Posts Tagged: Japan


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Tokyo’s Livesense To IPO With The Youngest CEO Ever In Japanese IPO History

Earlier this week, Shibuya-based web portal company Livsense was approved to go IPO on the Mothers, ...

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  • November 6, 2011
  • at 1:33 pm
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Passengers Can Go Online in 84% of Asia’s Major Subways [REPORT]

A report from New Cities Foundation says that passengers in most (60 percent) of the world’s large...

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  • November 4, 2011
  • at 6:45 am
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Video Editing Software Loiloscope Rolls Out Version 2 with Impressive New Features

Some of you may recall back in September when we previewed Loiloscope 2, a major update of Loilo Inc...

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  • November 3, 2011
  • at 11:03 am
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GREE to Establish New Global Gaming Platform, Also Sets Eyes on Start-ups

It was a busy day for Japan-based mobile social gaming company GREE (TYO:3632). First we got word th...

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  • November 2, 2011
  • at 7:20 pm
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Toyota is Hoping You’ll Be Their Social Network Racer [VIDEO]

Thanks to Chiyo over on Asiajin for pointing out Toyota’s new Social Network Racer Facebook ga...

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  • November 2, 2011
  • at 10:15 am
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Social Media in Japan: In Conversation with Comnico

Facebook recently topped the 5 million user mark in Japan, and its rapid growth in the country has t...

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  • October 31, 2011
  • at 10:00 am
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Tokyo-based AQ Wants to Help Start-ups Design Better

Today Tokyo-based design house AQ announced the launch of a new user-experience design program to ca...

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  • October 27, 2011
  • at 9:00 pm
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Final Fantasy Coming to DeNA’s Mobage Platform

We just received official word from Japanese social gaming company DeNA (TYO:2432) that it will be b...

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  • October 27, 2011
  • at 12:40 pm
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Mobile Gaming Company DeNA Finalizes Purchase of Baseball Team

One of Japan’s worst kept secrets, DeNA’s (TYO:2432) plan to purchase the Yokohama Bay Stars bas...

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  • November 4, 2011
  • at 5:37 pm
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Capcom Thinks Snoopy Can Outperform Smurfs on iOS

In its second quarter briefing Japanese game developer Capcom (TYO:9697) noted that it hopes its upc...

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  • November 3, 2011
  • at 3:15 pm
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Get a Fresh Look on Japan with Google’s Improved Street View

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) today rolled out a number of improvements to its Street View service, adding it...

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  • November 2, 2011
  • at 10:00 pm
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Memolane to Partner with Digital Garage on Japan Localization

Social media scrapbook/timeline service Memolane just announced on its blog that it will be creating...

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  • November 2, 2011
  • at 12:00 pm
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DeNA Announces Social Games Joint Venture with Grasshopper Manufacture

Japanese mobile social gaming company DeNA (TYO:2432) this afternoon announced a joint ventures with...

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  • October 31, 2011
  • at 4:54 pm
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Ad Tech Tokyo: Augmented Reality Fun With Qoncept

At Ad Tech Tokyo this afternoon I had an opportunity to check out Qoncept, a developer of augmented ...

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  • October 28, 2011
  • at 10:00 pm
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Sony Acquires Ericsson’s Stake in Sony Ericsson

Today Sony Corporation (NYSE:SNE) and Ericsson have announced that their joint venture, Sony Ericsso...

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  • October 27, 2011
  • at 3:25 pm
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Steve Jobs Biography: China Pirates it, Japan Defaces it

Well, that didn’t take long. The official Steve Jobs biography has only been out a few days, a...

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  • October 26, 2011
  • at 9:30 pm
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