KLab [J], a social game vendor announced [J] that they will be listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers (Tosho Mothers) planned on September 27, 2011. The company was originally established as an research and development section of CyBird, one of the most successful mobile contents providers for i-mode, Docomo’s feature phone web portal. After leaving… Continue reading Social Game Vendor Klab Goes IPO On TSE Mothers
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KLab Releases Amazon Kindle Compatible Emulator In Open Source
Japanese mobile system/application developer KLab Inc. [J] announced that they had developed a clone of Kindle Developer’s Kit (KDK) and Kindle Emulator. The official KDK has been available for limited beta developers since February. Klab release said that they could not wait approval so that they built the emulator from Amazon’s specification documents. Currently, not… Continue reading KLab Releases Amazon Kindle Compatible Emulator In Open Source
“Eternal Uprise” Released For Western Market
KLab, Inc. [J] has released “Eternal Uprising” for global Mobage as a culturalized version for western audiences of the social game “Shinkai No Requiem.” Culturalization is about making adjustments to respect preferences, customs, and culture, not just about translating the words (localization). Already KLab has released [J] their first exclusive title for the global market… Continue reading “Eternal Uprise” Released For Western Market
Japan’s Web News Week 19
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
Six Japanese Social Game Platformer Announced To End Complete Gacha
A communication council of 6 major Japanese social gaming platforms – Gree, DeNA(Mobage), Cyber Agent, Mixi, NHN Japan and Dwango – just released that they would not release new games having Kompu Gacha any more. Kompu Gatcha in current games will be also terminated by the end of this month. From this morning, Klab (major… Continue reading Six Japanese Social Game Platformer Announced To End Complete Gacha
Japan’s Web News Week 16
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. Tohoku Websites For Foreign Travellers Are Lots Of Machine-Translated Mistakes – There were no budget for translations so that some company voluntarily worked on it with machine translation without human check.… Continue reading Japan’s Web News Week 16
Japan’s Web News Week 49
This week’s Japanese Web/IT related news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Lawsuits news continues around web services. It is not so common to take a legal action in Japan if you compare with countries like U.S. KLab To Sue Crooz Over Social Game Copyright DeNA Expresses It’s Thinking To Sue Back… Continue reading Japan’s Web News Week 49
September 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 3)
Continued from (Part 2). Last part of September news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Mixi bought Naked Technology Wilcom’s New Frisk-size Cellphone. Their claiming “world smallest” seems the smallest among cellphone having 10-digit buttons. TechCrunch covered it [En] Naver Japan’s Mobile Messenger… Continue reading September 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 3)
July 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 2)
Continued from (Part 1). Middle part of July news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Continued to (Part 3) Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Asahi Shimbun’s continuing special coverage on the diasaster relief and recovery. CyberAgent Launches Ameba Studio – 9000 Celebs Livestream via Cnet Japan The iPhone… Continue reading July 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 2)
Mobage And Gree Both To Bring Their Flash Games Into Smartphone
Two huge Japanese social gaming networks who are working on oversea expansion showed a new move to utilize their accumulated assets on Japanese feature phone world – Flash based games. On June 30, Mobage company DeNA announced [J] that they had purchased Broadtail, a Tokyo-based tech start-up, who developed a tool named “ExGame” to run… Continue reading Mobage And Gree Both To Bring Their Flash Games Into Smartphone