Yahoo! Japan and Gree just (after the market close) announced [J] that they have made a deal of “comprehensive business ties”. They are to discuss on co-development of social games, as well as establishment of company to promote it. They are also talking to set up an joint-investment company for digital video contents, and an… Continue reading Yahoo! Japan Makes Comprehensive Business Ties With Gree
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Yahoo! Japan Allies With CCC(Tsutaya), Japan’s Blockbuster
Yahoo! Japan, the nation’s largest web service, and Culture Convenience Club(CCC), who runs video rental chain store Tsutaya and the center of the reward point network T-point, announced their tight alliance today after the Tokyo stock market closed. According to the release [J], Yahoo! Japan to merge T-ID, online ID for 40 million T-point card… Continue reading Yahoo! Japan Allies With CCC(Tsutaya), Japan’s Blockbuster
Twitter Japan Announces Alliance With Mixi
As we reported on 25th, Twitter Japan and Mixi had a press conference today at 14:00 November 30. The two of Japan’s top social networking services are jointly to develop new services, as well as advertising products. Mixi’s current services will have Twitter-support, too. One example already started is seen on Mixi Xmas, a Mixi… Continue reading Twitter Japan Announces Alliance With Mixi
Japan’s Mobile Social Gaming Giant GREE Partners With China’s Tencent (QQ)
Big news from Asia’s social gaming world today: Tokyo-based mobile social games juggernaut GREE ($3 billion market cap) just announced it will tie up with China’s biggest web company Tencent ($45 billion market cap), which operates the massive QQ platform. The plan is to “export” GREE’s social apps to the rapidly growing market for mobile… Continue reading Japan’s Mobile Social Gaming Giant GREE Partners With China’s Tencent (QQ)
Nikkei Reporting Facebook-Mixi “Alliance” Lets Mixi Stock Up 6%
Thursday evening we reported that Facebook released a new application to put your updates on Facebook into its local rival Mixi. 2 hours later, 9:15 p.m. 28th (Japan Time), Nikkei reported [J] the news with a title “US Facebook allied(Teikei, in Japanese) with Mixi, shares information on social sites”. Nikkei said that Facebook announced their… Continue reading Nikkei Reporting Facebook-Mixi “Alliance” Lets Mixi Stock Up 6%
Nico Nico Douga announces partnership with Yahoo! Japan
On Friday, Japan’s very own video portal and geek paradise Nico Nico Douga announced a partnership with this country’s most influential web site, Yahoo! Japan. First, Nico Nico decided to expand its “ichiba” (market place) offering by adding a Yahoo! Shopping button beneath all of its videos. Users can alternatively click on an Amazon button… Continue reading Nico Nico Douga announces partnership with Yahoo! Japan