Posts
-
November 2010 Japan IT Links (Part 1)
Early part of November news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Continued to (Part 2) There were some big English blogs covered recent Hatsune Miku live and some people might see the …
-
Nico Nico Douga Turns In The Black In Full-year Result And Plans New Office In Harajuku
Dwango[J], the parent of the company running Japan’s largest video sharing site Nico Nico Douga[J], announced its full-year consolidated financial statements (Oct. 2009 thru Sep. 2010) last …
-
Kadokawa To Launch E-Book Distribution Platform; Some Novelists Can't Wait And Launch Their Own
Kadokawa Shoten Publishing[J] and its subsidiaries, which are known for having published many comic titles and magazines, announced on Friday that they would launch an e-book distribution platform …
-
Apple Partners With Dentsu To Boost Smartphone Ad Business In Japan
The world’s largest ad agency Dentsu announced it had partnered with Apple for the sales of smartphone ad network iAd in Japan. Dentsu will start the sales in early 2011, and their subsidiary …
-
Idol Event In Ameba Pigg Gathers 15,000 Users Online
An idol unit “Team Pigg Mint” held a gig in Japanese virtual world “Ameba Pigg” [J] on November 3rd. Team Pigg Mint is an unit selected from members of popular girls group …
-
Mixi Unveils SocialPhone For Softbank's Androids
Mixi, one of Japan’s biggest social networking services, which is the most similar with Facebook among three, announced their new smartphone application plan with the third largest cellphone …
-
Japanese Social Network Update With Quarterly Reports
The ranking by registered users keeps the same. Or, maybe DeNA is passing Mixi by population as Mixi’s number has October adding included. Gree: 22.46 million (at 2010-09-30, by 1Q report [pdf, …
