font With Stroke Order
Japan’s Web News Week 19
This week’s Japanese Web/IT related news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated
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Japan’s Web News Week 19
Mixi Gives Up? Nikkei Business Report CEO Considering To Sell His 55% Ownership
Nikkei Business Online, an online version of business magazine under Nikkei group, on May 15 after the midnight reported that Mixi, one of Japan’s largest social networking service, a direct local competitor of Facebook, is on the table to sell itself. Some social networking competitors, such like Gree and DeNA(who runs Mobage), who had turned over Mixi recent years in number of registered users and corporate values mainly by social games, were being proposed to participate in the bidding secretly, sources closed to financial interest told to Nikkei
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Mixi Gives Up? Nikkei Business Report CEO Considering To Sell His 55% Ownership
Shiri, not Siri
Shiri is better spelling for buttocks in Japanese. Apple's Siri is Apple's buttocks in Japan | Technically Incorrect – CNET News Shiri, not Siri
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Kayac Releases iPhone App For Sharing Leftover Food
Kayac [J] has released “ZangPang,” an iPhone application for sharing leftover food.
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Kayac Releases iPhone App For Sharing Leftover Food
Six Japanese Social Game Platformer Announced To End Complete Gacha
A communication council of 6 major Japanese social gaming platforms – Gree, DeNA(Mobage), Cyber Agent, Mixi, NHN Japan and Dwango – just released that they would not release new games having Kompu Gacha any more.
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Event: J-Geek Vol. 2 To Take Place In Shibuya, Tokyo On May 17
If you consider yourself an Akiba pop culture geek and happen to live in Japan, then the so-called “J-Geek vol.2 International AKIBA POP Presents: ~ANIME★OLD SCHOOL!!~” event on May 17 in Shibuya should be right for you. (The first event took place in march this year.) Organized by Saeki Kenzo from Tokyo-based PearlNet, the event is mainly geared towards fans of Akiba pop culture (see below), but I’ve been told something for tech geeks will be thrown in, too.
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Event: J-Geek Vol. 2 To Take Place In Shibuya, Tokyo On May 17