Tokyo-based Dentsu, one of the biggest advertising agencies in the world, today announced [JP, PDF] it has acquired 15.06% of Kakaku.com, Japan’s largest price comparison site and community (all Kakaku-related articles on Asiajin, my very early review of the site from 2007). The eponymous company behind the service is currently listed at the Tokyo Stock… Continue reading Dentsu Buys 15% Stake In Tokyo-Based Web Company Kakaku.Com
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Kakaku.com Unveils “Tabelog Yoyaku”, Online Restaurant Reservation Site
Kakaku.com, Inc. announced that “Tabelog Yoyaku” that you can make reservation on site at their part of “Tabelog” service. No membership is required and it is for free. “Tabelog Yoyaku” is service that you can check availability and make reservation. By searching dates, area and budget, restaurant can be reserved will be sown up, and… Continue reading Kakaku.com Unveils “Tabelog Yoyaku”, Online Restaurant Reservation Site
How Google Shopping Impacts On Kakaku.com’s Pricing Business?
Google launched its price comparison service intended to Japanese market today, that collects product description and price updates from an enormous number of e-commerce retailers and allows you to find the cheapest price at a glance. Google’s new service launch influenced the stock price of Japan’s largest e-commerce price comparison site Kakaku.com[J], it dropped slightly… Continue reading How Google Shopping Impacts On Kakaku.com’s Pricing Business?
Video Rental Store Chain To Be Lead Shareholder Of Kakaku.com
A Shibuya-based Internet conglomerate Digital Garage (DG) announced on Thursday that it would sell a half of all the shares of Kakaku.com[J], a B2C price comparison site and a subsidiary of DG, to Culture Convenience Club (CCC) owning Japan’s largest nationwide store chain providing video rental service called Tsutaya[J]. CCC plans to purchase 58,360 shares… Continue reading Video Rental Store Chain To Be Lead Shareholder Of Kakaku.com
Tokyo2point0 event: Kakaku’s Photohito and Press Army
The monthly Tokyo2point0 event took place for the 10th time in Harajuku last Tuesday. More info about the event and network can be found on the official Tokyo2point0 site, the Facebook group or on Mixi. This time, two presentations were held (in English and Japanese), leaving enough room for networking among the attendees (which is… Continue reading Tokyo2point0 event: Kakaku’s Photohito and Press Army
Kakaku.com: a price comparison company
Kakaku.com started from a website which lists the retail prices of Akihabara, the Japanese electric market. It quickly became a famous site which shows the best deals of electrical products. Their revenue sources are through affiliate and advertisement. Now Kakaku.com is not specialized in electric products. Their business was expanded into travel, insuarance, and foreign… Continue reading Kakaku.com: a price comparison company
Japanese Restaurant Review Service Tabelog Opens English/New York Version
Popular restaurant review site Tabelog by Kakaku.com launched English site for New York City on March 28. US version tabelog has en accent mark on ‘e’, under .us domain. Its design is totally different and in Western-way design. We’re incredibly excited to announce the official launch of the Tabélog New York website! The new site… Continue reading Japanese Restaurant Review Service Tabelog Opens English/New York Version
Rakuten’s New Grocery Delivery Service Expantion Troubled In Poor Operation
Rakuten Mart, a new online grocery delivery service run by Japan’s giant e-commerce mall company Rakuten, expanded its delivery areas in Greater Tokyo on March 11, is failing to deliver the ordered foods, lots of bad reviews start circulating on the web. Rakuten’s own review service is getting harsh reviews, many tells that their ordering… Continue reading Rakuten’s New Grocery Delivery Service Expantion Troubled In Poor Operation
Japan’s Web News Week 14
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. Last Day Of Docomo 2G Cellphone Used 16 Years Cookpad Appoints ex-Kakaku.com Head As A New President. Current president Akimitsu Sano to concentrate on globalization and R&D Face Romanizer App By… Continue reading Japan’s Web News Week 14
Photozou: Zynga Japan Sells Photo Sharing Site To Digital Garage
Back in 2010, when Zynga acquired Tokyo-based Unoh (and turned the company into its Japan HQ), the main targets of the Americans were game-related assets and the team. But Zynga also acquired a pretty successful photo sharing service that was developed by Unoh: Photozou,which went live in 2005 and can probably be best described as… Continue reading Photozou: Zynga Japan Sells Photo Sharing Site To Digital Garage