By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
I recently wondered which the most frequently visited web sites in Japan are. There are a number of services which track popularity of Internet services, i. e. Alexa, Nielsen or Comscore. I am aware that measuring the popularity of web sites is a highly complicated issue and the results are not...
Yesterday I attended the Get Firefox Video Award Show (Japanese only) in Azabu, Tokyo. The aim of the event was to promote Firefox in Japan. So far, my favorite browser conquered a 16% share of the market in this country. (all pictures in this posting courtesy of my friend Thor Asmund) Mozilla...
I regularly speak with a lot of Japanese IT experts and insiders personally: software developers, programmers, IT company owners, web designers, bloggers etc. Regardless of the size of the companies they are working for (some are self-employed) I am constantly impressed about their openness when...
Japan is the second biggest economy in the world, has a population of 128 million and can be proud of its vibrant and innovative Internet market. However, there is not even a handful of blogs in English covering the Japanese Internet scene. Just a couple of days before I set up Tokyotronic...
Yesterday I attended a Tokyo2point0 event in Omotesandou/Tokyo for the first time. Tokyo2point0 is a social network set up by Tokyo-based Englishman and IT fanatic Andrew Shuttleworth. However, members of this community also meet in real life on a regular basis. You can sign up directly on the site...
I was surprised to hear today that social network Friendster has released a Japanese version of its site. They also launched Friendster in Korean (the site is already available in Chinese). I have to admit this move leaves me a little staggered. Friendster makes two “mistakes” here: 1)...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry