Yahoo! Japan started its own Android Market, Yahoo! Market [J] on October 9. The market is based on Android applications information from the official Android Market, comes with Android app news provided by several Japanese Android app review media/blogs, such like Octoba, Sumaho-Girl, Andronavi, EX Droid, giveUp de Android, etc. Over 300 reviews per month… Continue reading Yahoo! Market Opens For Android By Yahoo! Japan
Month: November 2011
Andamul Releases “Itazurana Kiss” Social Game For GREE
Andamul [J], in coordination with Peer Digital Communications, has released a social game for Tada Kaoru’s young lady manga, “Itazurana Kiss” (Tease Kiss), Itazurana Kiss ~ Another Story ~ [J], for GREE. “Itazurana Kiss” is a series which appeared in “Bessatsu Margaret” (manga magazine) in the 1990’s. The total number of comics sales in Japan… Continue reading Andamul Releases “Itazurana Kiss” Social Game For GREE
As The First In Its Kind, Digital-Focused Event To Be Held This Weekend In Fukuoka
As the first in its kind (for me at least), there will be a big three-day event in Fukuoka this weekend, which is called Myojo Waraku or just “MJ” in short, where a bunch of celebrities, geeks and techpreneurs from music, online video filming and start-up communities in the city come together. For those who… Continue reading As The First In Its Kind, Digital-Focused Event To Be Held This Weekend In Fukuoka
Daum Mobage – DeNA’s Social Game Platform To Be Provided In Korea
DeNA announced today that DeNA’s Korean subsidiary DeNA Seoul and Popular Korean Internet portal Daum [Kr] agreed to provide Korean version of its social game platform Mobage to 38 million Daum users. The release date will be targeted in 2011 4Q for smartphone users. In Japan, DeNA has been cooperating with the nation’s largest portal… Continue reading Daum Mobage – DeNA’s Social Game Platform To Be Provided In Korea
Girl’s Kaomoji Jiten 5000 – Free Massive Japanese Emoticon Dictionary For Android/iOS
Girl’s Kaomoji Jiten 5000 (Facial-expression Words Dictionary 5000) by Pedigree(Android)/ADandD(iOS) is a free smartphone application from which you can copy over 5,000 Japanese-style text drawings Kaomoji to decorate your message. Those 5,000 facial expressions are categorized into 10; Greetings Happiness Sadness Action Talk Anger/Argument Love/Friendship Life Special occasion/Weather Animals/Characters Each category has many sub-categories. Here… Continue reading Girl’s Kaomoji Jiten 5000 – Free Massive Japanese Emoticon Dictionary For Android/iOS
Ameba Pigg Puts Out Avatar Garments For AKB48’s New Single “Kaze wa Fuiteriu”
CyberAgent’s 2D virtual space “Ameba Pigg” is now offering virtual items for the new single by the popular idol group “AKB48,” “Kaze wa Fuiteiru” (The Wind is Blowing), at the “AKB48 Campus Area.” “Kaze wa Fuiteriru” is AKB48’s 23rd single, and as “earthquake recovery song” for east Japan’s great earthquake disaster, part of the earnings… Continue reading Ameba Pigg Puts Out Avatar Garments For AKB48’s New Single “Kaze wa Fuiteriu”
GuruNavi Compromises With Users’ Review, In Competition Against Tabelog
Asahi reported that the popular online restaurant site Gurunabi (Japanre abbrev. of “Groumet Navigator”) opened a new page showing the ranking of restaurants by score of users’ review. Gurunabi is an information site where restaurants pay for their shops listed, and the site had been the champion of restaurant guide sites for years until its… Continue reading GuruNavi Compromises With Users’ Review, In Competition Against Tabelog
NHN Japan, Naver Japan and Livedoor To Be A Single Company, NHN Japan
NHN Japan and its subsidiaries Naver Japan and Livedoor announced [J] today that it would merge three companies into one, new NHN Japan on January 1, 2012. According to ComScore, the whole NHN Japan group is getting 43.08 million unique users’ visit monthly. The group has been enhancing its smartphone support, and the total number… Continue reading NHN Japan, Naver Japan and Livedoor To Be A Single Company, NHN Japan
Decopic: Kawaii Photo Sharing App Gets 500,000 Users In 2 Weeks
Decopic, a “kawaii” photo editing and sharing app Tokyo-based startup Community Factory developed for iOS and Android, has hit the 500,000 user milestone – in just 2 weeks. According to the company, the app was released on October 19 and reached that user base on November 2. Community Factory says they followed a multi-platform, multi-language… Continue reading Decopic: Kawaii Photo Sharing App Gets 500,000 Users In 2 Weeks
No. Of Japanese Startup Funds Exceeds Last Year In 9 Months
Japan Venture Research Report said [J] that the venture capital funds for start-ups are established 17 from January to September 2011, which is already more than 2010’s 15. The funds investing IT are 8 in 2011(by September), whilst 4 in 2010. The report tells that in 2011, there have been more small sized funds observed,… Continue reading No. Of Japanese Startup Funds Exceeds Last Year In 9 Months