Japan News

Putter King LLC, Japan’s first indoor miniature golf franchise, has announced it has released Putter King Adventure Golf, a 3D miniature golf game app on the Apple App Store.

SWEET SOUL RECORDS has announced the expansion of its online sales, marketing, promotion capabilities, while simultaneously increasing its distribution channels allowing more talented independent soul artists to distribute their music in Japan.

Hong Kong, China - Red Herring announced its Top 100 Asia award. Sonix Co., Ltd. was highly evaluated for the innovative and promising superior software program called Scirocco and the novel service model using Scirocco..

Phyzios, Inc. will release “Little Piyo’s Friend(English ver),” an iPhone/iPad application jointly developed with Gakken Education Publishing Co., Ltd., on November 4, 2011.

L'entreprise de traduction acoTranslations ouvre ses bureaux asiatiques pour conquérir le marché japonais.

PSOFT MOBILE announces the release of iEyeCamera for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad 2. iEyeCamera is a camera app that uses the new face detection technology introduced in iOS 5 to apply real-time effects to the eyes and face of the video subjects.

Digital Frontier, a motion picture company in Japan, establishes subsidiary in Taipei, Taiwan.

NKSJ Holdings, Inc., Sompo Japan Insurance Inc., NIPPONKOA Insurance Co., Ltd., and NKSJ Group companies in Japan and overseas will be selecting a day between October and December 2011 to engage in volunteer activities.

Mum and Dad's Android tablet/phone is no longer just a business tool. EQ Kids Vocabulary has utilised the inbuilt voice recognition and the text-to-speech functions of Android devices to create an interactive multimedia learning tool for children.

An exclusive agreement has been reached between SWEET SOUL RECORDS and Sōl 2 Kēp Entertainment which will allow for Japan-wide physical distribution of Teri Tobin’s 14 track album, "Love Infinity."

"EnemyTap" is a game. It is sold in the App Store.

Motion picture production company Digital Frontier Inc. will be moving its Japan Headquarter to Shibuya, Tokyo.

For the first time in Japan, Antique jewelry on-line shop in entirely ENGLISH is open.

An exclusive license agreement has been reached between SWEET SOUL RECORDS and neo-soul singer Song, and producers Tassel&Naturel which will allow Japan-wide distribution of her album, ‘Let Love Shine,’ featuring a cast of well-known artists.

PersonNote is available in the App Store.

MYFX trading platform comes out of beta and launches to everybody.

NKSJ Holdings, Inc. has been selected for inclusion in the DJSI World index of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes for two consecutive years on September 8, 2011.

The technology company Accela, Inc. has announced the launch of a new Facebook application. Called Is he a REAL friend?, the unique app allows users to be judged her/his personality types and receive advice on love relationships and mating.

SpeakGlobal: The next generation in English language learning introduces the world's first artificial intelligence (A.I.) chat robots for English as a Foreign Language learning!

The HKTDC's Largest UK Services Promotion to Feature Major Symposium

Phyzios, Inc. (Head Office: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; President: Kentaro Suto; hereinafter, “Phyzios”) will release “Little Piyo’s Friend,” an iPhone/iPad application jointly developed with Gakken Education Publishing Co., Ltd., on August 11, 2011.

For all sectors, venture capitalists invested $7.5 billion in 966 deals in Q2 2011, a 5 percent increase in dollars and a 3 percent decrease in deals, compared to $7.2 billion going into 998 deals in Q2 2010.

On September 5th, 2011, Asprova released newest English version Ver.9. There are 3 main functions added: 1.Pivot feature 2.Condition expression function 3.Enhanced event option function

PSOFT MOBILE, maker of the hit iOS app Zen Brush, is proud to announce the release of “AR Fighter” for iPhone and iPod Touch. AR Fighter is an AR (advanced reality) app that borrows from the beat' em up game style.

Wahl & Case is excited to announce the upcoming launch of a new season of football in Tokyo, with Footy Japan’s Wahl & Case Tokyo Metropolis League Season 9 kicking off next week.

