Posts Tagged: Japan


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DeNA Continues Overseas Push, Establishes DeNA Asia in Singapore

DeNA is making a big move today to expand its business activities in Asia. After establishing a Kore...

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  • August 19, 2011
  • at 2:39 pm
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A Yahoo Phone? Seriously? Yes. In Japan.

Here’s something I never really expected to see. Courtesy of the folks over at Softbank, and with ...

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  • August 18, 2011
  • at 9:56 pm
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Lindoc: A Textbook Noting System That Aims To Change Learning In Japan

E-books combined with social notes are a dream come true for geeky students. And Lindoc is a Japan-b...

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  • August 17, 2011
  • at 10:50 am
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China Projected to Overtake Japan in Online Ad Spending

New projections from eMarketer suggest that online ad spending in China is expected to surpass that ...

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  • August 15, 2011
  • at 7:22 pm
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DeNA Releases Mobage for iPhone in Japan

Japanese online social games company DeNA continued its very busy summer yesterday, finally rolling ...

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  • August 12, 2011
  • at 12:00 pm
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Masayoshi Son’s Younger Brother Aims To Create an Asia Start-Up Ecosystem

Creating a startup on a shoestring budget is now easier than ever thanks to crowd-sourcing, open-sou...

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  • August 11, 2011
  • at 11:00 am
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See My Nails! Nailap Wants To Be Instagram for Nail Art

Mobile photo sharing is already very popular, and still on the rise — but there are still a lot of...

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  • August 10, 2011
  • at 9:38 am
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Japan’s KDDI Announces 5 Nominees For Its First Incubation Program

On Friday, KDDI’s Mugen Labo, a start-up incubation program by Japan’s second largest telco, ann...

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  • August 9, 2011
  • at 5:21 pm
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CyberAgent Unleashes Coin Pusher Mafia for iOS in Japan, US

We’ve written much about CyberAgent recently, as it’s a prominent example of how many la...

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  • August 19, 2011
  • at 1:03 pm
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Japanese Digital Comic Association Creates JManga.com For American Market

The Japanese Digital Comic Association is reaching out to its North American fans by launching JMang...

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  • August 18, 2011
  • at 8:00 pm
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Amazon Begins Selling Software in Japan

Thanks to the always informative Serkan Toto for the tip earlier today that Amazon Japan has expande...

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  • August 16, 2011
  • at 7:00 pm
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ABCLoop: A Community For English and Japanese Language Learners

I recently had a chance to visit Open Network Lab, a start-up incubation program in Tokyo, Japan. On...

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  • August 15, 2011
  • at 9:08 am
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Hulu Coming To Japan

Hulu announced today that it will be bringing its streaming service to Japan. Hulu.jp is now online,...

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  • August 11, 2011
  • at 12:30 pm
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TEPCO Opens 25 Location-specific Twitter Accounts For Blackout Alerts

In the wake of the March 11th earthquake and tsunami, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) had t...

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  • August 11, 2011
  • at 10:07 am
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Japan’s GREE Continues Foreign Expansion, Partners With SK telecom in Korea

Japanese social gaming heavyweight GREE announced late last week that Chinese partner Tencent would ...

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  • August 9, 2011
  • at 11:59 pm
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WhooWhoo iPhone App Lets You Take Pictures With a Blow

“One, two, three, and blow!” (The camera shutter clicks) Your picture is taken. An app from Japa...

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  • August 9, 2011
  • at 9:08 am
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