By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
It took a while, but Rakuten finally released an iPhone app (for Rakuten Ichiba, its online mall) yesterday. It’s available for free in the Japanese App Store and makes it easier for iPhone users to browse through the 70 million items currently listed in Rakuten Ichiba. It’s a good...
Kakaku.com, Japan’s leading price comparison engine, announced it has inked a deal with the Japanese government under which the company will provide price data to the Bank of Japan. Kakaku said it has provided a data set on how prices of TVs and related products in Japan have evolved over the...
Major Japanese video game maker Sega is planning to jump on the lucrative social gaming bandwagon. Sega has already launched a game called “Sega Play Baseball” on Facebook this month and plans to offer another title called “Sega Play! Football” on social gaming site hi5 in...
Yahoo Japan, the country’s biggest website, is partnering up with US-based startup Ooyala to launch a video sharing platform. This won’t be, however, Yahoo Japan’s answer to YouTube (there is no such thing): the site will be rather aimed at businesses. The new platform will make...
If the amount of printed books on Facebook (business guides, how-to books etc.) is any indication for the popularity of the social network in Japan, then it’s starting to look better for Facebook over here. I visited my local book store today and counted a total of 10 Japanese books that were...
Mixi just announced that from today, it will be possible to register on the social network for owners of Android users. Until now, Mixi required a Japanese cell phone number and cell phone email address on a feature phone for registration (iPhone users have been able to register with their...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry