[Update 2011-10-28] Nippon Professional Baseball organization is reported [J] to unapprove the service name “Mobage” for the team name. Most other teams have company names in Japan, and DeNA was rumored to curve out its Mobage business to this rule. We have been reporting (1),(2) that DeNA, Japan’s large social game networking Mobage owner, is… Continue reading News Around Mobage Getting Bay-Stars Baseball Team
Month: October 2011
Papepipu Papipepu Papepipupo
If Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s Ponponpon got 7 million views on YouTube worldwide, this new “Papepipu♪ Papipepu♪ Papepipupo♪” by Nozomi Sasaki may be welcomed by Japanese weird-music fans. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YBnMzrvKqY Nozomi Sasaki is one of the most popular “gravure idols” recently. (Google Image Search) See Also: The cute ‘n’ kooky world of Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japan’s newest… Continue reading Papepipu Papipepu Papepipupo
Ameba Pigg Presents Live Concert By Ayumi Hamasaki
Ameba Pigg, [J] the 2D virtual space run by Cyber Agent, [J] will release a live transmitted broadcast of the popular artist Ayumi Hamasaki’s [J] concert performance “ayumi hamasaki ～POWER of MUSIC～ 2011 A LIMITED EDITION” onto the market from October 19th at 6:30 P.M. This is the first time that a virtual space will… Continue reading Ameba Pigg Presents Live Concert By Ayumi Hamasaki
iPhone 4S Japan – Newcomer KDDI au Runs Even Fight Against Softbank
BCN Ranking announced the statistics of the first week sales of iPhone 4S in Japan. At this new version, the nation’s 3rd carrier Softbank Mobile‘s exclusive distribution since iPhone 3G ends, the 2nd largest carrier KDDI au enters to sell iPhone. The ranking shows the two carriers’ iPhone 4S with three variations of memory-size, 64M/32M/16M,… Continue reading iPhone 4S Japan – Newcomer KDDI au Runs Even Fight Against Softbank
LinkedIn Japanese Localization Finally Done
LinkedIn has released Japanese language support as its 10th language on October 18, 2011. Here is the top page for visitors when you set Japanese as your prior language. LinkedIn Japanese localization plan was announced in September 2007 at first by its local partner Digital Garage. In this May, Digital Garage announced again the Japanese… Continue reading LinkedIn Japanese Localization Finally Done
Gree and Cave Release New Social Game “Monster Children”
Cave and Gree, with license consent from Sanrio, have released a new feature phone social game for GREE, “Monster Children.” “Monster Children” is a social game featuring popular Sanrio characters disguised as vampires, ghosts, zombies, and other Halloween monsters, with a concept and style that’s “A little scary, but totally cute!” Zombies, vampires, paper umbrella… Continue reading Gree and Cave Release New Social Game “Monster Children”
“Metabirds,” An Alter-Ego SNS Service For Internet Residents Begins
Metabirds Co. [J] has begun an alias based SNS on “metabirds,” [J] a portal for internet denizens. “Metabirds” is a social network for using an “alter ego,” not just a real name or anonymity. The concept is to express your alias identity “nicknames,” and “screen names,” as your own personal “sub character,” and this social… Continue reading “Metabirds,” An Alter-Ego SNS Service For Internet Residents Begins
[Report] Jobs Remembered At Apple Store Ginza
After the news of former Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ death was reported on October 6th, there were some happenings at the Apple Store in Ginza. At the moment there seem to be no plans to hold an official memorial event accordion to Apple Store, but nevertheless many Apple fans came to give flower offerings. Also… Continue reading [Report] Jobs Remembered At Apple Store Ginza
Social Game Networking Mobage Reported To Own Pro-Baseball Team In Japan
From the first time rumored, Japanese social game network giant Mobage company DeNA has been rumored to buy a Yokohama-based professional baseball team, Yokohama Bay Stars. DeNA side never commented on that. And some media reported the deal went up into air. Today Nikkei reported [J] that TBS Holdings, a TV broadcast network currently owning… Continue reading Social Game Networking Mobage Reported To Own Pro-Baseball Team In Japan
Social Game Developer “One Of Them” Raises 300 Million Yen In Funds
ONE of THEM,Inc., [J] from October 5th’s fixed date deposit, has issued third party allocation of shares totaling about 300 million yen, through Globis Capital Partners and Infinity Ventures LLP. ONE of THEM.Inc is a corporation established in January of 2011. They offer planning and development of both joint and in-house contents centered on the… Continue reading Social Game Developer “One Of Them” Raises 300 Million Yen In Funds