Nintendo – Nintendo prepaid cards with extra fun bonus where Mario characters come alive!

Nintendo will add a new version of its prepaid card usable at it’s online software download site, e-shop, for 3DS and Wii U. It’s a prepaid card with extra fun bonus called “Asoberu Omaketsuki Nintendo Prepaid Card” (meaning “with playable bonus” in Japanese). It will be out on April 23.
The extra fun bonus makes the prepaid card literally come alive. Hold your 3DS over the card and watch one of the Super Mario characters pop out of the card (viewable …

Japan’s finest April Fool Jokes : iKA Player, Pizza in a Can and the zzzPhoneBed from AU

iKA Player: The first Squid (Ika in Japanese) powered eBook from Kodansha Publishing. The iKA stands for Interactive Kodensha Archive, is an eBook player automatic energy generation (bye bye batteries), Natural Ink instead of the usual e-Ink, Can Store millions of books, Amazing natural backlight technology and comes with a unique “tentacle” like strap.
Dominos Pizza in a Can: For 401 Yen here you are Domino’s latest Pizza… in a Can!
AU zzzPhoneBed: The first REAL SIZE …

Toshiba – “Shapes” – Tablets beyond the rectangular

First released last year, we have been impressed with “Shapes” by Toshiba and for good reason. This is exciting technology. Finally tablets have moved beyond rectangular.

Oblong
Technology that’s come full circle.
Ideal for:
DJs, artists, and custom pizza makers. Or anyone that just doesn’t like to be boxed in.

Rhombus
More than just a convex quadrilateral.
Ideal for:
Politicians and corporate folks. Engineered for people who regularly tuck their shirt in, but actually want to …

Double the brightness in low light photos with Panasonic’s new color filtering technology

Panasonic has developed a unique technology that doubles the brightness of color photography, by using micro color splitters instead of conventional color filters in the image sensor.
These two photos were taken using CCDs with the same sensitivity. The one on the right was taken with the color filter system used in nearly all digital cameras. The one on the left was taken with Panasonic’s new micro color-splitting system.
Until now, image sensors have produced color pictures by using …

Softbank – “Rap Otosan” DJ app – Rap with the Shirato Family

Anyone who has watched TV in Japan has seen Softbank’s TV commercial series – The Shirato Family – starring a white Japanese dog called “Otosan”. Otosan means “Dad” in Japanese and he is the gruff by loveable character who always seems to be confused and grumpy about what is going on around him.
Now, Otosan has his own DJ/rap smartphone app. Pick the character from the Shirato family, choose the words they should say, mix it and have fun. This app is …

Management Game from Japan Simulates Actual Business Experiences

In 1976, Sony CDI developed a kind of business game called the Management Game. The game simulates running a business, with each participant as a manager. Participants can compare their performance, by producing a financial report for their business. Many companies have introduced the Management Game to help staff learn about management.
Shigeto Takahashi is a leading expert in education and publicity regarding the Management Game. He’s the representative of BM Network, which holds …

Fujifilm – “Year Album” software – Make a stylish printed picture album quickly with your digital images

Fujifilm has announced new software called “Year Album” that helps people organize their digital photos and images into printed picture albums with nice layouts.
The software’s “Image Organizer” with Fujifilm’s unique image analysis technology analyzes dates, faces, focus, brightness, or similarities/qualities of pictures, etc. and picks up the best pictures, puts them in chronological order, and changes their sizes for the best layout.
Because of these …

Let’s Visit Tokyo!! – Ikebukuro – The Road to Sunshine City

Let’s Visit Tokyo is back…
First stop: Ikebukuro… Take a stroll with us through the streets of Ikebukuro as we walk toward our destination – Sunshine City.
And don’t miss KFC’s Colonel Sanders in his Dragonball suit!

TAKARA TOMY A.R.T.S – SMART HAN – Satisfy your cravings with the next-generation rice stick for busy people

This is the era of smart devices – now here’s a smart device for eating. This is the Japanese bento box as a mobile, convenient and functional “SMART” rice delivery mechanism… Screw-up Storage!
If you are too busy to eat enough every day, “Smart Han” by Takara Tomy Arts can help. “Han” means rice or meal in Japanese… this is a lunch box shaped like a stick that you can stuff rice and other food in. Close the lid, then screw-up the rice out …

Sony Mobile adds two new Xperia smartphones to its Spring line up with the SP and L

Sony today announced in Europe two new Xperia smartphone models to join its 2013 line up – the Xperia SP and Xperia L. The Xperia SP delivers 4G LTE performance and an exceptional viewing experience, with a razor sharp HD screen housed in a beautiful design. The Xperia L provides class leading camera technology with HDR for both photos and videos complemented by a high quality screen.

Xperia SP – High Definition brilliance in a premium design
The Xperia SP utilises expertise from Sony’s BRAVIA …