Rakuten proper released their official Android app just last month, and now the company has announced that Rakuten Bank, Japan’s biggest e-bank, gets an Android application as well. Rakuten Bank customers can view their bank account information, track their balance, and send money to other...
Gourmet Navigator Launches Marketing Company For Produce [E-Commerce]
Online restaurant service operator Gourmet Navigator has launched a marketing company that helps promote farm products in Japan, The Nikkei is reporting today. The plan is to work together with growers, local governments and others to organize events, advertise and market produce. Gourmet Navigator...
Rakuten CEO Mikitani: Rakuten Will Enter The UK And Germany By Year-End [E-Commerce]
He kind of announced it four weeks ago, and now Rakuten president Hiroshi Mikitani has confirmed his company will enter the UK and Germany by the end of this year. Details are scarce at this point, but Mikitani did say he is looking at possible acquisitions as well as joint ventures in these (and...
Digital Garage Wants To Help LinkedIn Enter Japan [Social Networks]
Digital Garage, Twitter’s business partner in Japan (among others), has announced it will help LinkedIn enter the Japanese market. Details are scarce at this point (see below), but the partnership was actually announced four years ago. In fact, LinkedIn CEO Reid Hoffman has been a member of...
Article On GREE CEO Tanaka In The Wall Street Journal [Social Games]
The Wall Street Journal Online posted an article on GREE’s CEO Yoshikazu Tanaka today. The piece offers nothing really new on the person or his company, but if you’re reading this, chances are you will find it’s well worth a quick read. It’s one of the relatively few...
DeNA CEO Namba Steps Down, COO Moriyasu Takes Over [Social Games]
Big news from DeNA today: Tomoko Namba, the founder, Representative Director, President and CEO, will be stepping down on June 25, after DeNA’s 13th annual shareholders meeting. Namba, who apparently plans to take care of a sick family member, will be replaced by the Mobage operator’s General...