By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Amazon Japan is set to expand its business: the company started offering software (for download) today, anything from games, to anti-virus programs to office applications. The selection (or prices) aren’t terribly exciting, but this is actually a quite big move for the site. Amazon Japan...
It took them a while, but DeNA finally released Mobage for iOS on the Japanese App Store on Thursday (iTunes, Japanese only). The free app was made available at the same time as three games, namely Solitaire, Reversi and Ninja Royale. Smartphone users in Japan were able to access Mobage through the...
GREE continues to move into China: after striking a deal with Tencent, cooperating with The9 via Openfeint and opening an office in Shanghai, GREE has now announced it invested in Ultizen Games. The company has several offices across China, produces social and other games and offers outsourcing...
CyberAgent announced yet another app for the iPhone. This time, it’s ME_HER [iTunes, Japanese only], a “fashion snap” app that lets users view pictures of fashion (and other) items that were taken by female stars in the Ameba network. CyberAgent says the free is especially geared...
GREE isn’t the only service that gets pre-installed on the Fujitsu-Toshiba IS12T, the world’s first Windows Phone Mango handset that will be distributed in Japan starting next month. Restaurant service and Tabelog competitor Gourmet Navigator announced that buyers can expect a dedicated...
Last month, Rakuten inked a deal with Panasonic to distribute e-book titles to buyers of Panasonic e-book readers. The service, dubbed Raboo (Rakuten Books), was initially limited to Panasonic hardware only, but now The Nikkei is quoting a Rakuten representative that his company will expand it to...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry