Japan
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GTA Chinatown Wars Released On Japanese App Store As More Western Developers Use iPhone to Penetrate Insular Games Market
Yesterday, Rockstar Games released a fully localized version of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on the Japanese app store as more Western game brands invest in localizing and releasing iPhone apps. …
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Video: DeNA CEO Tomoko Namba's Interview at LeWeb'10
Tomoko Namba, the CEO of Japanese mobile social gaming giant DeNA (and one of my personal heroes), gave a pretty interesting interview at web industry conference LeWeb'10 earlier this month. LeWeb …
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51% Of Japanese Have No "Close Friend" On Their Social Network Friends List
Microsoft Advertising reported that a social media usage research conducted by Microsoft in Asia-Pacific(APAC) 11 countries and regions. According to about 3,000 answering online to the questions …
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Samurai Incubate Holds Annual 1-Day Camp For Young CEOs
Samurai Incubate, a Tokyo-based seed accelerator aiming to bring up many tech start-ups, had the second edition[J] of their annual showcase event in late November, which is called Samurai Venture …
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DeNA Exports Mobage In Alliance With Samsung
Yesterday issue of The Japan Times, on my monthly article I reported two social gaming network giants DeNA(Mobage Town) and Gree competition. And the competition between the two rivals is set to …
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Virtual Social Dating Game For Ladies To Cheat Your Virtual Fiance
Kakeochi(Elopement in Japanese) (URL, only available on Japanese feature phone) is a new social game by Index Corp. on Japan’s No.1 social networking service Gree. In the game, you play a …
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Groupon Japan To Land KDDI Cellphone Official Portal
Groupon Japan, a subsidiary of the international leading flash coupon service Groupon, announced their new alliance with Japan’s No.2 cellphone carrier KDDI on 14th. According to the …
