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
Month: May 2012
“PayPal Here”: SoftBank And PayPal Join Forces In Japan For Smartphone Payment Solution
PayPal President David Marcus, eBay CEO John Donahoe (PayPal is an eBay brand), and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son announced “PayPal Here” in Tokyo today, a payment solution for smartphones. This is huge news for PayPal’s Japan unit, which has been operating in this country for years but hasn’t achieved the success it has seen in… Continue reading “PayPal Here”: SoftBank And PayPal Join Forces In Japan For Smartphone Payment Solution
Event: J-Geek Vol. 2 To Take Place In Shibuya, Tokyo On May 17
If you consider yourself an Akiba pop culture geek and happen to live in Japan, then the so-called “J-Geek vol.2 International AKIBA POP Presents: ~ANIME★OLD SCHOOL!!~” event on May 17 in Shibuya should be right for you. (The first event took place in march this year.) Organized by Saeki Kenzo from Tokyo-based PearlNet, the event… Continue reading Event: J-Geek Vol. 2 To Take Place In Shibuya, Tokyo On May 17
Movatwitter Has A New Owner: jig.jp Buys Twitter Client Operator Mindscope
Tokyo-based mobile tech company jig.jp today announced it acquired Mindscope, the startup behind popular Twitter client movatwitter. movatwitter is Japanese-only, web-based and as such usable across various platforms, including smartphones, feature phones, the PC or handheld consoles like the Sony Vita or the Nintendo 3DS. Around 2009, Twitter’s official Japanese top page featured the app… Continue reading Movatwitter Has A New Owner: jig.jp Buys Twitter Client Operator Mindscope
Japan’s Web News Week 18
This week’s Japanese Web/IT related news which we did not write as a dedicated article. The week 18 was a “Golden Week”, and this year, taking 2 days off (on May 1 and 2) makes 9 consecutive holiday so there were almost no activities from enterprises, except the big news around social game on Saturday… Continue reading Japan’s Web News Week 18
Yahoo! Japan Releases Yahoo! Browser for Android
Yahoo! Japan, the largest and the most popular website in Japan, offers a new web browser for Android for free. The name is Yahoo! Browser. It starts from a speed dial page like Opera, Do Yahoo! Search on Yahoo! Browser, The browser offers semicircular menu, which shows up when you touch the either side edge… Continue reading Yahoo! Japan Releases Yahoo! Browser for Android
Yahoo! Japan Invests And Allies Office Items Supplier Askul
Askul is a Japanese mail-order/online-commerce company offers office supplies. As the company name has the same sounds with “Asukuru”, which means “(it) comes tomorrow” in Japanese, the company boasts fast shipment to offices around the nation. On April 27, Yahoo! Japan, the largest web company in Japan, announced that they had agreed with Askul for… Continue reading Yahoo! Japan Invests And Allies Office Items Supplier Askul
Japan’s Web News Week 17
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. A Japanese Twitter user made up a fake invoice from Twitter, buzzed as good number of people believed the story heavy tweets would be charged. Gree, DeNA and 4 Others Held… Continue reading Japan’s Web News Week 17