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In an exclusive interview with Tech in Asia, Taizo Son lays out his vision for building smart cities in Southeast Asia.

Each of these companies, born after 1980, have a market cap that’s over US$1 billion. How many do you recognize?

With US$25 million in the bank, this Silicon Valley startup is eyeing Asia’s lucrative mobile gaming markets.

It should come as no surprise that some of Japan’s smash hit games are also the most heavily advertised on television.

Kamcord, the US-based mobile game video recording SDK, has raised a US$15M series B funding round led by GungHo, with participation from Wargaming and Tencent.

So Puzzle & Dragons is finally coming to China next year. But are Chinese gamers in 2015 going to be all that excited about playing 2013’s hottest mobile game?

Monster Strike by Mixi has fought Puzzle & Dragons for dominance on the app store charts, and it was finally able to do that in November 2014.

It might seem random to most, but naturally Tanaka has his reasons.

The companies behind Puzzle and Dragons and Brave Frontier are looking to attract more Asian and Western gamers.

Gungho will set up shop in Singapore next month to focus on Asia and emerging markets. And it has $300 million to spend.