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Rakuten Enters Indonesia With "Rakuten BELANJA ONLINE"
Rakuten just doesn’t stop internationalizing. In May, we reported about the joint venture the Japanese e-commerce giant (market cap at the Tokyo Stock Exchange: $10 billion) entered with …
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Breaking: Japan FTC Conducts Investigation On DeNA(Mobage-Town)
Kyodo reports [J] (11:08) that DeNA, who runs one of Japan’s largest mobile social networking Mobage-Town, is subjected to an on-site investigation by Japan Fair Trade Commission(JFTC). DeNA …
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Mashup Awards 6: Doting Father Develops Social Web For Recording His Daughter's Growth
The award-presenting ceremony of the Mashup Awards 6[J], an annual web service development contest organized by a bunch of Japanese web companies, took place in Tokyo yesterday, where the venue was …
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CyberAgent Rumored To Buy Off Tokyo-Based Baseball Team Yakult Swallows
Japanese sports newspaper Nikkan Sports reported [J] on December 4th, Saturday morning that Tokyo Yakult Swallows, one of 12 professional baseball team in Japan’s top league Nippon Professional …
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Docomo To Unveil Feature Phone-Only App Store On Monday
Japan’s biggest business daily The Nikkei is reporting that the country’s leading mobile carrier, NTT Docomo, is to unveil a a new app store of sorts on Monday, December 6. The portal …
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First Social Game Magazine Appli-Style On Sale
On December 2nd, Japan’s first (maybe the world first? do you know?) cellphone social game application magazine “Appli Style” has been released in Japan. The magazine, costs 680 yen …
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Tokyo Taxis Become WiFi-Enabled
In association with NTT DoCoMo, Tokyo Musen[J], an alliance of taxi operators in Tokyo, started today providing in-car WiFi Internet access for free for taxi users on 820 cars travelling within Tokyo …
