Posts Tagged: Japan


Gengo funding

Gengo Gets $12 Million Funding for Crowdsourced Translation Service

The Tokyo-based startup that makes Gengo, the enterprise-oriented crowdsourced translation service, ...

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  • April 25, 2013
  • at 3:00 pm
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Konami Brings Asian Champions League Teams to Pro Evolution Soccer 2014, Courting Asian Gamers?

Konami Brings Asian Champions League Teams to Pro Evolution Soccer 2014, Courting Asian Gamers?

When it comes to soccer1, there’s one brand global video gamers prefer: FIFA. Despite being th...

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  • April 24, 2013
  • at 2:35 am
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LeanTOKYO

Lean Startup Machine Goes to Tokyo, Launches #LeanTOKYO

Startup friends in Tokyo will be pleased to know that the Lean Startup Machine will be holding its f...

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  • April 17, 2013
  • at 1:00 pm
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Nameko Saibai

Nameko Saibai: How “Japan’s Angry Birds” Racked Up 30 Million Downloads

Dr. Serkan Toto is a gaming expert and independent consultant based in Tokyo. You can follow him on ...

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  • April 15, 2013
  • at 4:33 pm
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Puzzle & Dragons Now At 12 Million Players in Japan [CHART]

Dr. Serkan Toto is a gaming expert and independent consultant based in Tokyo. You can follow him on ...

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  • April 11, 2013
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CEO of Wantedly: Learn Fast, Be Focused, Think Simple, and Be User-Oriented

We concluded our Startup Asia Singapore 2013 event last week with a blast, and our female entreprene...

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  • April 10, 2013
  • at 9:01 am
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Japan’s Video Game Market Grows to $4.6 Billion in 2012 (But Social Games Not Too Far Off)

Dr. Serkan Toto is a gaming expert and independent consultant based in Tokyo. You can follow him on ...

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  • April 8, 2013
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nijibox

Nijibox Reaches 5 Million Gamers, Founder Yoichi Gets Even Busier

Japanese game developer and publisher Nijibox announced on Monday that there are a few personnel cha...

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  • April 3, 2013
  • at 7:00 pm
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Yahoo Japan and SoftBank Capital Are Investing $20M To Bring More US Startups To Japan

Yahoo Japan and SoftBank Capital Are Investing $20M To Bring More US Startups To Japan

If there was any doubt that Japan is still a hot market for startups, this news should clear any dou...

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  • April 25, 2013
  • at 11:09 am
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GREE is Secretly Pushing Tellit, Its Mobile Messaging App

Japanese mobile gaming giant, GREE, has been secretly pushing its mobile messaging app, Tellit (Tell...

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  • April 17, 2013
  • at 8:42 pm
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Softbank Sprint Dish deal

Dish Offers $25.5 Billion For Sprint, Disrupting the American Dream of Japan’s Softbank

Softbank (TYO:9984) offered $20 billion for mobile telco Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) last year, but the d...

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  • April 15, 2013
  • at 10:30 pm
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vietnamworks

VietnamWorks, Vietnam’s Top Online Recruitment Site, Gets Acquired By En-Japan

In a surprise move today, en-japan, from Japan obviously, is acquiring Navigos group, the company be...

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  • April 11, 2013
  • at 10:54 pm
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Line Enters E-book Business With Line Manga

Line Corporation popular messaging app, Line, has launched Line Manga yesterday.

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  • April 10, 2013
  • at 10:02 am
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Kabam games fund for Japan

Kabam Launches $50 Million Fund to Bring Japanese Games to the West

California-based game studio Kabam has set up a $50 million fund aimed at getting Japanese games int...

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  • April 9, 2013
  • at 9:01 am
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Line’s Kawaii Characters Become Animated TV Series in Japan

NHN Japan’s Line mobile messaging app has hit over 120 million users so far. You may or may no...

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  • April 8, 2013
  • at 9:32 am
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KakaoTalk Hits 10 Million Downloads in Japan

KakaoTalk says in a blog post today that it has hit 10 million downloads in Japan.

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  • April 2, 2013
  • at 3:39 pm
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