Posts Tagged: Japan


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Princess Punt Sweets: If you Liked Angry Birds, You’ll Get a Kick Out of This Japanese Game

There’s a wacky creativity behind some Japanese-made games that I really enjoy. It’s the...

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  • January 15, 2013
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Indonesian Online Food Ordering Service Klik Eat Gets Japanese Investment

Indonesian online food ordering service Klik Eat announced yesterday that it has received investment...

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  • January 12, 2013
  • at 1:41 am
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NTT Docomo To Sell New Smartphone Specifically for Pre-Teens

Japanese mobile carrier NTT Docomo (NYSE:DCM) announced today that it will soon be accepting preorde...

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  • January 10, 2013
  • at 7:30 pm
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Japan’s Line Chat App Wants to Reach 300 Million Users in 2013

It was a pretty big year for NHN Japan and its Line chat application in 2012. And according to a Tai...

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  • January 9, 2013
  • at 10:40 am
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Japanese Social Game Publisher Cygames Has Over 20 Million Total Users

Japanese game developer Cygames (a CyberAgent subsidiary) has announced today that its social games ...

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  • January 8, 2013
  • at 3:30 pm
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Japanese Mobile Social Gaming: 2012 in Review

It has been a pretty busy year in the mobile space in Japan. While the prevailing narrative in most ...

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  • January 4, 2013
  • at 4:35 pm
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2012 Was a Year of Crazy Growth for Japanese Chat App Line

NHN Japan had a pretty crazy year in 2012. In retrospect, things really got busy for the company and...

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  • January 3, 2013
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GREE’s 2012 Mobile Gaming Adventure [Timeline]

Last week we took a retrospective look at Japanese mobile gaming giant DeNA (TYO:2432), a company th...

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  • January 2, 2013
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Singapore-based DropMyEmail Partners with GMO Cloud for Japan Expansion

DropMyEmail, a Singapore-based startup providing cloud solutions for website and email backup, has a...

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  • January 15, 2013
  • at 8:29 am
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Mobile Service Disruption from Great Japan Earthquake Visualized

When the tragic earthquake hit Japan back in March of 2011, mobile communications were severely disr...

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  • January 11, 2013
  • at 8:30 pm
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DeNA Gets a Playful Rebranding, Plans to Release Social Music App in Japan

Recently we looked back on what was a pretty busy year for Japan’s DeNA (TYO:2432). The intern...

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  • January 10, 2013
  • at 2:45 pm
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High Tech Hangers Make Shopping More Stimulating for Men in Japan

The folks at Japan’s TeamLab are a pretty creative bunch. I first met up with them at a Tokyo ...

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  • January 8, 2013
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Mobile Gaming Company GREE Apologizes for Charging Minors Beyond Spending Limits

Mobile social gaming giant GREE (TYO:3632) has issued an announcement in Japanese today apologizing ...

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  • January 7, 2013
  • at 12:35 pm
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Survey Says Japan is Now Using Far More Chat Apps

As we pointed out yesterday, 2012 was a pretty big year for NHN Japan’s Line chat app. But if ...

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  • January 4, 2013
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Tokyo and Seoul Dominate Twitter on New Year’s Eve

While many people were busy tweeting their new year’s messages and wishes yesterday at midnight, t...

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  • January 2, 2013
  • at 5:06 pm
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Apple’s Annual Lucky Bag Sale Delivers for Japanese Fanboys

While Christmas has come and gone for most of us, here in Japan there was quite a bit of excitement ...

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  • January 2, 2013
  • at 10:00 am
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