By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Here’s a quick list of all Japan-related panels and parties during SXSW 2011 (also see Paul Papadimitriou’s post). I will be moderating two of the four panels and also plan to visit both parties. PANELS Sunday, March 13, 12.30pm Big in Japan: Outreaching to a unique market Fumi Yamazaki...
I today joined the advisory board of Startup Dating, a Tokyo-based startup community project that was launched last year and intends to connect people in the local IT scene through regular networking events. Startup Dating’s basic idea is to help entrepreneurs with a technical background find...
Social media, mobile and the web in Japan is a field not too many people living outside this country have an understanding of. I am honored to moderate two Japan-related panels at this year’s SXSW event in Austin/Texas to help spread the word in the US and elsewhere. Specifically, I will be...
I was honored to speak at OpenWebAsia, an event that was held in Kuala Lumpur in summer 2010 (full report). Here’s a video of an interview I gave back then on Malaysia’s web industry:
I was also mentioned in this article on the event, along with other Open Web Asia speakers.
Asiajin, one of the very few (and I dare say most successful) blogs in English focusing on the Japanese and Asian web industry, is now 1 year old. 233 blogs were written in 365 days, which is not bad for a non-commercial blog. Details can be found here. It has been very cool working with the...
My 3rd article on Techcrunch is now online, this time I blogged Mixi. The Japanese version can be found here on Techcrunch Japan, the French version on Techcrunch France. A blogger published an unofficial Chinese translation. Although the company is worth $1 billion, almost no one outside Japan...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry