Tag: Japanese

  • Japanese mentality is similar to hidden Trump supporters?

    I had an occasion to witness the similarity to Japanese mentality and hidden Trump supporters mentality. Japanese who don’t speak out When Japanese people are having some business and political relationship problem, they don’t really speak out they’re having problem. It’s very rare that they speak out. When they speak out to the public, it’s usually…

  • concrete5 Japan community-base free theme “Stucco” and free add-on “Manual Nav” are now available

    concrete5 Japan community-base free theme “Stucco” and free add-on “Manual Nav” are now available

    concrete5 has very strong community base in Japan. It’s because there are a number of people who believe in open source, and concrete5 Japan was able to organize the strong user base. Recently, concrete5 Japan is trying to bridge the language barrier of marketplace, and succeeded in releasing a free theme, “Stucco” and a free…

  • Multilingual WordPress and Very Important Message from WordCamp Kansai 2015

    Multilingual WordPress and Very Important Message from WordCamp Kansai 2015

    On July 25~26, 2015, I had an opportunity to speak at WordCamp Kansai 2015 to talk about the multilingualization of WordPress. Every year, the team of WordPress Nagoya community members car-pool and attend WordCamp Kansai event. This is our 4th time to do so since 2011. WordCamp Kansai 2015 was taking place at Osaka University,…

  • 3,000 people in 2 years

    3,000 people in 2 years

    I just finished filling out the 10th notebooks. 10 notebooks in 2 years. These are the notebook that I started taking in September 2008 when I first came up with the idea of YokosoNews. As a media, it’s all about how much information you can gather, edit them, and publish it to the public. As…

  • TOSHIBA’s glassless 3D TV has been revealed at CEATEC Japan 2010

    TOSHIBA’s glassless 3D TV has been revealed at CEATEC Japan 2010

    TOSHIBA revealed the rumored glassless  3D TV set to the press on October 4th, 2010, as the part of press tour of CEATEC Japan 2010: a comprehensive IT and electronic trade show. TOSHIBA had developed the technology to project two different images to left and right eye without glasses. According to the several on-site reports,…

  • Airbag made for human

    From TV Tokoy’s World Business Satellite News, a Japanese safety and medical company developed a airbag for human.   © 2008 Prop  – 株式会社プロップ – All Rights Reserved (The images were taken from company’s web site – 画像は会社ホームページより) Safety Life Jacket “Itsumo (Always)” (product page in Japanese)http://www.prop-g.co.jp/product_itsumo.html The device was co-developed by Prop, Chiba University and Tokyo Metropolitan College…

  • Wasabi Silent Fire Alarm developed by a Japanese Venture

    BBC, Nikkei Business Daily and “Gaiya no Yoake” (TV Tokyo’s Business TV Program) reported the invention of a wasabi fire alarm for deaf people. This device is developed by Seems, Inc., a Japanese venture. Seems, Inchttp://www.seems-inc.com/en/index.html The CEO, Naoki Urushibata, began this scent business because of his older sister’s unfortunate death of cancer. He realized…