CyberAgent Releases “Animal Land” For Facebook

CyberAgent [J] has released the latest addition to their PC social game enterprise, “Animal Land” for Facebook. “Animal Land” is a game where you enjoy building a town where animals live, by reclaiming land, building houses and shops, and decorating trees and vehicles.  You can level up by building the town, and as well as… Continue reading CyberAgent Releases “Animal Land” For Facebook

Facebook Banned Ryoma Sakamoto, A Person Having The Same Name With A Historical Hero

A Tokyo guy whose name is Ryoma Sakamoto complained on Twitter that he had been banned from Facebook as he was using a fake name. Facebookが突然使えなくなった。「あなたのアカウントは、登録されている名前が実名でなかったため、停止されました。」本名なんですが…。 — 坂本龍馬 (@ryomanow) December 8, 2011 “I was suddenly unable to access Facebook. ‘Your account was suspended because your using name is not a real name’, which is not… Continue reading Facebook Banned Ryoma Sakamoto, A Person Having The Same Name With A Historical Hero

HONDA Releases App For Facebook “Face Game Book”

HONDA [J] has released “face game book” [J],  an old school “game book” style puzzle solving game application for facebook. “face game book” [J] is a promotional game application for their new model “FREED,” and was originally developed in cooperation with the “mystery” event group “SCRAP,” who have until now been frequently making “Real Dasshutsu… Continue reading HONDA Releases App For Facebook “Face Game Book”

Yahoo! Mobage Celebrates 6 Million Uses Registration

Yahoo! Mobage, a joint social game networking service for PC run by Japan’s largest web service Yahoo! Japan and mobile social game giant DeNA, starts a present campaign celebrating its 6 million users registration. If you play any games on Yahoo! Mobage first in time, and purchase anything on selected stores on Yahoo! Shopping, you… Continue reading Yahoo! Mobage Celebrates 6 Million Uses Registration

Mixi Launches Mixi Page

On August 31, Mixi announced its new feature, Mixi Page [J]. It is a feature to enable Mixi users to create semi-public web pages under Mixi’s domain. The pages have built-in communication system and social-media button Mixi Iine(=Like) is integrated. If you are familiar with Facebook Page, it is the Mixi’s version of it. Companies,… Continue reading Mixi Launches Mixi Page

KDDI au Lets Subscribers Find Facebook Friends Through Cell Phone Mail History

Back in May, Japan’s second largest mobile carrier KDDI au struck a deal with Facebook under which the social network would be featured prominently on future smartphones, for example in the form of a widget. And now KDDI makes it possible [JP] for users of their proprietary email system EZweb to automatically browse their cell… Continue reading KDDI au Lets Subscribers Find Facebook Friends Through Cell Phone Mail History

Research: Japanese E-Commerce Sites Expects Twitter The Most For Social Media Promotion

Shibuya-based Mobile web oriented HR agency Sapotant issued a research [J] on what social media buttons Japanese e-commerce websites are displaying to their customers (n=100). 48% of Japanese e-commerce site introduces one or more social media buttons. As shown on the chart, nearly 90% of who do, which is 42% of all, encourages users to… Continue reading Research: Japanese E-Commerce Sites Expects Twitter The Most For Social Media Promotion

Cityville Launches in Japan as Facebook Continues Steady Growth

The world’s biggest social game Cityville just launched in Japanese, available exclusively to the Facebook platform. This is the first time a localized version of a US Zynga game has been launched in Japan since their entry into the Japanese market. Zynga is currently rolling out their biggest IP around the world, with their recent… Continue reading Cityville Launches in Japan as Facebook Continues Steady Growth

Cyber Agent Releases New Social Game “World Chef” For Facebook

Cyber Agent has released the new social game “World Chef” for Facebook. You can play using an already existing avatar from the 2D virtual space “Ameba Pico,” which is offered by the same company. “World Chef” is a restaurant simulation social game which allows you to play using the same avatar data from Ameba Pico.… Continue reading Cyber Agent Releases New Social Game “World Chef” For Facebook

Facebook Spot Information Is Jacked By A Giant Japanese Coupon Business Player

Facebook Spot Information is becoming popular in Japan after Facebook had started Check-in Coupon (Check-in Deals) in Japan. Facebook Japan Holds An New Coupon Service Launch Event In Shibuya The problem arouse when Recruit[E], Japan’s largest coupon business player, registered spot information of restaurants on behalf of restaurant owners without enough notification. Hitoshi Nakamura(twitter id:… Continue reading Facebook Spot Information Is Jacked By A Giant Japanese Coupon Business Player