2011-04
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30 Months in Prison for Livedoor Founder Horiemon
The Japanese business world lit abuzz yesterday as it was announced that the former head Livedoor, Takafumi Horie, had his appeal rejected by the Japanese Supreme Court, thereby finalizing his …
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NCC 2011 Spring: How The Net Behaves When The Earthquake Hit Japan?
Digital Garage, Japan’s Internet conglomerate known for operating price comparison portal Kakaku.com and helping Twitter’s business operation, held a semiyearly conference event last …
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5,000 Yen($60) To Enable Twitter On Your Smartphone
A cellphone shop in Yokohama offers a service to set up your smartphone for tweeting by 5,000 yen, @poppo1028 reported. Twitter and other social media has been getting more and more attentions on TV, …
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Gree acquires OpenFeint for $104 million as part of global expansion
Gree, Japan’s social gaming giant, announced today that it has acquired social platform OpenFeint for $104 million USD. OpenFeint ’s social platform for iPhone and Android allows …
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Twitter Appoints Japan's Country Manager
On Japanese official blog, Twitter announced that they have had a country manager of Japan, first corporation manager outside of US. The blog is usually written in Japanese, but this one was both in …
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enchant.js: New HTML5/JavaScript Game Engine For Smartphones
Tokyo-based Ubiquitous Entertainment (UEI) announced [JP] “enchant.js” yesterday, an HTML5/JavaScript game engine for smartphones (and PCs). The engine is available in beta, it’s …
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Study: Post-Quake Sales Of Japanese Group-Buying Sites Down 36%
What’s the overall size of Japan’s market for online group-buying sites? Tokyo-based Luxa (which runs one of these sites/more info here) regularly issues reports on the domestic industry …
