Japan
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Mixi Gives Up? Nikkei Business Report CEO Considering To Sell His 55% Ownership
Nikkei Business Online, an online version of business magazine under Nikkei group, on May 15 after the midnight reported that Mixi, one of Japan’s largest social networking service, a direct …
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Six Japanese Social Game Platformer Announced To End Complete Gacha
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 …
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"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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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! …
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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 …
