By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
I had my doubts about Facebook Japan‘s growth recently, but now Javier Olivan (Head Of International Growth at Facebook), confirmed that Facebook is growing quite nicely in Japan indeed. In an interview with Nikkei Trendy, Olivan said that Facebook’s growth in Japan has been “very...
Facebook Japan now has 3.2 million users (3.19 million, to be more exact), if Facebook statistics aggregation service Socialbakers is to be believed. The last time I reported, 17 days ago, that number stood at just over 3 million: In that last report, I speculated about the existence of a glitch...
According to Socialbakers.com, usually a reliable site that tracks Facebook usage worldwide, and Facebook itself, Facebook Japan now counts just over 3 million members. Here is what Socialbakers says when you look up country statistics for Japan: As you can see the stats service shows that Facebook...
Another sign that Facebook Japan is becoming more and more visible: Tokyo-based Internet company GMO has raised (via their investment subsidiary GMO Venture Partners) a fund exclusively for startups working on e-commerce solutions on Facebook (“F-Commerce”). Initially, GMO is ready to...
Good news for Facebook Japan lately: driven by heavy coverage in local media, the Social Network movie (that topped the box office in Japan) and a few other factors, Facebook has now hit 2.55 million users. That’s still a far cry from the 23 million users Mixi boasts, but Facebook added...
Facebook Japan today inked a quite spectacular deal with Tokyo-based Dentsu, one of the biggest advertising agencies in the world. Under the deal, Dentsu will become the official representative of Facebook Japan’s sales and marketing operations (also see here). Dentsu will consult Japanese...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry