GPlusMedia http://www.gplusmedia.com GPlusMedia delivers market-leading web products dedicated to helping people. Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:29:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en Trailwalker event by Oxfam Japan sponsored by GaijinPot.com http://www.gplusmedia.com/2008/05/30/gaijinpotcom%e3%80%81%e3%82%aa%e3%83%83%e3%82%af%e3%82%b9%e3%83%95%e3%82%a1%e3%83%a0%e3%81%aetrailwalker%e3%81%ab%e3%82%b9%e3%83%9d%e3%83%b3%e3%82%b5%e3%83%bc%e5%8f%82%e5%8a%a0%ef%bc%81/ http://www.gplusmedia.com/2008/05/30/gaijinpotcom%e3%80%81%e3%82%aa%e3%83%83%e3%82%af%e3%82%b9%e3%83%95%e3%82%a1%e3%83%a0%e3%81%aetrailwalker%e3%81%ab%e3%82%b9%e3%83%9d%e3%83%b3%e3%82%b5%e3%83%bc%e5%8f%82%e5%8a%a0%ef%bc%81/#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 08:57:20 +0000 admin http://www.gplusmedia.com/2008/05/30/gaijinpotcom%e3%80%81%e3%82%aa%e3%83%83%e3%82%af%e3%82%b9%e3%83%95%e3%82%a1%e3%83%a0%e3%81%aetrailwalker%e3%81%ab%e3%82%b9%e3%83%9d%e3%83%b3%e3%82%b5%e3%83%bc%e5%8f%82%e5%8a%a0%ef%bc%81/ TOKYO — GaijinPot.com sponsored Trailwalker 2008, organized by international humanitarian NGO Oxfam Japan, from May 16 to 18 in Kanagawa and Yamanashi Prefectures. According to Oxfam, 200 teams of 793 participants walked for 100km from Odawara City in Kanagawa to Lake Yamanaka in Yamanashi over two days. About 44 million yen were raised by the charity event so far. Oxfam will be accepting donations until June 30.

GaijinPot.com sponsored the event in several areas. It assisted Oxfam to recruit native English-speaking volunteer staff for its translation and proofreading tasks for the event as well as assistants throughout the charity walk.

Hirohisa Ishihara, event manager of Oxfam Japan, says, “Posting ads for volunteer staff positions on the GaijinPot.com website, we immediately received applications from its users within a day. We received more than 100 applications for the positions in the first week. Thanks to GaijinPot.com, we could recruit helpful English-speaking staff for the event.”

“Award Night,” including a fund-raising award, photo contest and related events, is scheduled to be held at JICA Global Plaza in Hiroo, Tokyo, on July 18. GaijinPot.com will sponsor the session as well.

GaijinPot.com, as the largest online community for foreign residents in Japan, is dedicated to both local and global charity and humanitarian activities. It will continue to bring together diversified people in Japan and the global society through its network and high profile.

Trailwalker: Oxfam Japan
www.trailwalker.jp

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]]> http://www.gplusmedia.com/2008/05/30/gaijinpotcom%e3%80%81%e3%82%aa%e3%83%83%e3%82%af%e3%82%b9%e3%83%95%e3%82%a1%e3%83%a0%e3%81%aetrailwalker%e3%81%ab%e3%82%b9%e3%83%9d%e3%83%b3%e3%82%b5%e3%83%bc%e5%8f%82%e5%8a%a0%ef%bc%81/feed/ ACCJ Online History Pages Launched! http://www.gplusmedia.com/2008/05/22/accj-online-history-pages-launched/ http://www.gplusmedia.com/2008/05/22/accj-online-history-pages-launched/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 01:23:43 +0000 admin http://www.gplusmedia.com/2008/05/22/accj-online-history-pages-launched/ TOKYO — GPlus Media KK today announced the launch of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan’s (ACCJ) “History Pages” commemorating the ACCJ’s 60th year anniversary. The site supported by GPlus Media KK & the ACCJ Ecentral team (www.ecentral.jp), is an online digitized history of the ACCJ starting from its founding date: August 24, 1948.

Visit the ACCJ History Pages
http://www.accj.or.jp/history/

FROM ACCJ
“Starting with the first twelve years, from 1948 to 1960, the Chamber will add materials covering the decades of the 60s through the present over the coming months. It is hoped that this website’s content will continue to grow in years to come, as we look forward to the Chamber’s next sixty years,” says ACCJ president Allan Smith.

ACCJ Vice President Bill Bishop said that the ACCJ has been a positive contributor and participant in Japan. “I hope the History Pages website will help us tell this exciting story,” said Bishop. “Though our budget has been limited we have been able to select and scan documents from the Chamber’s earliest years thanks to a lot of dedicated labor. Our most ambitious goal in coming years is to digitize and save as much ACCJ archived material as possible and to make it available online for the first time, including contributions from our members.”

INQUIRIES
To inquire about advertising and how you can help contribute to the success of the ACCJ’s online digital archive please contact:

Michael Seymour
Ecentral Sales Director and History Pages Evangelist
www.ecentral.jp
Tel.: 03-5403-7782

]]> http://www.gplusmedia.com/2008/05/22/accj-online-history-pages-launched/feed/ GPlusMedia sponsors HOPE International charity event http://www.gplusmedia.com/2008/05/09/%e3%82%b8%e3%83%bc%e3%83%97%e3%83%a9%e3%82%b9%e3%80%81%e3%83%9b%e3%83%bc%e3%83%97%e3%83%bb%e3%82%a4%e3%83%b3%e3%82%bf%e3%83%bc%e3%83%8a%e3%82%b7%e3%83%a7%e3%83%8a%e3%83%ab%e9%96%8b%e7%99%ba%e6%a9%9f/ http://www.gplusmedia.com/2008/05/09/%e3%82%b8%e3%83%bc%e3%83%97%e3%83%a9%e3%82%b9%e3%80%81%e3%83%9b%e3%83%bc%e3%83%97%e3%83%bb%e3%82%a4%e3%83%b3%e3%82%bf%e3%83%bc%e3%83%8a%e3%82%b7%e3%83%a7%e3%83%8a%e3%83%ab%e9%96%8b%e7%99%ba%e6%a9%9f/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 09:34:18 +0000 admin http://www.gplusmedia.com/2008/05/09/%e3%82%b8%e3%83%bc%e3%83%97%e3%83%a9%e3%82%b9%e3%80%81%e3%83%9b%e3%83%bc%e3%83%97%e3%83%bb%e3%82%a4%e3%83%b3%e3%82%bf%e3%83%bc%e3%83%8a%e3%82%b7%e3%83%a7%e3%83%8a%e3%83%ab%e9%96%8b%e7%99%ba%e6%a9%9f/ TOKYO – GPlusMedia K.K. on Friday sponsored Tokyo Dinner organized by international non-profit organization HOPE International Development Agency Japan at the Canadian embassy. About 170 people from 10 donor organizations attended the dinner.

In the charity event, the participating organizations donated 1,407,000 yen in total and 427,000 yen was raised in a charity auction. The money will be used for water supply development and microcredit activities in Cambodia.

HOPE International Development Agency is a Canadian, non-profit, international development agency based in New Westminster, British Columbia, on the west coast of Canada. Working in Africa, Asia, and the Americas in such countries as Ethiopia, Cambodia, India, Afghanistan, the Philippines and the Dominican Republic, HOPE International undertakes and supports people-oriented projects to improve the supply of basic human necessities for the neediest of the needy in the developing world through self-help activities.

GPlusMedia has sponsored several non-governmental organizations to support their global humanitarian activities worldwide. As Asia’s leading network corporation, the company is dedicated to the mutual development of countries and vulnerable people in the region.

HOPE International Development Agency Japan
http://www.hope.or.jp/

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GPlusMedia Communication Team
Tel:. +81-(0)3-5403-7781 | Inquiry Form

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The funds raised by the teams will support a number of causes, including emergency aid to Sudan, educational support in Cambodia, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment in South Africa, and income generation programs for women in India.

Oxfam Trailwalker is a growing global phenomenon. In 2007, Oxfam Trailwalker was held in five different countries — Australia, New Zealand, China (Hong Kong), the UK and Japan.
GaijinPot, launched in 1999, is the leading jobs and living resources site for foreigners in Japan and people interested in coming to Japan to live and work.

