Japan
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English, Please: Social Gaming Giant GREE Seeks To Hire International Staff
Tokyo-based mobile social gaming juggernaut GREE (22 million users, US$3 billion market cap) seems to intensify its international efforts. As announced by CEO Yoshikazu Tanaka back in June last year, …
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Like Facebook, "The Social Network" Could Not Top On The First Weekend In Japan
Japan weekend box office ranking for January 15th-16th weekend has just been released by Kogyo Tsushinsha [J]. The first weekend of “The Social Network” appeared on 321 theaters both in …
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Groupon CEO Andrew Mason Apologizes To Japanese Customers For Osechi Trouble
A half month after the ‘osechi’(traditional Japanese New Year food) trouble, Groupon founder and CEO Andrew Mason appeared on video on the Groupon Japan official blog to offer his …
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72-Year-Old Japanese Gamer Said, "Playing Computer Games Reduces Crime"
Shiro Suzuki is a famous Japanese announcer. However, it has emerged that he’s also an expert at action game Resident Evil (Japanese title “Bio Hazard”) produced by Capcom. He received a …
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Social Gaming Platform Mobage-town Gets Monthly Price Plan For Virtual Items
Earlier this week, Japanese mobile social gaming juggernaut DeNA added a new pricing plan to its super-popular Mobage-town platform (which currently boasts 22 million users): users can now pay for …
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Social Commerce Platform Flutterscape Cooperates With Human Translation Startup myGengo
Two Tokyo-based startups, social commerce site Flutterscape and human translation platform myGengo, have announced a partnership that will make it easier for Japanese Flutterscape users to post …
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Mimiuchi: The Twitter Service Helps You Confirm Mutual Love W/O Confession
A group of three guys including an ex-Yahoo Japan employee introduced Mimiuchi[J] (meaning whispering in someone’s ear), a new Twitter service that allows you to confirm mutual love with …
