By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
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...
Rakuten has announced the acquisition of Buy.com today. The expansion to the USA can now begin: When I covered Rakuten back in July last year, I called it “the biggest e-commerce site you never heard of”. And in fact, the eponymous Japanese company behind the B2B2C market place (which is currently...
Here is the link to a column I wrote on Japan’s green energy sector for the journal for the American Chamber Of Commerce in Japan. Excerpt: When it comes to saving energy, Japan has a lot to teach other industrialized countries. The resource-poor nation was swept up in energy conservation...
DeNA brings Mobagetown (aka Mobage) to international users by way of iPhone. The company rolled out Mobage’s iPhone version, dubbed MiniNation, yesterday: Japan has two listed mobile gaming companies with a multi-billion US-dollar market capitalization, GREE ($2.7 billion) and DeNA ($4.2...
Shake-up in Asia’s e-commerce world today: Yahoo Japan and China’s Taobao, have inked deal under which both services will link their shopping sites, allowing Chinese users to shop on Yahoo Japan and Japanese users to do the same on Taobao: Yahoo Japan (Japan’s biggest website) and...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry