Piku Media KK, operator of Japan’s first daily deal website, Piku.jp, today announced that it is raising an additional 650 million yen [7.4m USD]
Combine the business model of online coupons and a country which adores them (current online players) and you’ve got an amazing opportunity. Congrats to Dave. ➡ Piku Raises 650 Million Yen Venture Capital Round
DoCoMo is a smart company. It knows what it’s doing. Read my opinion on the current debate.
Japan is increasing Twitter addicts everyday.
This story of a Twitter-addict not writing for a day creating a panic for her followers is indeed kinda scary. ➡ A Japanese Heavy Twitter User Pausing A Day Thought As Missing By Followers, Retweeted Frantically
I’m really not sure Japan’s mobile industry can be shaken by the Toshiba – Fujitsu joint-venture. Am I too harsh?
we are calling the end of Japan’s 3-1 victory over Denmark a record that bests the end of the Los Angeles Laker victory over the Boston Celtics [...] When the referee blew the final whistle, we saw 3,283 [Tweets-per-second]
Japan scores against Cameroon on June 14 in their 1-0 victory
2,940 Tweets per second in the half minute after the goal. Top most tweeted goal of the World Cup so far. ➡ Big Goals, Big Game, Big Records
Facebook has yet to take over Brazil, the map shows Facebook overtaking Orkut in India.
Besides the bad visualization -changing colors between two comparable maps?- and the somewhat questionable Alexa source, the trend is there. After beating Friendster out of SEA during Q3 200, India is falling. Besides China, will Japan be feeling alone soon? ➡ World Map of Social Networks
Twitter is like haiku. It is so Japanese.
Japan: 16.3% of internet users tweet. #1 Mixi is surpassed. 8m tweets a day, 12 percent of the global tally. Loic recently said that more than 20% of Seesmic tweets are in Japanese. Ryan has more than 30% on HootSuite. Twitter is truly dislocating that SNS galapagos. ➡ Twitter a hit in Japan as millions ‘mumble’ online
Rakuten has just announced that they bought 100% of French E-commerce company PriceMinister S.A.
After venturing in China, Thailand, the US with Buy.com Japanese e-commerce portal shows it wants to become a worldwide juggernaut. With Mixi going China and Gree in the US, are we reliving the massive international investments that Japan companies did years ago? For the same fate?
➡ Rakuten Subsidizes French No.1 E-Commerce Company PriceMinister
Will the proposed new law forcing Japan operators to unlock their phones shake the industry?
A quick overview on the biggest telecom bankruptcy in Japan’s history.
The iPhone finally gets some wireless payment system integration in Japan.
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