All posts tagged Twitter

  • 12:38 PM JST
    Sep 26, 2011

    Trending Japan: Plan Z

    Everyone needs a plan B now and again, but a “Plan Z”?

    The talk of Twitter Japan around midday on Monday may sound like some kind of catchy departure from the norm, but in fact the top trending item on the micro-blogging service was a reference to nothing more radical than a new payment plan announced by Japan’s second-biggest cellphone company, KDDI Corp. Read More »

  • 11:48 AM JST
    Sep 7, 2011

    Hacking Stokes Social Media Clampdown at Work

    Associated Press

    Executives are torn over the use of social media in enterprises, accepting that it represents a critical area for growth but afraid of its use in companies, a report published Tuesday concludes.

    These concerns have caused increased levels of blocking and monitoring of employees’ online activity, reducing levels of trust in employees to use the Internet responsibly. This fear is most evident in Japan (92%).

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  • 6:52 PM JST
    Jul 19, 2011

    Nadeshiko Victory Comes With Twitter Record

    Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
    New Twitter record: 7,196 tweets per second at Nadeshiko World Cup victory.

    Japan woke up on Monday to a roaring Nadeshiko victory in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany. And according to Twitter Inc., the clamor in cyberspace was equally ear-splitting.  Messages containing the hashtag “#WWC” set a new global record of 7,196 tweets per second the moment Japan won the FIFA Women’s World Cup championships, eclipsing a previous record of 6,939 tweets per second, set four seconds after midnight on Japan’s New Year’s Day. Read More »

  • 3:06 PM JST
    Jun 30, 2011

    Meet Government Bond Sensei, Japan’s Fiscal Savior?

    An affable forty-something with a creeping waistline, a big face and a new-found passion for social media?

    Bloomberg News
    Japan’s Ministry of Finance is relying on its Twitter mascot, Kokusai Sensei, to drum up demand for government debt.

    He may sound the kind of guy who’d be good for getting the beers in at a Japanese after-work bar outing. But the Ministry of Finance evidently hopes the image also puts people in the mood for a round of government bond buying.

    Meet “Kokusai Sensei,” or “Government Bond Teacher,” an official ministry mascot who started using Twitter this month to teach his fellow Japanese to love, and buy, government debt. Read More »

  • 5:48 PM JST
    Jun 23, 2011

    Twitter Users Strike Balanced View of Japan

    First impressions count. And despite facing its biggest crisis since World War II, according to Prime Minister Naoto Kan, it seems English-speaking Twitter users retained a more or less balanced view of Japan following the March 11 disasters and their worrying aftermath at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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    A survey commissioned by the U.S.-Japan Council (USJC ), a non-profit educational organization, has classified some 41% of English-language tweets containing the word “Japan” between March 11 and May 18 as positive in terms of expressing sympathy and respect for the Japanese, based on language used. Of the 9.8 million tweets surveyed by firm Webtrends Inc., that portion came very close to matching the 42% of tweets deemed negative, focused around the nuclear scare, with 17% described as containing neutral perceptions of Japan. Read More »

  • 7:27 PM JST
    Jun 7, 2011

    Most-Popular JRT Posts in Blog’s First Year

    Associated Press
    Yukio Edano’s tirelessness was the subject of the most-popular post in the past year.

    It’s exactly one year since the official launch of Japan Real Time.

    In that 12 months, country-watchers old and new have seen some things change, some stay exactly the same. Its economic might may be waning as its soft power – arguably – grows, but the country and its people remained a source of fascination, not least for regular JRT readers, for the months through March 10.

    Then came March 11, and everything changed. Japan’s worst crisis since World War II put the country on the global front page, and it’s rarely strayed from there since. Here are the top 10 most-viewed posts on JRT since June 7, 2010. Is your favorite here? Read More »

  • 8:23 PM JST
    May 23, 2011

    Katy Perry Tweets Husband’s Deportation

    Associated Press
    Russell Brand and Katy Perry arrive for the European premiere of ‘Arthur’ in London last month.

    British comedian Russell Brand was booted from Japan on Sunday, according to a  lamentful Twitter post by his wife, pop star Katy Perry. “So…my husband just got deported from Japan. I am so. sad. I brought him all this way to show him my favorite place,” wrote Ms. Perry who is in Japan for her California Dreams Tour, which has stops in Nagoya, Tokyo and Osa. Read More »

  • 9:02 PM JST
    Apr 22, 2011

    Japan Marks Another Twitter First

    Associated Press
    Japanese soccer supporters in Tokyo take to their cellphones as they watch a live broadcast of Japan’s first World Cup match against Cameroon in South Africa.

    Japan loves Twitter and Twitter loves Japan—so much so that the social-media company gave the manic microbloggers here their very own leader. Twitter appointed James Kondo country manager, making Japan the first country to get one. Given that Twitter has stormed nearly every country in the world, that suggests it plans to expand further and roll out more Japan-specific tools in the future. Read More »

  • 10:02 PM JST
    Apr 13, 2011

    Softbank’s Son Stills Twitter to Protest New Japan Internet Rule

    This much is clear: Masayoshi Son has been an angry man these past few days.

    Bloomberg News
    Masayoshi Son in May 2010.

    While Japan’s richest man has recently used Twitter to share news of his philanthropic activities in the post-quake relief efforts, the strong-willed founder of SoftBank Corp. is now using the micro-blogging service to make another point. Mr. Son has taken a self-imposed vow of silence of sorts on Twitter in protest at a legislative bill recently submitted to parliament that he says may hurt freedom of speech online. But the effect of the wily chief executive’s decision to go mute is murky. Normally a serial user of Twitter, Mr. Son, the head of third-largest mobile carrier in Japan by subscribers, wrote in English on his Twitter account Monday, “I will stop my tweet for next 3 days. Japanese government has passed the law to damage freedom of speech over internet.”  He composed a similar message in Japanese and has not uttered a chirp since. Read More »

  • 1:48 PM JST
    Mar 29, 2011

    ‘Quakebook’: Bloggers Respond With Twitter-Sourced Charity Book

    Quakebook
    The cover of “2:46 Quakebook”

    More than two weeks after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that killed tens of thousands of people in northern Japan, it’s still easy to feel helpless at the sheer scale of the tragedy. “2:46 Quakebook,” a Twitter-sourced collection of personal accounts of the quake and its aftermath that will soon be available for purchase here, is one group’s response to the disaster initiated by the local blogging community that aims to raise money for relief efforts (the title refers to the time at which the magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck on March 11). All proceeds will go to the Japanese Red Cross. The e-book, which has gone from conception to completion in around a week and a half, is a case study in the collaborative power of social networking, a vital tool for many in the immediate aftermath with cellphone communications and transport seriously disrupted. Read More »

  • The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in 2011 sparked broad debate on radiation, health and safety. Fukushima Watch contributes to that debate, with sharp, easy-to-understand commentary on things nuclear and energy-related in Japan.

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