posted by ant
2 months ago • 253 viewsDigg shares a four pages GameRadar article, with embedded YouTube videos, on "the evolution of Japanese game commercials. 30 years of daft, brilliant and disturbingly odd television/TV/telly skits. Japan has a well-earned reputation for daft, brilliant and disturbingly odd TV game commercials, but it took a long (sometimes painful) evolution along a course signposted by geeky TV celebs in bad jumpers during the 1980s and PlayStation-sophistication in the 1990s, for that rep to be won and maintained. Back at the end of the 1970s, Japanese gamecorps started trying to convince their public that games were not something to be afraid of; that they were a perfectly reasonable, legitimate form of entertainment, like shogi or fishing. Once the Famicom Era kicked off, those same softcos dropped their polite, civilised image and began to go berserk all over Japan's telly screens with "CMs" (as the Japanese refer to "adverts" or "commercials") that were powerful enough to rip a viewer's mind open and sew it back together within the space of 15 seconds, discreetly lodging a MUST SHOP! impulse somewhere in the frontal lobe before the skit was over. The evolution was televised, so join us as we trace its path from 1979 to 2009..."
posted by rasch187
5 months ago • 426 views RedSky recently got to the upper echelon of gold and can now *promote whenever he feels like it. This sifter has been a member for over 2 years and seems to keep a rather low profile. There's absolutely no need for that, when you write such memorable and funny comments, RedSky! So crawl out of your shell and gather your well deserved celebration, RedSky. And of course, everyone should pay your PQUEUE a visit. Congratulations!
posted by Sagemind
6 months 2 weeks ago • 917 viewsI just figured we could nail down the names of some much needed channels. I think it would be interesting if we all named our wants. Everyone is so different and we all post diverse stuff.
What have you noticed missing?
posted by Throbbin
6 months 2 weeks ago • 661 viewsSohan Dosova is now believed to be the oldest woman in the world at the ripe old age of 130! I find it patently unfair that there is still no reliable female counterpart to Viagra.
posted by peggedbea
6 months 3 weeks ago • 2093 views
posted by thinker247
7 months 1 week ago • 668 viewsI want to thank dag for instahobbitting me during my crazy hour.
The Ring has power to change its owner.
My precious...
posted by Eklek
9 months 1 week ago • 515 views
posted by K0MMIE
10 months 3 weeks ago • 462 views There is a new channel out there with my name on it! MOVE MOVE MOVE!
posted by Fjnbk
11 months 4 weeks ago • 466 viewsWrite a haiku here.
Anyone will work nicely.
Please have fun writing.
posted by Sarzy
1 year 2 weeks ago • 702 viewsThis is something I've been wondering for a while. Perhaps there's a Japanese sifter who can answer this, or just someone in the know.
Why is it that whenever there's a zany clip from a Japanese TV show, there's always, without fail, a little box in the corner of the screen with someone reacting to whatever is happening (usually a screaming woman)? What's the deal with this? Do most of these clips happen to come from the same crazy show? Or is the "reaction box" just a staple of Japanese television?
posted by radx
1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago • 430 viewsSpecifically, foreign companies will be obliged to disclose relevant products' source code, or a sequence of statements written in computer programming language designed to control digital appliances and other high-tech products. The Chinese government said it needs the source code to prevent computer viruses taking advantage of software vulnerabilities and to shut out hackers. Maybe they can have private companies scan the source code instead. That'be more efficient since they'll give it to them afterwards anyway, wouldn't it? 
The Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan, Sep. 19, 2008-
The Chinese government plans to introduce a new system requiring foreign firms to disclose secret information about digital household appliances and other products starting from May, sources said Thursday.
The envisaged system is likely to target products such as IC cards, digital copiers and possibly flat-panel TVs.
If a company refuses to disclose such information, the Chinese government plans to ban the firm from exporting the product to the Chinese market, as well as bar production and sales in the country, according to the sources.
Critics worry that such a system risks seeing the intellectual property of foreign firms passed onto their Chinese competitors.
In addition, the envisaged system poses security concerns if coding technology used in digital devices developed in other countries is leaked to China, they added.
Observers say the issue could develop into a serious international trade dispute, with Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry and U.S. Trade Representatives expected to urge the Chinese government to drop the plan.
The Chinese government is calling the planned system an "obligatory accreditation system for IT security products," according to the sources.
Specifically, foreign companies will be obliged to disclose relevant products' source code, or a sequence of statements written in computer programming language designed to control digital appliances and other high-tech products.
The system, whereby manufacturers will be allowed to sell their products on the Chinese market only after they pass tests based on disclosed source code and inspections by an accreditation body, is said to be unprecedented.
Products expected to be subject to the system are those equipped with secret coding, such as the Felica contactless smart card system developed by Sony Corp., digital copiers and computer servers.
The Chinese government said it needs the source code to prevent computer viruses taking advantage of software vulnerabilities and to shut out hackers.
However, this explanation is unlikely to satisfy concerns that disclosed information might be handed from the Chinese government to Chinese companies.
There also are fears that Chinese intelligence services could exploit such confidential information by making it easier to break codes used in Japanese digital devices.
