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Everyone knows that Twitter has been reluctant in seeking revenue streams too aggressively and has just recently moved in this direction, signing deals with partners like Microsoft and Google and announcing some sort for Twitter ads come next year. What most people don't know is that the Japanese version of the... |
27 November 2009
08:41 GMT |
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Espoo, Finland-based mobile-phone maker Nokia announced today that it would continue its efforts to align its research and development (R&D) operations to its already-announced portfolio of future products, and that these efforts would include the reduction of its R&D activities in Japan. According to the company, th... |
24 November 2009
18:11 GMT |
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The goals of any respectable, young Japanese high-school graduate is to enter a famous and renowned university, like the Tokyto University, and then to go on and be recruited by a respectable and powerful company. It may not sound like all that different from the rest of the world, but Japan has a bit of a cult of th... |
24 November 2009
04:18 GMT |
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Scientists were recently puzzled to find out that monkeys too had the ability to care for their grandchildren. The investigation, which was conducted on a group of Japanese macaques, proved that, when needed, grandmothers took their nephews in, and cared for them as their mothers would have. This is the first instanc... |
23 November 2009
06:47 GMT |
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Sony is having a very good week on the home Japanese market with the PlayStation family taking the two top spots in the hardware charts, for the first time in quite some time, and soundly beating the Nintendo duo of handheld and home console. In the software charts, J-League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 6 from SEGA is... |
23 November 2009
04:39 GMT |
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Recently, Square Enix confirmed the release date for Final Fantasy XIII, its upcoming Japanese role playing game blockbuster, for the markets in North America and Europe. The title is set to arrive on March 9, 2010 for those who live outside Japan, while the lucky gamers who live in the island nation will be able to ... |
19 November 2009
14:11 GMT |
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The weekly numbers for hardware and software charts in Japan have new leaders for the week that began on November 2 and ended on November 8 as seen in the data offered by Media Create, a firm which closely watches the market. Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 from Konami taps Japan's love of football in order to get to ... |
16 November 2009
13:31 GMT |
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There are big things going on when it comes to both the hardware and the software markets in Japan. The PSP Go, the new handheld from Sony, has seen its first sales numbers released, and Bayonetta has managed to slay the Pokemon series and go to the top in the videogame chart.The best selling system in Japan continue... |
9 November 2009
03:53 GMT |
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Japan's game industry found itself with a rusty sword and a torn haori after this year's first fiscal financial report. The coy earnings could be explained by many factors, which include the global crisis we experienced, but the bottom line is the same. Konami and Namco Bandai have all suffered a profit def... |
6 November 2009
07:03 GMT |
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FIFA is one of the biggest franchises Electronic Arts puts out every year and the edition released in 2009 is quite an improvement over the previous ones, introducing a better and smoother dribbling system and a more complex tactics section. But if there's one market that still seems unassailable for the FIFA fr... |
5 November 2009
03:29 GMT |
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The game might not have performed well with the fans, but it seems like Japanese retailers treat it as if it's the bubonic plague. When it was first released on July 30, King Of Fighters XII was priced at ¥7,140, or $79 at today's exchange rate, but, now, the title is being thrown out of stores at ¥... |
4 November 2009
06:30 GMT |
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Despite the big amount of new titles that is being released each week, the Japanese market seems fixated on getting Pokemon video games in the top spot in software charts and on making the Nintendo DSi handheld on which they are played the best sold piece of gaming hardware. The DSi, which is set to receive a new ve... |
2 November 2009
04:34 GMT |
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The Symbian Foundation has just added a new member to its board of directors, namely Fujitsu Limited. The company has joined the likes of wireless operators AT&T, Vodafone, NTT DOCOMO, chip makers ST Microelectronics NV and Texas Instruments, or mobile phone makers Samsung, Sony Ericsson, and Nokia, which are already... |
29 October 2009
09:59 GMT |
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The DSi is a true success for Nintendo, the company that has designed it and offers the biggest array of games on it, but it seems that there are more improvements that can be made to the handheld and that the hardware manufacturer is planning to release an updated device that will feature bigger screens, designed to... |
27 October 2009
17:41 GMT |
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The hardware and software sales figures for the week that ended on October 18 have been released by Media Create and they show the PlayStation 3 home-gaming console again selling better than its rivals in the Land of the Rising Sun, while Uncharted 2: Among Thieves has debuted at number five in the software chart. T... |
26 October 2009
05:08 GMT |
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While we are waiting for the NPD Group to release the sales figures for September, which should have been out on Friday but have been delayed because of some processing issues, the latest hardware and software numbers out of Japan are available, with sales of all gaming hardware falling even as all the big consoles a... |
19 October 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has revealed that Battlefield 1943, its multiplayer shooter offered as a digital download through the PlayStation Network and the Xbox Live Arcade, is the best sold videogame that is has put out on the Japanese market. Rex Ishibashi, who is the president of EA Japan, told Gamasutra in an interview tha... |
19 October 2009
04:01 GMT |
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The proof that Twitter is very serious about becoming a worldwide social networking platform, in case other evidence was needed, is that is has launched a Japanese customized mobile version of its website on Thursday. This move was not caused only by the fact that Japan represents “a leading edge, with advanced... |
17 October 2009
02:17 GMT |
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Sony released its new handheld, the PlayStation Portable Go, in Japan last week while also taking down the price of the older PSP-3000, which resulted in a series growth for the line. Still, the Nintendo DSi managed to be the biggest seller of the week, moving no less than 53,293 units. The Sony-made PSP only shipped... |
12 October 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Codemasters has announced the official release dates for its upcoming F1 2009 videogame, the only title on the market out this year aiming to fully simulate the races on the calendar of the 2009 edition of the Formula 1 Championship.The title has a date of November 19 in all PAL territories, with the United Kingdom g... |
6 October 2009
03:25 GMT |
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The beginning of another week means that we have an update related to the hardware and software charts in the far away land of Japan. It seems to be a week without big surprises, with the PlayStation 3 Slim continuing to decline in sales slowly while the Nintendo DS dominates hardware.The Nintendo-made handheld has m... |
5 October 2009
04:39 GMT |
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It seems that the Japanese domestic videogame market is continuing to shrink, according to the data offered by a report from Enterbrain, the company that publishes the quintessential games magazine Famitsu. Overall, the shrinkage is of about 10.5%, with hardware dropping more precipitously than software. The data cov... |
5 October 2009
03:16 GMT |
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If there's one thing we can be sure about Gran Turismo 5 is that it took a whole lot of time to put together. The racing simulation title was initially shown off to eager gamers at the E3 trade show held in 2005, at the same time as Sony revealed its upcoming home gaming console, the PlayStation 3.In the meantim... |
29 September 2009
14:51 GMT |
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The Japanese videogame market has been reinvigorated in the last few weeks by the release of the all new and cheaper PlayStation 3 Slim and by the launch of fresh Pokemon videogames. These twin forces seem, for the moment at least, to be holding up the market in preparation for the upcoming slew of releases that will... |
28 September 2009
04:58 GMT |
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Last week, the PlayStation 3 Slim, with its newly reduced price point, managed to top the charts and move more units than the initial launch of the Sony home console. This week is more normal, with the Nintendo DSi handheld getting back to the first spot in the hardware chart. Still, Sony must be pleased to see that ... |
21 September 2009
04:48 GMT |
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Finally, after more than seven days of orbital chase, Japan's new H-2 Transfer Vehicle 1 (HTV-1) caught up with the International Space Station (ISS), and was captured with the orbital outpost's robotic arm. The new space freighter, which was developed by the Japanese space agency JAXA, had a flawless inaug... |
18 September 2009
01:46 GMT |
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The PlayStation 3 is the best sold console in Japan for the week that ended on September 6, managing to sell no less than 151,783 of the new Slim gaming consoles, which are cheaper, use less energy and occupy less space while offering the same performance when it comes to gaming as their bulkier cousins.This comes as... |
14 September 2009
14:21 GMT |
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In spite of concerns related to the fact that both the H-2 Transfer Vehicle (HTV-1) and the H-2B rocket were new and little tested, yesterday's launch of Japan's unmanned cargo spacecraft, destined for the International Space Station (ISS), went on without a hitch. The new craft was launched from the Tanega... |
11 September 2009
01:34 GMT |
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It was clear from the moment it was first rumored that the new version of the PlayStation 3 from Sony would make a big impact on the gaming world. After all, if only the initial promises of a lower profile, better power consumption and more efficient ventilation were fulfilled, gamers would have been interested in th... |