Space Design Inc., operator of 17 fully furnished/serviced apartment buildings in Tokyo and Yokohama, presents its Newest BUREX Serviced Office facility, BUREX Toranomon. This serviced office building is slated for September opening.

This autumn The Peninsula Hotel in Tokyo offers you the ideal retreat to view the fall foliage in Hibiya Park and the Imperial Palace Gardens.

"draw on photo" is an iPhone application.

[English] photomemo We select a photo. We draw lines with the finger. We type an explanation. We take the picture. photo, note, memo, draw, explanation, picture, album, color, line, keyboard, add

BODY BUTTER, a Japanese men's clothing brand is taking aim at the United States. The brand's offer free shipping, and all the sales this September coming from foreign countries will be donated to the Red Cross Society of Japan.

Tokyo-based Samurai Factory announced that they have donated a total of over 70,000 manga and picture books throughout the areas affected by the earthquake/tsunami of March 11th in Tohoku Japan

On August 22nd, 4 selected high school students from Japan will visit the UN to thank the world for their contribution to the relief efforts.

Operator of web creation platform Ninja Tools with over 2.5 million users, Tokyo-based Samurai Factory debuts SSP service Ninja AdMax with RTB capability to optimize advertising revenue for web publishers across all categories in Japan

Phyzios, Inc. (headquarters: Tokyo, President: Kentaro Suto) released an iPhone/iPad application “UKIYOE -Woodcut-” on July 22, 2011. UKIYOE-Woodcut- lets users easily create realistic woodcut prints, like Japanese UKIYOE .

Across the board retail businesses have steadily been gaining and have reached a recent peak of apx 20 market points.

Photo AC - You can find many free photos that can be downloaded by free registration.

PSOFT MOBILE, makers of the hit iOS app Zen Brush, releases “Azuki Wave”, a universal app for iPhone , iPad and iPod. Azuki Wave is a physics simulation of azuki beans rolling around in a zaru basket to produce the soothing sound of ocean waves.

On 24 November 2011, The Peninsula Tokyo, will host its fourth annual Cirque Culinaire Charity Gala Dinner and Live Auction.

GoTravelEnglish launches a new website focusing on providing English lessons to travelers. The website is designed to help English learners who are also travelers or future travelers.

Car Junction Co. - Exporter of high quality used Japanese, American and European vehicles to customers around the world. We have placed more than 50 vehicles from our stock at the lowest prices.

Golfers who hope to someday play at the pro-level expected at this week's British Open golf tournament may want to consider the strategies presented in two new guides.

Tokyo-based recruitment firm Wahl & Case is proud to announce the successful placement of Kenji Yamamoto as Chief Revenue Officer and Japan President of Tokyo-based startup translation technology company myGengo.

HobbyLink Japan announces ‘PhotoFest Japan 2011’ – A Photography workshop for English-speaking photographers in Japan

Tokyo-based recruitment firm Wahl & Case today announced the firm has been honored by Japanese social gaming giant GREE as one of the top recruiters in the industry.

Tokyo-based recruitment firm Wahl & Case is pleased to report being selected as the recipient of an award at the Japan Headhunter Awards 2011 presented by BizReach Inc.

Studio Magic Software announced the immediate release of "Java JNI plugin" for FileMaker Pro database. "Java JNI plugin" embed Java Runtime VM (Virtual Machine) in FileMaker Pro and enables it to call the method in Java classes.

GSS www.globalseniorsolutions.com seeks a progressive organization to be awarded Exclusive Rights to Japan for a new Emerging Technology "TALK-THRU Medical Alert." Thousands have been sold globally.

ASTRIX has been appointed to bring Japanese exhibitors to the 2011 China Horse Fair (CHF), the most international and comprehensive event for trade professionals and enthusiasts in China’s rapidly growing horse sports and leisure industries.

JapaneseVehicles.com introduces inland delivery service of Japanese used vehicles directly to Lusaka (Zambia)

JUMVEA (the Japan Used Motor Vehicle Exporters Association) has recognized Integrity Exports Co. Ltd. of Osaka, Japan as “approved for exporting of the used motor vehicles as a most reliable trading firm in Japan.”