Archive for January, 2007

• 5January 29, 2007

  Automotive Marketing: Nissan Pino Pinoshop – Purikura-like car customization for women

  The Pino itself comes in nine exterior colors, but the real push is with the interior customization, marketed through the …
• 3January 25, 2007

  Astrodea Celestial Watch: 2007 “small” edition

  Limited Edition: 500 per year The Astrodea Celestial watch series from Citizen has been a hit in Japan, and is now …
• 2January 24, 2007

  KDDI’s au My Page mobile portal breaks one million users

  KDDI and Okinawa Cellular’s joint venture, the “au My Page”, has just topped one million users as of January 20th. …
  
  
• 3January 20, 2007

  Japanese TV, natto, and the power of open minds

  On January 10th, a popular Japanese program on Fuji TV called AruAru Daijiten (The Encyclopedia of Living) had an …
• 2January 17, 2007

  KDDI kid-friendly phones: GPS tracking and emergency services

  It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that cell phone users are getting younger and younger these days, but …