Rakuten Goes To UK And/Or Germany By The End Of This Year, CEO Said

According to Mainichi [J], Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani reportedly told that they will open their e-mall business either or both of UK and Germany this year. Rakuten is planning to move into 4 new countries by the end of 2011, UK and Germany are big markets that they are interested in Europe. Indonesia will come… Continue reading Rakuten Goes To UK And/Or Germany By The End Of This Year, CEO Said

Mixi Partners With German Social Network VZ

Mixi, one of Japan’s largest social networks and a direct competitor to Facebook, announced [J] a new alliance on January 20 with German company Vznet Netzwerke. Mixi says that both companies will standardize their social application platforms to enable third-party social application providers to run their applications on both networks. Mixi announced the same type… Continue reading Mixi Partners With German Social Network VZ

German E-Commerce Brands4Friends Gives Away Free iPhone Case In Shibuya, Tokyo

A Japanese popular gadget blogger @masakiishitani and others reported that Brands For Friends ran a advertisement campaign to let commuters take free iPhone case posted in metro station in Shibuya, one of the biggest terminal station in Tokyo this morning, about an hour ago. The twitter timeline tagged with #b4f shows that those iPhone case… Continue reading German E-Commerce Brands4Friends Gives Away Free iPhone Case In Shibuya, Tokyo