{"id":9056,"date":"2010-07-01T22:43:15","date_gmt":"2010-07-01T13:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/?p=9056"},"modified":"2010-07-01T22:43:15","modified_gmt":"2010-07-01T13:43:15","slug":"pankaku-welcomes-i-modes-father-as-new-adviser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/pankaku-welcomes-i-modes-father-as-new-adviser\/","title":{"rendered":"Pankaku Welcomes i-mode’s Father As New Adviser"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nTokyo-based smartphone app developer Pankaku[J]<\/a> announced Mr. Takeshi Natsuno became the company’s adviser today. He started his career in this industry as the vice president for Japan’s first ad-based free ISP HyperNet, then joined NTT DoCoMo<\/a> and invented the country’s first cellphone web-browsing platform i-mode. He is currently serving managing director for cellphone ringtone distributor Dwango[J]<\/a> and the professor of Keio University<\/a>.
\nPankaku allocated new shares to their employees, Mr. Natsuno, Japan’s largest telco’s financial arm NTT Finance<\/a> and system integrator Image Information Inc.[J]<\/a> Pankaku has not disclosed how much shares have been newly issued. They are devoting themselves to launching a social app platform for smartphones called Pankia[J]<\/a> and working on establishing more business partnerships with mobile app developers and game developers in Asian countries.
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