By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Nico Nico Douga or YouTube Japan? Major Japanese tech news outlet ITmedia updated its site again with new market data that helps to understand what video sites are the most popular in the country. The new numbers from Tokyo-based research firm Video Research Interactive highlight that in Japan...
YouTube yesterday said that its Japanese site will live-stream the 12th Tokyo Girls Collection fashion show as an official partner. Viewers will be able to watch the show from 2pm until 10pm tomorrow (Japanese time). Tokyo Girls Collection is a bi-annual fashion show (featuring celebrity models)...
I am not sure if YouTube Japan and Nico Nico Douga will be amused about this: Tokyo-based startup Knowledge Flow has developed Niccori Chanel Viewer, a service that essentially mixes YouTube and Nico Nico Douga. Niccori is based on Nico Comment, a service that allows users to add comments to videos...
Nico Nico Douga might be Japan’s biggest homegrown video service, but Dwango’s site is clearly overshadowed by YouTube Japan, at least if data provided by Tokyo-based Video Research Interactive is to be believed. Major Japanese tech news outlet ITmedia regularly releases data coming...
Yahoo Mobage, Yahoo Japan’s and DeNA’s social game platform on the PC, is getting more and more games. One candidate for a future hit title isn’t a social game but a 3D virtual world called Pico Pico Town. Made by DeNA itself, Pico Pico Town went live today in beta. There are a total of 5...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry