By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Here is the link to a column I wrote on how Japanese electronics makers have overcome the financial crisis for the journal for the American Chamber Of Commerce in Japan. Excerpt: Japan’s technology sector is currently in the process of transforming itself once again. But this time, there is no...
Here is the link to a column I wrote on foreign Internet startups in Japan for the journal for the American Chamber Of Commerce in Japan. Excerpt: There is one thing three of America’s biggest web services—Ebay, MySpace and Facebook—have in common: Despite being household names in large parts of...
Here is the link to a column on Japan’s venture capital scene for the journal for the American Chamber Of Commerce in Japan. Excerpt: The adage “Nothing ventured, nothing gained” may just well describe in a nutshell the vicious cycle that the Japanese venture capital (VC) market seems to be...
Slightly off-topic, but here is the link to a column I wrote on Japan’s robot industry I wrote for the journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan: Excerpt: Over one million industrial robots are currently toiling around the world, most of them in Japan. There are 295 of these...
Amazon Japan seems to be in deep trouble with tax authorities in this country: Bad news for Amazon over the weekend. The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau slapped Amazon’s affiliated unit “Amazon.com International Sales” with a $119 million tax bill. Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun reported yesterday...
What is Rakuten and how does this company do against Amazon Japan? These are the two main questions I answer in this primer: The term “e-commerce” still lacks a universally valid definition, but even if you just bundle B2B and B2C transactions under it, it’s a multi-trillion dollar business...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry