By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Mixi today announced the launch of “Socialphone”, an app that will make it easier for Android users to access the social network on their handsets (Mixi started offering the official Mixi app for Android in December last year). Socialphone can be downloaded for free from the Android...
Android adoption in Japan is accelerating at a fast clip as of late, and now GREE is reacting with a partnership it just entered with KDDI au, Japan’s 2nd biggest mobile carrier. Both companies plan to set up the so-called “GREE Market” that will be accessible for Android users...
It seems Rakuten‘s drive towards internationalization is continuing. CEO Hiroshi Mikitani said in an interview with Japanese newspaper Mainichi that: he wants to see Rakuten grow its international business ten-fold in 15 years Rakuten will open their online mall Rakuten Ichiba in four...
Localizing social games for different parts of the world is a big challenge, especially for Japan-based game makers. And now GREE announced they have partnered up with a total of 6 companies to assist providers of social games in this process. These developers can expect help with localizing games...
Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency issued a “recommendation” to Groupon Japan on Tuesday, basically telling the company to reconsider the way deals are presented to customers. A spokesman for the agency said they consider the complaints from Japanese customers about Groupon as...
Rakuten today announced that its US company Buy.com (acquired in May last year) launched a special site that makes it possible for the 2,500 merchants registered on Buy.com to ship goods to Japanese customers. Users with a Rakuten ID can buy products on Buy.com, from the US, using the same ID as in...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry