By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Groupon Japan is losing ground to Ponpare, a clone offered by Japanese web giant Recruit, if data compiled by daily coupon search service CP4U is to be believed. Too many “glitches”? The study CP4U released today [JP, PDF] analyzes sales numbers of Groupon and a total of 155 Japanese...
CyberAgent just announced GameWave, a mobile social gaming platform that will go live this spring. No doubt, this will be an uphill battle, but there are three things that are noteworthy here: GameWave will be available exclusively on the iPhone CyberAgent wants to initially focus on the US market...
Facebook Japan today inked a quite spectacular deal with Tokyo-based Dentsu, one of the biggest advertising agencies in the world. Under the deal, Dentsu will become the official representative of Facebook Japan’s sales and marketing operations (also see here). Dentsu will consult Japanese...
Established in February 2010, Facebook Japan‘s Tokyo office was the first outside the US (outside the Bay Area, even) staffed with engineers. There are six people working for the company at the moment in their office in Harajuku (actually a remodeled apartment), three Japanese and three...
Nico Nico Douga might be Japan’s biggest homegrown video service, but Dwango’s site is clearly overshadowed by YouTube Japan, at least if data provided by Tokyo-based Video Research Interactive is to be believed. Major Japanese tech news outlet ITmedia regularly releases data coming...
In Japan, it’s no secret that Dwango is the quirkiest web company of them all (among those listed, for sure), and it even shows when it comes to investor relations. The Nico Nico Douga operator regularly posts PR company videos in the IR section of the website, and while the general tone is...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry