First News Corp., now Glam Media. The world’s largest female-oriented online advertising company will enter the Japanese web market as early as this month. The Japanese subsidiary will be helmed by Yukihiro Yamamura as CEO. Yamamura-san was president of Excite Japan until June this year. Glam Media Japan plans to start full operations this fall.… Continue reading Glam Media enters Japan’s online ad market
Author: Serkan Toto
Japan’s Top 50 blogs
The following list of Japan’s most popular blogs is based on information from Technorati, which is not super-reliable, we know, but it’s a yardstick at least. All blogs are Japanese only but I added a short description in English to all of them. The Japanese titles are converted into Romaji (the Latin alphabet) whenever necessary.… Continue reading Japan’s Top 50 blogs
Top 20 of Japan’s most valuable web companies
The following list shows an up-to-date list of Japan’s most valuable web companies by market capitalization. It’s interesting to see 6 of them are large-cap (with 2 being very close). But 3 of these companies rather belong to the realm of financial services (the list includes companies, which are not exclusively engaged in Internet-related business).… Continue reading Top 20 of Japan’s most valuable web companies
Web-sticky service Lino now available in three languages: Japanese, English and (new) Chinese
Lino, a web based sticky note service competing with Postica, MyStickies and most notably Slingpage (and others) is a rare beast among Japanese web companies: It’s very international. The Tokyo-based service yesterday announced in the English version of their company blog they not only completely revamped the site by changing the design and making it… Continue reading Web-sticky service Lino now available in three languages: Japanese, English and (new) Chinese
Q&A: What is the Japanese equivalent of [Western web service]?
Here is a list of where Japanese users usually go on the web when they want to connect with their friends, buy something or get information. I feature “made-in-Japan” sites and software only (well, almost), knowing that i.e. Google, Amazon and Firefox are highly popular in this country as well. Some of these Japanese sites… Continue reading Q&A: What is the Japanese equivalent of [Western web service]?
Nico Nico Douga goes global (almost)
The once Japanese-only and super-successful video platform Nico Nico Douga goes international. They announced Friday on the company blog that they developed a German and Spanish version of their service (comments and tags are separated from Japanese videos). German version Spanish version The international versions are already online. Nico Nico for people living in Taiwan… Continue reading Nico Nico Douga goes global (almost)
Tokyo2point0 Event: Twitter Japan and Goo
Another month, another Tokyo2point0 event. Nearly 100 people showed up on July 15th at the Super Deluxe, the new venue to listen to two presentations from the Japanese web world. Goo My friend Masaki Sawamura from the made-in-Japan portal site Goo delivered the first presentation of the evening. Goo, which is run by IT and… Continue reading Tokyo2point0 Event: Twitter Japan and Goo
Joblet: An exemplary online job service made in Japan
I recently visited “The Plant”, a Tokyo-based web development company, which was established in 2005 and now serves a number of big-name clients, such as MTV, Otto, NHK or Diesel. The company also runs Asoboo, Japan’s largest international social network (available in English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Spanish). The Plant’s newest baby is called Joblet… Continue reading Joblet: An exemplary online job service made in Japan
News Corp. wakes up, finally enters Japan’s online ad market
U.S. media power house News Corp. finally decided to enter the Japanese online advertising market (the world’s second biggest) in September. The Nikkei says they are already on the prowl for possible candidates for acquisition but it’s not yet clear which Japanese online ad agencies might get bought up. News Corp. has apparently set up… Continue reading News Corp. wakes up, finally enters Japan’s online ad market
Waseda University opens campus in Second Life
On Tuesday, one of Japan’s most renowned universities, Waseda Daigaku, opened a virtual campus in Second Life. Waseda aims at making it easier for their students to cooperate with those from Princeton University, which has opened a campus on an island in Second Life last year. Waseda says it wants to explore the possibilities of… Continue reading Waseda University opens campus in Second Life