By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Japan’s biggest social network and blogging platform Mixi (boasting a user network of over 13 million people, my review) caused a huge stir some days ago when it announced a shocking move. The company of the same name plans to take away all content to be found on its website from its users...
Facebook has flaws. Some management decisions are sometimes debatable to say the least. And yes, some requests get can get on your nerves. But in my view, Facebook is still the best place to connect with people. Much better than Friendster, Bebo, MySpace etc. No Facebook Japan yetUpdate: Facebook...
Mixi is the quasi-standard when it comes to social network usage in Japan (read more in my Mixi-review). Japan’s second largest social network is called GREE. There is no information in English available about GREE online. That means outside Japan almost no one knows about this Web site even...
As many people know, it is true that Japan is a big and beautiful country with a rich cultural heritage. Even a metropolis Tokyo has its nice places. I am kind of affiliated with the German embassy here in Tokyo and from what I hear Japan doesn’t do a really good of promoting the country in...
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)...
Some noteworty (business) news from the Japanese Internet scene in the last days: 1) The Japanese equivalent to NASDAQ, the JASDAQ opened its NEO market last week. Click here for the English press release (PDF). NEO is aimed at start-ups featuring cutting-edge technology only. JASDAQ also accepts...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry