From the first time rumored, Japanese social game network giant Mobage company DeNA has been rumored to buy a Yokohama-based professional baseball team, Yokohama Bay Stars. DeNA side never commented on that. And some media reported the deal went up into air. Today Nikkei reported [J] that TBS Holdings, a TV broadcast network currently owning… Continue reading Social Game Networking Mobage Reported To Own Pro-Baseball Team In Japan
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Social Game Developer “One Of Them” Raises 300 Million Yen In Funds
ONE of THEM,Inc., [J] from October 5th’s fixed date deposit, has issued third party allocation of shares totaling about 300 million yen, through Globis Capital Partners and Infinity Ventures LLP. ONE of THEM.Inc is a corporation established in January of 2011. They offer planning and development of both joint and in-house contents centered on the… Continue reading Social Game Developer “One Of Them” Raises 300 Million Yen In Funds
Go! Go! Nippon! -My First Trip to Japan- : Anime Novel Game Style Japan Guide
Japanese bishojo-game (pornographic interactive game with Japanese anime-style girls Wikipedia) maker Overdrive released a non-adult, all English, still Japanese-anime-style game which features foreigners Japan visit experiences, titled Go! Go! Nippon! (Nippon is how Japanese calls Japan in Japanese). All texts are given both in English and Japanese, so it may be useful not only for… Continue reading Go! Go! Nippon! -My First Trip to Japan- : Anime Novel Game Style Japan Guide
Twitter Launches Promoted Items In Japanese
Twitter Japan began the promoted items on Twitter with Japanese language setting from October 3, 2011 following to US and UK. Digital Garage’s Japan original banner ad will stay as well, then Japan has again the most ads-decorated Twitter environment.
Trend Micro’s Charisma “Cloud Girl” Security Promotion
It is one of the weirdest promotions on security solution I have ever seen. Trend Micro Japan, who sells Virus Buster anti-virus software, started a dedicated site Cloud Girl, where “charisma” cloud girls talk how they are utilizing cloud services with PC and smartphone. The word “cloud girl” may come from recently-coined Japanese word “mori… Continue reading Trend Micro’s Charisma “Cloud Girl” Security Promotion
NTT Solmare To Sell E-Comics From China In Japan, Asia And The US
NTT, or rather NTT West subsidiary NTT Solmare, is planning to sell 100 e-comics from China in its home market of Japan, Asia and the US. NTT Solmare partnered up with Zhejiang Publishing United Group and will initially offer two e-comics each in Japan and the US by the end of this year. In 2012,… Continue reading NTT Solmare To Sell E-Comics From China In Japan, Asia And The US
Men Can Experience Pregnancy With “Mommy Tummy,” A Serious Game
Kanagawa Engineering College Kosaka Laboratory exhibited their serious game which simulates the experience of pregnancy, “Mommy Tummy,” at the Tokyo Game Show 2011. “Mommy Tummy” is a serious game which allows you to have personal experience of the roughly 10 month period of pregnancy in two minutes. The condition of pregnancy is emulated by wearing… Continue reading Men Can Experience Pregnancy With “Mommy Tummy,” A Serious Game
What’s So Exciting? Amazon’s Seattle Delivery-To-Locker Experiment At Convenience Store
Geekwire has been reporting (1, 2) US Amazon’s locker experiment in Seven-Eleven in Seattle, USA. With the locker, US Amazon customers will be able to receive their items not at home but at store. I noticed that this news may be big as many other popular English blogs referred it. For me it is interesting… Continue reading What’s So Exciting? Amazon’s Seattle Delivery-To-Locker Experiment At Convenience Store
iichi: Marketplace For Handmade Goods From Japan (In English)
If you live outside Japan and were ever interested in getting handmade goods from this country, here’s your chance: a service called iichi, which launched in Japanese in July this year, just opened a site in English. The idea is similar to Etsy‘s : all products offered on the marketplace must be handmade. iichi is… Continue reading iichi: Marketplace For Handmade Goods From Japan (In English)
Yahoo Box: Yahoo Japan Starts Online Storage Service
Yahoo Japan, the country’s biggest website, has launched a new service dubbed Yahoo Box today. Yahoo Box is an online storage service with three plans: 5GB are given for free to any user with a Yahoo Japan ID 50GB is the maximum space premium members get for free (a Yahoo Japan premium membership costs US$4.50… Continue reading Yahoo Box: Yahoo Japan Starts Online Storage Service