By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
I just stumbled upon a fairly interesting article from Japanese news agency Kyodo. As an Ex-Videogame-Otaku (I still love Sega, Konami and Capcom) I found it pretty interesting. Maybe you agree. The article from last month is very short and not really deep but a quick read. As Japan is the No. 1...
Today, I took part in the Web 2.0 Expo in Shibuya, Tokyo (other locations include San Francisco and Berlin). Well, what can I say. It was full but not awfully good. Pros: – the event is well organized – the food is good 😉 – the people attending the Expo were really nice Cons:...
I think we can all agree Facebook and Myspace are the world’s leading social networks. However, both sites play a negligible role here in Japan. Ususally only Japanese people having a lot of international friends are registered. Over here, there is only one social network that matters: Mixi...
Nowadays, it is quite hard to get a cell phone in Japan without a TV tuner built in. The first phones able to make use of the Japan-only “1seg”-system (broadcasting of digital audio and video signals) came out as early as 2005 (!). Yesterday, Sharp -the king of the ring concerning TV...
It is 1.30 AM in Japan now and I stayed awake to witness the world’s first TV show recorded in Second Life. Second Life is available in Japanese since summer and since that time registration from users from over here increased significantly. I personally don’t like the idea of being...
Yesterday, Yahoo Japan (Japanese only) released a press release basically stating that earnings in this country skyrocketed from April to September 2007. According to Yahoo, sales went up 17,2 percent to 117,74 billion yen (compared to the same time frame in 2006). That is 1 billion USD (720...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry