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Looks like Facebook is making it's push into JapanLand in earnest now...  

If you want the most attention as an internet site in Japan, you NEED a mobile presence.  Twitter didn't gain traction until they got with the program....  

Who would have thought that Twitter would have become such a huge hit in Japan – well it has and this is evident from the millions who mumble online. The reason why people are shocked at Twitter’s popularity in this country is because another social networking site already tried its luck there – Facebook.

It is no secret that Japanese are busy people, so it was no wonder that Twitter would become a hit. Twitter offered its Japanese service back in 2008 and since then has become popular with the younger generation. Then it was October 2009 when Twitter released its mobile version in Japan, this opened the micro-blogging site up to a much bigger market.

Twitter has become a huge part of Japanese life, being used on TV shows, in schools where students are taught how to tweet, and all the latest Celebes in the country are also tweeting. According to Yuri Kageyama from the Canadian Press, 16.3 percent of Internet users in Japan are said to be using Twitter – that’s compared to 9.8 percent in the U.S.

Twitter has managed to do what Facebook could not, but the micro-blogging site now has to battle Mixi. However, both social networking services are running neck-and-neck.

From Product Reviews Net-- http://j.mp/9fXU3A

So now it seems Facebook is throwing its weight into the mobile space.  Can it work?  Well 6 months ago Twitted got with the Japanese Mobile Consortium and overhauled it's mobile site... 80% of Japanese twitter users are using a mobile to tweet, y'know.  Let's see if Facebook can hook it up...  They already support emoji BTW! ♥☀☁

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Where am I going to get my BLEACH fix now?

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Crap. As y'all know, I live here in Japan, home of the best stuff on TV, Anime. My favorite anime for the past 4 years, Bleach, is shown here on TV Aichi at 6pm every Tuesday... But when I can't make it to the TV at that time, I count on DB to hook up a fansub and stick it on the interwebs in tasty torrented goodness... I also managed to stack a good 12 gig worth of all 273 episodes to date. Can I count on crunchyroll to give me the great subbing I count on here every week??

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Crunchyroll Does Not Force DB to Drop Bleach

2010/06/07

As most of you are probably aware, Crunchyroll has recently acquired the rights to simulcast Bleach. As we previously stated, DB will therefore be dropping the project. We will release one more episode so that our staff can say goodbye to one of our favorite shows, and so we can conclude the project with having subbed 225 total episodes of Bleach. This means that Bleach 274 will be DB's last episode of Bleach.

Please note that Crunchyroll did not in any way force, coerce, recommend, or suggest that we drop Bleach. DB has in fact not had any communication directly with Crunchyroll regarding this issue or any other. We are dropping Bleach because we support legal alternatives to fansubs and we hope you will too. As with Naruto, the best way to make sure this service is giving you what you want is to give it a chance and then send your feedback to Crunchyroll and to Viz, preferably framed in as polite as a way as you can manage so they might actually listen to you.

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Still Tripping off my 光インタネット bandwidth...

Didn't want to say anything other than...

 

 

DAMN, that's fast!!

 

 

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Jobs in Japan: Calling all HTML, JS, JQ, SQL, ETC coders...

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Danny Choo, someone who came from the UK and struck it big in Japan by riding on the convergence of IT and the sudden popularity of anime, manga, and the "otaku" sub-culture surrounding it, just posted another "get your @$$ to Japan and work fool" job posting-- This time for his friend and fellow gaijin self-made business woman Heather, who runs the online shop Rinkya, a shop specializing in helping you get stuff from Yahoo Autions Japan.

So, are you a kick-ass HTML coder, have a solid eye for design, and know how to connect your front-end to your back-end in ways that don't involve lewd acts? DO YOU WANNA COME TO JAPAN AND LIVE THE DREAM?!?

Visit his site, friend and take the CHALLENGE

...I'd also like to say, I'm gonna enter this puppy too... My coding is like $#¡† at times, but that's what Dreamweaver and "clean HTML code" dialogs are for... Ha.

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Japan's top web forum hacked after attacks on Korean skater

TOKYO - Japan's top Internet forum 2channel was offline Tuesday after an apparent mass hacker attack from South Korea over slanderous comments on their Olympic figure skating queen Kim Yu-Na.

South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported that more than 10,000 users had launched a "concerted cyber offensive" and coordinated their attacks through web communities since Monday against the popular site www.2ch.net.

The site, launched in 1999, allows users to post comments on hundreds of topics, from politics and sports to entertainment and manga cartoons, without providing a user name, a model meant to boost online freedom of speech.

But the site has repeatedly become a forum for right-wing nationalists and users posting xenophobic slurs, especially against South Korea and China.

The 2ch forum is Japan's largest online bulletin board by number of users and page views, according to Internet research firm NetRatings Japan.

The site was not accessible on Tuesday, but its search lists showed Japanese-language attacks had earlier been posted against Kim, who beat Japanese rival Mao Asada to take gold at the Vancouver Winter Games.

South Korea's JoongAng Daily reported online that the cyber war was launched on Monday, the anniversary of a 1919 uprising against Japanese colonial rule that became known as the March First Movement.

South Koreans have often been angered by comments on the messaging forum, including one that called a deadly attack against a South Korean college student in February in Irkutsk "Russia's good deed", Yonhap reported.

The 2ch forum has often drawn controversy at home as some of its anonymous users have posted death threats and verbal attacks against high-profile figures that have led to legal action against the site's operators.

via digital.asiaone.com

Is it just me, or is there a SERIOUS uptick in the right-wing-nationalistic NeoJapan rhetoric lately? I mean I'm used to seeing the loud-ass vans driving around large train stations during holidays, loudly and obnoxiously calling for an end to foreign visas and immigrations into Japan. (when questioned, most of these people say, "oh you're AMERICAN... We mean the OTHER gaijin that are here." "The ones from Asia" Wait... I thought JAPAN was a part of ASIA too... Stupid me and my knowing geography...) WTF?!

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J7TV: Blogcast for 2.7.2010... yeah, I'm late.

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Been really busy and forgot to post this joint.... whoops! Here I'm talking about bein' cold in my apartment... How to use Google Apps to help publish a magazine... Bitly Pro... Nagoya Haiti Benefit Concert. Check it out!

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Facebook redeux growin' on ya?

 

I happen to like the new Facebook layout.  From a UI point of view, it's tons easier to navigate, easier to see notifications like new emails and friend requests, and a whole lot easier to get to the important stuff like search, account editing, and apps.  

After a few weeks of using it, what's your impression?  Let me know! 

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Google Apps: Use a newer browser, or get left behind!

Dear Google Apps admin,​

In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some of the latest improvements in web browser technology. This includes faster JavaScript processing and new standards like HTML5. As a result, over the course of 2010, we will be phasing out support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 as well as other older browsers that are not supported by their own manufacturers.​

We plan to begin phasing out support of these older browsers on the Google Docs suite and the Google Sites editor on March 1, 2010. After that point, certain functionality within these applications may have higher latency and may not work correctly in these older browsers. Later in 2010, we will start to phase out support for these browsers for Google Mail and Google Calendar.​

Google Apps will continue to support Internet Explorer 7.0 and above, Firefox 3.0 and above, Google Chrome 4.0 and above, and Safari 3.0 and above.​

Starting next week, users on these older browsers will see a message in Google Docs and the Google Sites editor explaining this change and asking them to upgrade their browser. We will also alert you again closer to March 1 to remind you of this change.​

In 2009, the Google Apps team delivered more than 100 improvements to enhance your product experience. We are aiming to beat that in 2010 and continue to deliver the best and most innovative collaboration products for businesses.​

Thank you for your continued support!​

Sincerely,​

The Google Apps team

Thank you GOOGLE!! Everyone else, GET WITH THE PROGRAM!!!

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Global Voices Online » Japan: A short documentary on Japanese Social Media

by Scilla Alecci

At the Medifes event, Global Voices interviewed some participants to provide an overview of the local scene through the eyes and voices of those who try to make a difference in the media landscape of Japan.

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On the occasion of Medifes, an event where some of the Japanese social media representatives gather every year, Global Voices interviewed some of the participants with the aim of giving an overview of the local scene through the eyes and voices of those who try to make a difference in the media landscape of Japan.

Social Media in Japan - Part One

Social Media in Japan - Part Two

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Part of my research I'm doing for my little project involves using Japanese social media, so this is a must-watch/read for me. If you're planning on marketing to Japan by doing viral internet marketing, then pay attention.

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Chris Brown Twitter Account Deleted After Rant Against Retailers

As you may know, singer Chris Brown recently released his “comeback” album, the culmination of his ongoing attempt to rebuild his image.

While part of that effort included a song dedicated to Twitter, the singer has just gone in the opposite direction when it comes to the microblogging service: account deletion.

Brown raised some eyebrows over the weekend by using his TwitterTwitter account to claim that retailers were blackballing him and not giving his album proper shelf space in stores. Much of the entertainment press drilled him over it, and now his account is gone.

Of course, while it might be gone from the public eye, the controversial tweets live on in GoogleGoogle’s cache:

Given the delicate nature of Brown’s situation, it’s hard to imagine his actions drawing much sympathy from fans and followers, though the deletion has certainly gotten him plenty of attention, with his name quickly rising to Twitter’s trending topics.

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Wonder if Tiger will be treated the same way... Does Tiger tweet at all? Although like my man Trev said, it's reverse discrimination. In Tiger's case, he got beat by his wife... Even if you're cheating, you shouldn't get your @$$ beat; you should just get cut off or walked out on...

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What would you like RAN magazine's new website to focus on? - ranmagazine's posterous

We're working on a new website for RAN to roll out in 2010.  We really want to bring our community together, and we know nothing does that better than the internet.  We're active on Facebook and Twitter, and we're wanting to also show off our Flickr and YouTube pages too.  We find out where to go and what to do because our friends and their friends post to a blog, send us an email or hit us with text messages.

We know there are a lot of "gaijin sites" on the net these days--we read and participate on them too!  We think they are good at providing the information and entertainment they provide.  But just like there are other magazines out there that aren't anything like RAN magazine, we want to create a good companion website that will be unlike what's already out there.  

We already have a long list of ideas of what the new RANmagazine.com should have, but it's hard for me to stare at that blank Dreamweaver canvas and come up with something; I need a starting point!  6 months ago, we asked "what do you want your Nagoya magazine to be?" and the responses turned into RANmagazine.  Now we ask "What do you want your RANmagazine.com to start out with?  Dozo osenkyou shite kudasaimase.

Would you like RAN magazine's new website to focus more on:

Being a place for in-depth discussion of RAN magazine stories?

Providing a general forum to discuss whatever comes to mind in relation to "gaijin life" in Nagoya?

Being a place to find out where to eat/drink/party/play in Nagoya?

Starting a directory for finding area businesses?

Providing a classifieds section to handle individual garage sales, "sayonara" sales, etc?

...something else not listed here? (Please let us know by commenting on this post)

Wait... What the hell is RAN magazine?! Never heard of it.... (*sigh... visit ranmagazine.com/issues and read first, then come back here!)

Being a place for in-depth discussion of RAN magazine stories? Providing a general forum to discuss whatever comes to mind in relation to "gaijin life" in Nagoya? Being a place to find out where to eat/drink/party/play in Nagoya? Starting a directory for finding area businesses? Providing a classifieds section to handle individual garage sales, "sayonara" sales, etc? ...something else not listed here? (Please let us know by commenting on this post) Wait... What the hell is RAN magazine?! Never heard of it.... (*sigh... visit ranmagazine.com/issues and read first, then come back here!)

Value	Responses
Being a place for in-depth discussion of RAN magazine stories?	66%
Providing a general forum to discuss whatever comes to mind in relation to "gaijin life" in Nagoya?	0%
Being a place to find out where to eat/drink/party/play in Nagoya?	33%
Starting a directory for finding area businesses?	0%
Providing a classifieds section to handle individual garage sales, "sayonara" sales, etc?	0%
...something else not listed here? (Please let us know by commenting on this post)	0%
Wait... What the hell is RAN magazine?! Never heard of it.... (*sigh... visit ranmagazine.com/issues and read first, then come back here!)	0%

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There's still some time to vote-- I'm moving forward on the design process, but still wanna know what functions you want to see on RANmagazine.com

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Social Media ROI: Socialnomics

It's so much easier now to put together an online promotional campaign
now then it was even 1 year ago. As an online media content creator,
I am expected to not only make compelling content but also help in the
marketing of it; i.e. getting eyeballs and earholes to see/hear the
site we've created.
I used to have to concentrate on getting people to want to be online
in the first place in those days. Just getting someone to visit my
site meant placing ads in trade magazines, or at the very least, doing
an email blast.
But now social sites are networking people together and all it takes
is me tweeting about our content to have eyes looking at it. Also with
content aggregation coming online, look to see your content being
syndicated across the web to other social sites either in real-time,
as a recommended post done by a bot, or by a human reposting or
retweeting your content (the best advertising is still word-of-mouth).
I've been testing this concept over the last two weeks with a service
called Posterous. I can post any content (including what you're
reading now) and it will crosspost this to my blog, my facebook page,
my linked in page, send out a tweet on Twitter about it, and more. If
I add some video, it gets posted to YouTube. Pictures get posted to
Flickr. And facebook and myspace get all media.
Best thing? I am doing most of this with my iPhone, either through
their app, or (like now) just sending a simple email to my posterous
account.
Now I am trying to figure out the interactive points. When people
comment on my content I've syndicated everywhere, I have to check a
million sites to answer each separate comment thread about the same
content. For example, this post is on facebook and my blog at
www.jlgatewood.com
. It's also at www.starrwulfe.info too. It also generated a tweet
about it as well. If you comment on any of the sites, I have to
moderate them separately. Plus maybe a good comment that would benefit
the readers of one site will not be seen at another. Tweets come to
me, but it'd be cool for those to be placed in the comments thread as
well. Make the conversation on all sites reflect one main
conversation going on around that one syndicated crosspost.
So if you comment about this video on facebook, it shows up also in
the comments section of the video on YouTube.com.
Does something like that exist yet? Is someone working on it? How can
I help speed THAT up?


www.JLGatewood.com | www.streetsidemedia.com | www.ranmagazine.com

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