Oxfam Trailwalker
http://www.trailwalker.jp/en/sponsor

GPlusMedia K.K.
Email Inquiry or Tel.: +81-3-5403-7781

]]> http://www.gplusmedia.com/2008/04/25/gaijinpot%e3%80%81%e3%82%aa%e3%83%83%e3%82%af%e3%82%b9%e3%83%95%e3%82%a1%e3%83%a0%e4%b8%bb%e5%82%ac%e3%80%8c%e3%83%88%e3%83%ac%e3%82%a4%e3%83%ab%e3%82%a6%e3%82%a9%e3%83%bc%e3%82%ab%e3%83%bc%e3%80%8d/feed/ JapanToday relaunched http://www.gplusmedia.com/2008/03/31/%e4%ba%ba%e6%b0%97%e8%8b%b1%e5%ad%97%e3%83%8b%e3%83%a5%e3%83%bc%e3%82%b9%e3%82%b5%e3%82%a4%e3%83%88%e3%80%8cjapantoday%e3%80%8d%e3%81%8c%e3%83%aa%e3%83%8b%e3%83%a5%e3%83%bc%e3%82%a2%e3%83%ab/ http://www.gplusmedia.com/2008/03/31/%e4%ba%ba%e6%b0%97%e8%8b%b1%e5%ad%97%e3%83%8b%e3%83%a5%e3%83%bc%e3%82%b9%e3%82%b5%e3%82%a4%e3%83%88%e3%80%8cjapantoday%e3%80%8d%e3%81%8c%e3%83%aa%e3%83%8b%e3%83%a5%e3%83%bc%e3%82%a2%e3%83%ab/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:34:29 +0000 admin http://www.gplusmedia.com/2008/03/31/%e4%ba%ba%e6%b0%97%e8%8b%b1%e5%ad%97%e3%83%8b%e3%83%a5%e3%83%bc%e3%82%b9%e3%82%b5%e3%82%a4%e3%83%88%e3%80%8cjapantoday%e3%80%8d%e3%81%8c%e3%83%aa%e3%83%8b%e3%83%a5%e3%83%bc%e3%82%a2%e3%83%ab/ GPlusMedia on March 24 launched the new-look Japan Today website [www.japantoday.com]. The new design, the first in seven years, reflects the many requests and opinions from our readers and advertisers since GPlusMedia KK acquired Japan Today from Crisscross KK in September, 2007. Additions to the site include Entertainment, Have Your Say, bigger photos, as well as new content from the Associated Press. The popular BBS discussion board has become more interactive.

Japan Today’s primary goal remains the same – to bring readers in Japan and around the world breaking news about Japan, including national, political, entertainment, business, technology, sports, interviews with celebrities and business executives, and translations of pop culture articles from popular Japanese magazines and newspapers.

The new Japan Today website is also designed to boost companies’ advertising and marketing strategies and help them reach many of Japan Today’s readers in Japan and around the world. Utilizing more advanced advertising technologies on the renewed website, the Japan Today team will provide advertisers with effective marketing tools.

GPlusMedia K.K.
Email Inquiry or Tel.: +81-3-5403-7781

]]> http://www.gplusmedia.com/2008/03/31/%e4%ba%ba%e6%b0%97%e8%8b%b1%e5%ad%97%e3%83%8b%e3%83%a5%e3%83%bc%e3%82%b9%e3%82%b5%e3%82%a4%e3%83%88%e3%80%8cjapantoday%e3%80%8d%e3%81%8c%e3%83%aa%e3%83%8b%e3%83%a5%e3%83%bc%e3%82%a2%e3%83%ab/feed/ GPlusMedia K.K. Acquires 100% of Major English News Site in Japan, JapanToday.com, from Crisscross K.K. http://www.gplusmedia.com/2007/10/12/gplusmedia-kk-acquires-100-of-major-english-news-site-in-japan-japantodaycom-from-crisscross-kk/ http://www.gplusmedia.com/2007/10/12/gplusmedia-kk-acquires-100-of-major-english-news-site-in-japan-japantodaycom-from-crisscross-kk/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:38:23 +0000 nancy http://www.gplusmedia.com/2007/10/12/gplusmedia-kk-acquires-100-of-major-english-news-site-in-japan-japantodaycom-from-crisscross-kk/ WEBWIRE - Friday, September 14, 2007

TOKYO – September 14, 2007 – GPlusMedia K.K. (“GPlusMedia”), a Tokyo-based Internet media company, announced today that it has acquired 100% of JapanToday.com (“JapanToday”, www.japantoday.com), a leading English news website in Japan, from Crisscross K.K. for an undisclosed amount.

GPlusMedia has offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai. The company publishes several of Japan’s best-known English-Japanese websites, including GaijinPot.com (“GaijinPot”, www.gaijinpot.com) and Ecentral.jp (“Ecentral”, www.ecentral.jp), the official job site of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan. In China GPlusMedia publishes ChinaSplash.com (“ChinaSplash”, www.chinasplash.com) and CareerEngine.org, a jobsite network, whose partners include ShanghaiExpat.com, the American Chambers of Commerce in Shanghai and Hong Kong, as well as the Canada China Business Council.

JapanToday, launched in September 2000, publishes breaking news about Japan, including national, political, business, technology and sports news. JapanToday was one of the world’s first news sites to link user discussion forums to news articles. The site also publishes original content, including interviews with newsmakers, celebrities and business executives, and translations of pop culture articles from popular Japanese magazines and newspapers.

GPlusMedia’s CEO, Elo Kent, said, “I am very pleased to add JapanToday to our growing portfolio of popular web properties in Asia. JapanToday is a content-rich, high-traffic site with a large, loyal user base. The strong synergies between our existing products and services give us an excellent opportunity to continue to expand our market share and increase revenues. This acquisition is another important step in expanding our global network of market-leading products through organic growth, strategic partnerships and M&A activities”

GPlusMedia has enjoyed strong year-on-year growth since its launch in 2001. Revenue in 2007-08 is expected to increase 150% over 2006-07, to between $3.5million and $4million.

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