2014 Autumn model from Japanese watch manufacturer Big 3

CASIO "OCEANUS OCW-G1000"
Solar Wave Ceptor
200,000 - 230,000JPY

The big three of Japanese watch manufacturer, Casio, Citizen and Seiko unveiled their 2014 Autumn models by Sep 3.
They use GPS to increase accuracy.

CITIZEN "Eco-Drive Satellite Wave F100"
Eco-Drive
170,000 - 240,000JPY

SEIKO "ASTRON"
GPS Solar
180,000 - 300,000JPY

腕時計にもＧＰＳ機能続々　国内３社の新作出そろう　―朝日新聞デジタル
http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG935JPNG93ULFA024.html?ref=rss


Sharp introduces chopping tablet

Fujitsu lets you know when cows are on heat

Japan may be the home of iPhone

Yanmar's coolest agricultural tractor

2012 car sales ranking in Japan

2.2M attempts of unauthorized access to Niconico accounts detected

Dwango on June 13th announced that it detected 2,200,000 attempts of unauthorized login on its web service "Niconico".
Unauthorized login actually occurred for 220,000 IDs.
Among them, unauthorized use of "Niconico Points" was found on 19 IDs caused the damage of 173,610 yen.
Dwango in its statement to all users strongly recommends changing password.


ニコニコ動画に不正ログイン攻撃、約220万回の試行で17万円の被害　―ITpro
http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20140613/564042/

Dowango to collect examination fee from job appllicants

Dowango will collect 2,525("niconico" in Japanese pronunciation) yen examination fee from applicants for their job in 2015.
It will employ approximately 40 engineers and a few planners at this time, and will not return the money in all cases.
The company which is famous for its video-sharing service Niconico says that it wants to create waves in Japanese traditional way of periodic new graduate recruitment, and take the exam should be taken by those who truly want to work with Dowango.

Japanese collage students traditionally apply for 30 to 100 information session, forums or interviews of jobs by an year before their graduation.


新卒入社試験に受験料「2525円」　ドワンゴの「一石を投じる」試みに賛否　―ITmediaニュース
http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1312/01/news009.html


Number of Japanese Facebook users in a steep decline

Increasing workers and decreasing full time workers

630,000 are "NEET" among the Japanese young

One out of five workers is over 60

Google.co.jp Yearly Search Word Ranking 2012

Sharp introduces chopping tablet

Sharp Europe revealed prototype of the new interactive chopping board "Chop-Syc".
You can touch, use Wi-Fi, measure and calculate while cutting ingredients on it.





包丁を使えるタブレット？--タッチスクリーン搭載の“まな板”が登場　―japan.internet.com
http://japan.internet.com/webtech/20131028/3.html


Fujitsu lets you know when cows are on heat

Japan may be the home of iPhone

Yanmar's coolest agricultural tractor

[SONY WALKMAN] music and swimming

[Windows 8] Release night in Akihabara

Fujitsu lets you know when cows are on heat

Fujitsu from this October starts web cloud service which notifies farmers when their cows coming into rut for mating in Asia and Europe.
Traditionally, daily farmers had to cut down their sleep to watch their cows during mating season.


牛の種付け「今でしょ」　発情をクラウドで監視・通知　富士通　―SankeiBiz
http://www.sankeibiz.jp/business/news/131012/bsj1310122050004-n1.htm


Japan may be the home of iPhone

Yanmar's coolest agricultural tractor

Number of Japanese Facebook users in a steep decline

Google.co.jp Yearly Search Word Ranking 2012

Yahoo! Japan Search Word Ranking 2012

Japan may be the home of iPhone

Kantar Japan researched sales share of iOS and Android in eight countries including Japan from June to August this year.

Yanmar's coolest agricultural tractor

Yanmar revealed concept model of its new tractor designed by Kiyoyuki Okuyama known as the designer of Enzo Ferrari, Ferrari California and Chevrolet Camaro.
Its production model will be released for domestic market in 2015.
Yanmar celebrated the centennial anniversary of foundation in March last year.


スポーツカー意識したトラクター　ヤンマーが試作機　―日本経済新聞
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASDD250LE_V20C13A7TJ1000/


2012 car sales ranking in Japan

[SONY WALKMAN] music and swimming

Car of the Year 2012-2013 won by CX-5

[Windows 8] Release night in Akihabara

[iPhone v. Android] Which is the recommendation of Japanese who have used both?

10 beautiful short animation works by nonprofessionals

Okashina Hotel(Strange Hotel)
by Michio Mihara in 2008

Japan became the largest music market

International Federation of Phonogram and Videogram Producers(IFPI) on April 8th announced that Japan became the largest market of music software sales in the world including CDs and music data downloads in 2012.
Japan sold 4.3 billion dollars of music software in last year, the United States on the other hands sold 4.1 billion dollars.
Mr. Children's "[(an imitation) blood orange]" selling about 1.3 million disks acquired the 29th place in the best-selling album rankings, which is the highest among Japanese artists.


日本が音楽ソフト・配信で1位に、2012年売上が米国上回る　―INTERNET Watch
http://internet.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20130409_595139.html


[SONY WALKMAN] music and swimming

Dowango Mobile 2012 Anime song download ranking

Apple's "Siri" will make CD debut

AKB48 overpowers on Single CD Sales Rankings 2012 - Oricon

Which songs are the most popular at karaoke house?("hitokara") -JOYSOUND

2012 car sales ranking in Japan

The domestic sales rankings of the new cars in 2012 was revealed on April 4th.
In addition to small and cheap kei-cars, hybrid cars sold great numbers receiving the benefit of government's tax reduction for environmentally friendly vehicles.

[iPhone v. Android] Which is the recommendation of Japanese who have used both?

78.5 percent of Japanese smartphone users who have used both iOS and Android recommends iPhone when receiving advice from their friends on purchasing a smartphone a research by JustSystems revealed.

[SONY WALKMAN] music and swimming

Sony on February 16th released Walkman W series NWD-W273 updated for swimmers to be able to listen to music in the water. It has 4GB of capacity, 29g of weight and an USB 2.0 port and takes 90 minutes to be fully charged for 8 hours of music play. It is 9,072 yen($97.81). It can not be used inside a bath and sauna owing to the temperature.


Swim x Music"Walkman" meets Swimming　―ソニー
http://www.sony.jp/walkman/special/swim_w270/index.html


Car of the Year 2012-2013 won by CX-5

[Windows 8] Release night in Akihabara

Pervasion of Smartphone is 18% in Japan

Number of Japanese Facebook users in a steep decline

Cereja technology on February 7th announced that the estimated number of Facebook users in Japan has dropped 3.29 million or 23.8 percent since the last research result it revealed on January 7th. Attrition rate was the highest in Japan among Asian nations. In whole Asia, the number of users has dropped 11.36 million.

Estimated number of Facebook users in Asian Countries

1: India - 62.69M
2: Indonesia - 47.16M
3: Philippines - 30.12M
4: Thailand - 18.20M
5: Japan - 13.82M


Ｆａｃｅｂｏｏｋ国内推定利用者が329万人減、セレージャ調べ　―日本経済新聞
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASFK0803S_Y3A200C1000000/


Google.co.jp Yearly Search Word Ranking 2012

Yahoo! Japan Search Word Ranking 2012

Japanese college students: Social media they use

Ministry of Defense establishes "Cyberspace Defense Force" in 2013

SoftBank Wi-Fi is now available at LAWSON convenience stores

Car of the Year 2012-2013 won by CX-5

Mazda CX-5

Mazda CX-5 was chosen for the "CAR OF THE YEAR JAPAN 2012-2013". The five-door crossover admired for its SKYACTIV technology, the new clean diesel engine.

Google.co.jp Yearly Search Word Ranking 2012

Google on its Japanese website revealed "Google Yearly Search Word Ranking 2012".

ANA deleted 100,000 seats reservations

All Nippon Airways(ANA) by November 28th have accidentally deleted the reservations for 100,000 seats of its domestic lines in February 2013. The reservations for flights are still valid but all the reserved seats were cancelled. ANA explained that the cause was system fault.


全日空、不具合で座席指定消滅　13年２月の10万席　―日本経済新聞
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASDG2805C_Y2A121C1CR8000/

Apple's "Siri" will make CD debut

Apple's Siri personificated

The music CD named "Teach us Ms. Siri" featuring Siri, the personal assistant and navigation application for Apple's iOS will be released on December 8th. It included "Hello, Siri-tan" uploaded on video-sharing websites earlier this year and 5 new songs.
*This is not an official project by Apple Inc.


りんご電話のパーソナルアシスタント『しり』がしゃべり、歌う(!!)、りんご愛爆発のキャラクターCDが登場!!　―IOSYS
http://www.iosysos.com/cd/ringo/

Yahoo! Japan Search Word Ranking 2012

Yahoo! Japan on November 26th announced "2012 Search Word Ranking" listing the most searched words in this year between January 1st and October 31st.

TV use of Japanese. How long do they watch TV in a day?

MyNavi News conducted a research to 500(256 males / 244 females) of its website membership users about their use of TV.

[Windows 8] Release night in Akihabara

Windows 8 ad trailers in Akihabara

Electronics shop in Akihabara, Tokyo at 0:00 October 26th released Windows 8.


Photos 1　―アキバBlog
Photos 2　―ギズモード・ジャパン
Photos 3　―Seaside Tears 2
Photos 4　―ITmedia PC USER

Windows 8 Limited Pack [Ai Madobe version]

Windows 8 Limited Pack [Yuu Madobe version]

-FACTS-
"Madobe(窓辺)", the family name of the two girls means "window side" in Japanese.