Cyber Agent has announced that it will establish an “Overseas Smartphone Marketing Division,” a specialized station for assistance in the undertaking of overseas marketing for smartphone, aimed particularly at America. “Overseas Smartphone Marketing Division” is geared towards offering smartphone promotion of their Japanese business into the overseas market. Cyber Agent’s operations include starting the overseas… Continue reading Cyber Agent Establishes Overseas Smartphone Marketing Division
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Gibli Animation Film “From Up On Poppy Hill” Area Opens On Ameba Pigg
Cyber Agent [J] has opened a special area for their 2D virtual space “Ameba Pigg,” [J] returning Studio Gibli’s latest film “Kokuriko-zaka Kara” (“コクリコ坂から”, From Up On Poppy Hill) to the world stage. The limited term period is from September 16th until the 25th. This “From Up On Poppy Hill” area is Ameba Pigg’s original… Continue reading Gibli Animation Film “From Up On Poppy Hill” Area Opens On Ameba Pigg
DeNa Buys Out Vietnamese Subsidiary of Punch Entertainment
DeNA [J] has announced that they will acquire all shares of the Vietnamese game development company Punch Entertainment (Vietnam) Company Limited. which will become a subsidiary company. Buyout is planned to be completed within the month of September. Punch Vietnam is a subsidiary of the American game developer Punch Entertainment, Inc. Their development process and… Continue reading DeNa Buys Out Vietnamese Subsidiary of Punch Entertainment
Manga Authoring Software “ComiPo!” English Version Released
At the Tokyo Game Show, a variety of businesses and organizations other than game companies have displays. This comic book software “ComiPo!” [J, E] is one of them. “ComiPo!” is released by the ComoPo! production committee, (Web Technology Com Corp., committee chairperson: Keiichi Tanaka), and it’s a program that’s like, “Even though I can’t draw… Continue reading Manga Authoring Software “ComiPo!” English Version Released
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 Invaders Infinity Gene LITE for Mobage” is a free app which allows users to get a taste of the evolution of… Continue reading Taito Put Out Game Application for Mobage
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 by used for a popular virtual singer Hatsune Miku. The official Lawson-channel [J] is made on Nico Nico Douga. via ITMedia See Also: Asiajin » Japanese Virtual Diva Hatsune Miku First US Tour In… Continue reading Lawson Makes Its Character Girl Be Vocaloid
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 October 28. eBookJapan started selling online book since year 2000, when the company was established. The site now boasts 50,000 e-books, 80% of which… Continue reading eBook Initiative Japan Goes IPO
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 service that’s available worldwide except for Japan, has launched a channel on Ustream. NHK World, which broadcasts programs on Japan in English, is live-streaming its content for… Continue reading English Broadcaster NHK World Starts Free Ustream Channel
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 Stocks Exchange. Softbank, with a 21% share of the market, is the third leading mobile service provider in Japan, trailing NTT DoCoMo (48%) and KDDI… Continue reading Hard Times May Come For Softbank After KDDI Gets iPhone5
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 converting phonetics to Japanese (both Chinese-kanji and kana) letters. I guess that the new feature “Improved +mention support” seems to grab every single… Continue reading Google+ iPhone App Degraded For Japan And Others