Source code is considered a company's intellectual property. Microsoft Corp., for instance, kept secret its Windows' source code, helping it earn huge profits from licensing.
Source
posted by Doc_M
1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 972 viewsPeople are raving over the intensity, creativity, symbolism, and general entertainment value of what is the single most watched Olympic opening ceremony (on TV) in history. That's all well and good. It was a sight to see... if you believe what you're seeing. Two new reports have however tarnished the spectacle. First reported is the CGI generated footage of the amazing footprint fireworks, which in reality were in fact real. The footage you saw on your TV was however, fake. This, to many, isn't much of a big deal. The fireworks on site were real even if the TV footage was faked. A FAR more offensive act however, was the lip-synced "Hymn to the Motherland." The girl who won the intense competition for the singing part was apparently to UGLY to be seen on camera, so they used her voice and replaced her with a cuter girl who became an idolic sensation overnight. Beijing Olympic officials apparently did not realize how offensive this sort of action is to a great many people these days. "We're sorry kid, you can sing great... better than anyone your age, but you're too Fugly to be seen in our precious ceremony. What will people think?!" Well ... they'll think you gypped a 7-year-old out of a dream come true to hand the fame to an actress who is prettier. Well, the good news is that the news crept out and now we know who is who. NOW, it's tragic for the actress who will be unfairly viewed as a fraud. She might not even have known it was not her voice everyone was hearing. For the record, 7-year-old Yang Peiyi sang. Cuter actress Lin Miaoke, 9, was seen and got credit. These two screw-ups aside, this was the most spectacular opening ceremony in Olympic history so praise is due in large measure. It is a shame it could not have been entirely authentic however.
posted by Ryjkyj
1 year 3 months 1 week ago • 806 viewsHow did your Neat-o-Rama links not pick this up!?! From the page linked below: This machine, "Robokiyu the Rescue Robot," was originally designed to help remove rubble and trapped people from disaster zones. Until, that is, it was realized that the thing might be better suited to removing (and swallowing) those unfortunate people who had already died. So now if you get stuck in an earthquake in Japan, consider that not only may you die, but you may spend your last few minutes being eaten by this thing. http://www.asylum.com/2008/07/30/weirdest-robots-ever-corpse-eater-bot/
posted by ant
1 year 6 months 4 weeks ago • 1188 views
posted by kronosposeidon
1 year 7 months 2 weeks ago • 554 viewsWe have another glorious sifter who has just hit triple digits: Our very own Japanese Japanophile JAPR. You may know him from such videos as Lost Highway tailgater or the Ging Nang Boyz, but I'll always remember him for bringing us the most scandalous Mentos parody EVAR! (What kind of mind finds that amusing, let alone worthy of posting, I ask you?) Seriously, I want to thank this dude for introducing me to so many great rock tunes from the Land of the Rising Sun; stuff I probably would have never heard otherwise. He has significantly helped to give this place the most eclectic feel of any site I've found on the intertubes. So congrats buddy, and start posting some stuff again, for cryin' out loud. PS: Check out his personal queue too.
posted by JAPR
1 year 10 months ago • 489 viewsCan we get the hyperlink color in Asia Sift changed? That silver is virtually impossible to read against that white background color.
posted by 9079
1 year 11 months 2 weeks ago • 3 comments • 980 views
posted by lucky760
2 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 811 viewsHave you done any traveling in Asia? Or perhaps you even live in an Asian country. In either case, what was your experience like? Where did you go? For how long? What was the food like? What were the people like? Did you take lots of pictures? If so, let's see them! If there are any specific places you'd recommend, please do. More importantly, let's talk logistics. How did you manage your trip? Did you participate in one of those canned packages where you sat on a bus in a group of vacationers visiting all the typical sites? That is exactly the opposite of my idea of a great Asian vacation. I'd most love to be able to somehow hire a trustworthy local to be our guide/translator to explore the real beauty and wonderment of the foreign land. The place I'd probably most love to spend time visiting would have to be The Land of the Rising Sun. (That's Japan.) The only place in Asia I've ever been is Vietnam for a couple of weeks around Tết (Lunar New Year) a few years back now. My beautiful wife and I flew from LAX through Taipei into Saigon. We split our trip between some really amazing countryside towns and the fast-paced city streets of Saigon. We had a rented (and air conditioned!) van with friendly driver for the breadth of the trip who also took us out to semi-distant locales, spanning as far west as the border with Cambodia to the beaches of the east coast, but always remaining in and around the Saigon to Mekong Delta region of the country. The most enjoyable part of the trip for me was meeting and spending lots of time with my wife's wonderful family and seeing the towns and schools in which she spent her youth. I can't wait until we head back to that part of the world. With any luck, Japan will be our next Asian destination, and soon.
posted by JAPR
2 years 2 months 1 week ago • 642 viewsQueued two new videos of Japanese rock you guys might enjoy. http://www.videosift.com/video/UNDER-THE-COUNTER-No-Therapy-PV http://www.videosift.com/video/Husking-Bee-makafushigi-Thesis-PV I hope that this is an appropriate use of Sift Talk, there's no posts setting an example.  Anybody here into Japanese rock music, btw?
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