Japan
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Taito Put Out Game Application for Mobage
Taito [J] is coming out with “Space Invaders Infinity Gene LITE for Mobage,” an Android game app on DeNA’s [J] Mobage [J] platform. They are also planning an iOS version for this Fall. “Space …
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Lawson Makes Its Character Girl Be Vocaloid
Japan’s 2nd biggest convenience chain-store Lawson makes its image character girl ‘Akiko-chan’ transformed to Vocaloid, Yamaha’s artificial voice synthesizer brand well-known …
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eBook Initiative Japan Goes IPO
eBook Initiative Japan Co., Ltd., who runs Japanese online e-book mall eBookJapan [J], announced that their IPO at Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers section has been approved [J]. The planned date is …
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English Broadcaster NHK World Starts Free Ustream Channel
We blogged several times about NHK’s online efforts in the past few months (NHK is Japan’s national TV and radio network). And today, NHK World, the broadcaster’s international …
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Hard Times May Come For Softbank After KDDI Gets iPhone5
Some days ago we reported KDDI may distribute the next iteration of the iPhone. Now the reactions are coming: Goldman Sachs predicts hard times may come for Softbank [J], Softbank falls a 5% at Tokyo …
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Google+ iPhone App Degraded For Japan And Others
Google released a new version of Google+ app for iPhone on iTunes store. However, upgrading the app will stop Japanese users from typing Japanese texts. The revision 1.0.4.2326 seems to block users …
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KDDI's "Android au" Site Terminated, Not Telling Why But Likely By iPhone 5
KDDI’s Android handset promotion site “Android au” has been shut down today. The site shows a very short message “Android au site has finished.” in plain HTML, then …
