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. Amazon Japan Begins Video Games Trade-In. US Amazon’s one is since March 2009. Twitter Releases Feature Phone Client [En], 2.5 Years Later For Japan [En] “Hello Call” – Laundromat Washer Machine… Continue reading Japan’s Web News Week 19
Day: May 15, 2012
Mixi Gives Up? Nikkei Business Report CEO Considering To Sell His 55% Ownership
Nikkei Business Online, an online version of business magazine under Nikkei group, on May 15 after the midnight reported that Mixi, one of Japan’s largest social networking service, a direct local competitor of Facebook, is on the table to sell itself. Some social networking competitors, such like Gree and DeNA(who runs Mobage), who had turned… Continue reading Mixi Gives Up? Nikkei Business Report CEO Considering To Sell His 55% Ownership