Posts Tagged: Japan



5 Great iOS Apps from Japan in 2012

There have been lots of great applications to emerge from Japan over the past year. And while I can’t claim to have that many of them, I h...

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  • December 17, 2012
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Konami Sets Up Shop in Singapore, Hungry for Talent

Gaming and entertainment giant Konami has recently set up a base in Singapore and is fanatically looking for talented game developers and ar...

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  • December 14, 2012
  • at 9:21 pm
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Japanese Animation Studio Has Global Potential, Receives Silicon Valley Investment

Recently Silicon Valley-based Fenox Venture Capital announced its investment in Japan’s Dream Link Entertainment Inc., which it notes ...

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  • December 13, 2012
  • at 2:40 pm
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GMO Presents the State of the Japanese Gaming Market

Thanks to Alexei Polyakov over at Analytica1st.com for pointing out this great presentation from the folks at GMO Internet (TYO:9449) [1] ab...

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  • December 12, 2012
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Japanese Travel Sharing Service Meetrip Releases 12 Android Apps

Creating unique travel experiences with Meetrip will now be a little easier, thanks to the release of 12 new Android apps. The apps were rel...

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  • December 11, 2012
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GREE’s ‘Metal Gear Solid: Social Ops’ Hit 100,000 Downloads in First 2 Days

VS Media points out this morning that Metal Gear Solid: Social Ops, which was released just last week by GREE (TYO:3632) and Konami (NYSE:KN...

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  • December 10, 2012
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After 350,000 Downloads for Photodeco, Japan’s I-Freek Rolls Out Premium App

Japanese mobile internet company I-Freek has announced today that it has released Photodeco+ for Android, a premium version of its regular P...

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  • December 7, 2012
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GREE Continues US Expansion, But With Some Growing Pains

There’s interesting news from GREE (TYO:3632) today, as the social gaming giant issued an announcement that it is expanding its US gam...

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  • December 7, 2012
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Chat App Comm Will Be a Big Part of DeNA’s 2013 Plan

DeNA is doing well financially these days, and we’d all like to find out more about its plans for 2013. I attempted to dig up some more in...

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  • December 15, 2012
  • at 10:28 am
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Japan’s DeNA and Korea’s KT Corporation Partner for Mobile Games Exchange

Japan’s DeNA (TYO:2432) announced today that it will be teaming up with KT Corporation (NYSE:KT) in Korea to ‘mutually exchange ...

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  • December 14, 2012
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Breast Quiz Ever? Popular Japanese App Asks if They’re Big or Small

In browsing the top app charts for Japan, I stumbled across an unusual application called ‘Big or Small.’ Currently the eighth m...

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  • December 12, 2012
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Noda vs Abe: Japanese PM Candidates Face off in Fun Web Game

We have featured more than a few awesome news animations from from the folks at Taiwan-based NMA. Many of the company’s short CG clips...

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  • December 11, 2012
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Docomo’s 7 Million LTE Subscribers Give it an Edge in Japan’s Carrier Wars

New mobile subscriber figures from Japan’s Telecom Carriers Association show that the country’s leading carrier, NTT Docomo (NYS...

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  • December 10, 2012
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Japan’s Phewtick Wants You to Scan QR Codes in Exchange for Rewards

Recently in Tokyo, I managed to catch up with Kaz Naya, CEO and co-founder of Phewtick, a startup we reported on earlier this year. Phewtick...

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  • December 10, 2012
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Monster Fantasia: Nijibox Brings its Second Title to Southeast Asia via Kotagames

Japanese game developer and publisher Nijibox has announced today that it has released its latest title Monster Fantasia for the Kotagames p...

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  • December 7, 2012
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KDDI Set to Launch HTC J Butterfly in Japan On December 9

Japanese carrier KDDI (TYO:9433) has announced the launch date for its much anticipated HTC J Butterfly. The handset will go on sale in Japa...

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  • December 6, 2012
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