By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Here is the link to a column I wrote on the race between Amazon Japan and Rakuten for the journal for the American Chamber Of Commerce in Japan. Excerpt: The Japanese economy is mired in deflation, the population is shrinking rapidly, and retail sales are projected to fall by 1 percent annually in...
There is a Zynga Japan from now on: the Americans have bought Unoh, a Tokyo-based maker of mobile social games, for example on Mixi (Japan’s Facebook): Japan’s biggest business daily, The Nikkei, has just reported on its website that social gaming giant Zynga has acquired Tokyo-based startup...
No deal with Bing Japan: Japan’s largest website and search engine, Yahoo Japan, decided to collaborate with Google Japan today: The spectactular search deal Microsoft and Yahoo struck last summer doesn’t extend to all country markets. In Japan, Yahoo search will be powered by Google in the...
I was honored to speak at OpenWebAsia, an event that was held in Kuala Lumpur in summer 2010 (full report). Here’s a video of an interview I gave back then on Malaysia’s web industry:
I was also mentioned in this article on the event, along with other Open Web Asia speakers.
Here is the link to a column I wrote on the success of the iPhone in Japan for the journal for the American Chamber Of Commerce in Japan. Excerpt: For years, Japan has been known as the world’s leader in mobile technology. The country’s cell phone makers still churn out over 100 super-advanced...
Here is the link to a column I wrote on the race between Facebook Japan and Mixi for the journal for the American Chamber Of Commerce in Japan. Excerpt: A platitude often proffered regarding doing business in Japan is that pursuing a one-size-fits-all internationalization strategy mostly results in...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry