Tag: Japan

  • Wrapping up Mautic Japan Community in 2016

    Wrapping up Mautic Japan Community in 2016

    The year of 2016 was awesome for Mautic Community in Japan. 5 meetup groups have launched in Japan. All of them are actively organizing meetups to spread the word of Mautic. In this blog post, I will briefly introduce Mautic Community of Japan.   First, this is Katz. I am one of the organizers of Mautic Meetup…

  • 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…

  • YokosoNews is on British Airways

    YokosoNews is on British Airways

    It’s great honor to be on the June 2013 issue of British Airways’ High Life Magazine! I was featured as 12 of the best city news tweeters across the globe. Thank you BA!

  • [Editorial] Dolphin, Whales and YokosoNews

    Earlier today, one of my YokosoNews contributors traveled to Kumano, Japan. And he went to eat the local cuisine which include the dolphin. Then he posted the photo on YokosoNews Facebook page. I immediately deleted the photo from the YokosoNews Facebook Page. But I would like to take this opportunity to express my personal opinion…

  • WANTED: volunteers and guests of 311 Disasters in Japan

    WANTED: volunteers and guests of 311 Disasters in Japan

    PLEASE DISTRIBUTE: YokosoNews, the English social media to introduce Japanese culture in English, is currently looking for volunteer reporters and guests who can share their experience during our live cast for the next generation. YokosoNews usually provide the useful travel tips, lifestyle and entertainment information of Japan to welcome the people from all over the…

  • 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…

  • Don’t miss WordCamp 2010 Nagoya on Oct 30

    Don’t miss WordCamp 2010 Nagoya on Oct 30

    This blog post was written as a draft work for the official site. For the latest information, visit http://nagoya2010.wordcamp.jp/english . A very exciting open source event coming to Nagoya on October 30, 2010 about blogging. I am the programmers and Ustream broadcaster for the event. WordPress is a free and open source blogging software. Many…

  • 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,…

  • 5 Creative Japanese tech products as your gift(s)

    5 Creative Japanese tech products as your gift(s)

    Originally inspired by Mashable article. 15 Creative USB Drives for Storing Your Data in Style http://mashable.com/2010/10/03/creative-usb-drives/ The holiday season is coming up. So it’s time to start thinking about your gift. If you are interested in Japanese stuff and want to have something Japan related… but somewhat creative… here are my choices. . Five (5)…