Mixi and DeNA announced today that they launch a new social commerce service Mixi Mall As you might know, the two of Japan’s top three social networking services, Mixi and Mobage are run by these two companies. Mixi is the counterpart of Facebook in Japan, Mobage is like Zynga having its own social networking. Whilst… Continue reading Mixi And DeNA Launches Social Commerce Platform Mixi Mall
Day: March 21, 2012
New Company “All Nippon Entertainment Works” To Bring Japanese Content Overseas
Kabushikigaisha Sangyou Kakushin Kikou [J] (Industry Innovation Organization Inc.) has announced the establishment and 6 billion yen investment into the new company “All Nippon Entertainment Works Inc.”, with the intention to open sales of all domestic Japanese content overseas. All Nippon Entertainment Works is an enterprise geared towards the overseas marketing of Japanese content with… Continue reading New Company “All Nippon Entertainment Works” To Bring Japanese Content Overseas
Yahoo! Japan Top Page Now Shows Twitter’s Top 3 Trending Keywords
Japan’s largest web service Yahoo! Japan announced [J] that its PC version top page, the most accessed page in Japan, starts offering the top three trending keywords from Twitter, named with “Wadai Nau”(nau=now, current topics) As you see, the place the keywords showed is just under the top news box (from Yahoo! News), the prime… Continue reading Yahoo! Japan Top Page Now Shows Twitter’s Top 3 Trending Keywords
CyberAgent Releases Android Application “Pigg Talk”
CyberAgent [J] has released the Android application “Pigg Talk.” [J] In concert with this, the functions of the smart phone version of Ameba Pigg [J] have also been enhanced. Download is free. “Pigg Talk” is an application that allows group chat with companion “Pigg Tomo” friends from within Ameba Pigg. It works in conjunction with… Continue reading CyberAgent Releases Android Application “Pigg Talk”
Japan’s Web News Week 11
This week’s Japanese Web/IT related news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Japanese French Talkbook Features All Sex-related Words http://twitpic.com/8vpr5e A Japanese Woman Who’s Claim Possibly Let Amazon Japan Ban Pedophile Comic Magazine, Turned Out To Be A Rival Exporter – 2-channelers tracked… Continue reading Japan’s Web News Week 11