By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Kakaku didn’t just release their newest financial report in English today, they also published a press release to announce “Tabera”, a Tabelog-connected iPhone app that allows customers to make pictures of dishes at restaurants and share them on Facebook and Twitter. There are...
Kakaku today released the so-called Management Vision and Strategy Result Briefing for the First Quarter of the Term ended March 2012 (in English) today, and in a nutshell, things are looking pretty good. This chart show some key financials: What’s interesting (and buried in the report) is...
Kakaku has released traffic information on its biggest properties for June 2011, their namesake price comparison site (and Japan’s largest) and restaurant guide (and Gourmet Navigator competitor) Tabelog. And according to the report, both Kakaku and Tabelog grew significantly on a year-on...
The earthquake that hit Japan on March 11 hit Japan’s web industry in different ways. Kakaku.com says that they suffered badly in the days after the quake (-30% daily users for Kakaku itself, and even -40% for restaurant service Tabelog) but saw a quick recovery as far as traffic is concerned...
Japan’s largest price comparison service Kakaku.com has posted its financial results for the last quarter of fiscal 2010 (January to March 2011). Sales, profit, and income have all grown by around 30% year-on-year, driven especially by Kakaku itself and the increasing popularity of restaurant...
Kakaku has announced the launch of a new version of Tabelog, its popular restaurant search and rating service, for the iPhone. Version 4 enables iPhone users to contribute information, reviews and pictures to a given restaurant in Japan directly through their handsets (download). Kakaku has also...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry