Posts Tagged: Japan


Yahoo Japan and GREE joint-venture for social gaming

Yahoo Japan and GREE Invest $2 Million to Open Social Gaming Joint-Venture Next Month

Yahoo Japan and GREE (TYO:3632) announced today what they had teased a few months back – the l...

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  • February 18, 2013
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Lessons in Monetizing Games in Korea and Japan

Lessons in Monetizing Apps and Games in Smartphone-Mad Korea and Japan [INFOGRAPHIC]

Japan and Korea are at the forefront of Asia’s rush to smartphones, and are also markets where...

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  • February 15, 2013
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Korean Gaming Giant Nexon Hits $1.2 Billion Revenue in 2012, Marches on to Mobile

Nexon’s (TYO:3659) Q4 2012 results are just in. In brief, the Korean gaming giant did okay. La...

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  • February 13, 2013
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Poin Web Offers Japan’s Point Reward System to Indonesian Users

Another Japanese company is eyeing a few slices of the Indonesian market, this time in the form of o...

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  • February 8, 2013
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DeNA’s Revenue Hits $567 million in 3Q, Operating Profit Dips 3% on Aggressive Promotion of Comm App

Update, 12.37am: A DeNA representative further explained on my note about the company’s slight...

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  • February 7, 2013
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Line spin-off as Line Corp

NHN Japan Focuses on its Chat App With “Line Corp” Spin-Off Company

Regular readers will know that the messaging app Line now has over 100 million registered users. Tha...

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  • February 7, 2013
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GungHo acquires Grasshopper

Lollipop Chainsaw Developer Acquired by One of Japan’s Top Game Publishers

Gamers might be aware that GungHo Online is one of Japan’s top mobile game publishers – and ...

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  • January 31, 2013
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SnapDish Adds 7 Languages And Comes to Kindle Fire

Snapdish, the photosharing app for food lovers, is now coming to the Kindle Fire along with broader ...

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  • January 29, 2013
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Anybody Nostalgic for Some Tamagotchi? It’s Now On Android

I’m not gonna lie. When I was in middle school in the States, Tamagotchi was the coolest thing. It...

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  • February 15, 2013
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Tokyo Otaku Mode funding

Tokyo Otaku Mode Attracts Funding for Its Manga-Mad Portal

We’ve seen the niche community called Tokyo Otaku Mode pass 10 million Facebook ‘likes&#...

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  • February 13, 2013
  • at 9:33 pm
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How V-Cube Makes Enterprise Tech Sexy

V-cube is a Japanese company that provides visual communications — basically video and web confere...

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  • February 13, 2013
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Opera: Indonesia Now World’s 2nd Largest Market for Mobile Ad Impressions

Norwegian web browser maker Opera (OSE:OPERA) has just released its latest State of Mobile Advertisi...

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  • February 7, 2013
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Docomo Invests in 500 Startups as it Readies $109 Million Venture Fund

Japanese telco NTT Docomo (NYSE:DCM) announced today that the company is ready to open the 10 billio...

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  • February 7, 2013
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KakaoTalk social gaming launch iOS and Japan

KakaoTalk Launches Social Gaming Platform on iOS and in Japan

Korean-made messaging app KakaoTalk launched its Game Platform on Android in its home country last J...

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  • February 2, 2013
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Japan’s Docomo Looks to Expand E-Commerce Efforts With Acquisition Offer

Japanese telco NTT Docomo (NYSE:DCM) has been diversifying a lot recently, notably launching online ...

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  • January 30, 2013
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US-Based Buy.com to be Rebranded as ‘Rakuten Shopping’ This Week

Yesterday we mentioned that Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten (JSD: 4755) is opening a Singapore off...

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  • January 29, 2013
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