8 September 2009
06:49 GMT |
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For the second week in a row, sales of the PlayStation 3 have fallen sharply on the Japanese market, as supply is dwindling and buyers are keeping their money in their pockets, getting ready to buy the PlayStation 3 Slim, with its sleek profile and its lower price, once it is widely available on sale.Meanwhile, the N... |
7 September 2009
05:23 GMT |
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With Google expanding to fill every online need, it is bound to encounter some problems, especially with services that are potentially more sensitive such as Street View. The product has been met with resistance in some countries and Google has had to make changes to adapt to the particular needs. In Japan, it has ha... |
7 September 2009
03:07 GMT |
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The Japanese hardware chart is showing a steep fall in sales of the PlayStation 3 in the territory, as players who are interested in one of Sony's gaming consoles are holding off so that they can pick up the new PlayStation 3 Slim when it comes out at the beginning of September.The main reasons behind the waitin... |
31 August 2009
04:56 GMT |
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On the 21st of August, a new set of rules and regulations related to embryonic stem cell research came into effect in Japan. The new laws leave more leeway for researchers to conduct their experiments, but some voices say that the measures come too late, and that the time the country lost in a field that was once a b... |
24 August 2009
05:29 GMT |
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It seems that the fate of the Square Enix role playing title Dragon Quest IX and that of the Nintendo-made DSi handheld is linked, at least for the time being. Sales of the device have surged by about 17,000, as the RPG again topped the hardware chart in Japan.The Nintendo DSi sold 87,936 units in the week that ... |
24 August 2009
05:14 GMT |
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Another week brings on another set of charts for videogames and hardware sales from the Japanese market. And after three weeks at the top, Dragon Quest IX, the newest role playing game from Square Enix, has been dethroned by a new release, Monster Hunter 3 from Capcom. As a side effect, the success of the fresh title... |
10 August 2009
04:42 GMT |
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As you all know, the Xbox 360 is on the receiving end of quite a lot of new features for its Xbox Live online service and for its dashboard user interface. Besides being able, at the end of the year, to interact with Facebook or Twitter, the console will get its own Games on Demand mode this month.It will be offering... |
7 August 2009
12:41 GMT |
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Dragon Quest IX and the Nintendo DSi handheld are becoming fast friends on the Japanese market, the link between the two pretty much driving the whole videogame market in the country. Since the Square Enix-made JRPG came out on July 11, the Nintendo-made handheld console has leaped to sales levels more in line with t... |
3 August 2009
13:01 GMT |
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It's truly amazing to see the impact that one successful videogame release can have on the industry as a whole. The Japanese videogaming market has been pretty much stagnated this year, with sales below 2008 levels in both the hardware and the software categories. The summer release of the Square Enix developed ... |
27 July 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Japan seems to be still interested in handhelds and in Wii Sports Resort or so the charts coming out of the country suggest. The Nintendo DS is the best sold gaming console and the Nintendo made game still leads the software charts by a huge margin.The DSi has sold no less than 46,855 units in one week with its only ... |
13 July 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Capcom must be pleased with itself. The company has just announced that Monster Hunter Freedom United, the latest title in the successful series, has sold more than 3.5 million units in Japan, making it the first videogame released for the PlayStation Portable from Sony to go past that milestone.In the Land of the Ri... |
9 July 2009
14:31 GMT |
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A lot of people were saying that the videogame industry was all but impervious to the current world wide economic crisis, mainly because of the importance that entertainment holds in the lives of all gamers. That positive imagine has been shattered as 2009 debuted sluggishly on all markets, with sales registered by t... |
8 July 2009
12:41 GMT |
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The console war has been waged on all continents, with different results coming from different regions. While in the United States the Xbox 360 was very successful, in Japan, the North American platform didn't fare so well up until last year, when it gained momentum, and it is still holding its own in front of t... |
7 July 2009
02:21 GMT |
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An Amazon affiliate company has apparently been ordered to pay $119 million in taxes by Japanese authorities for failing to report income between 2003 and 2005. The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau concluded that Amazon.com International Sales, the affiliate US company located in Seattle should pay taxes in Japan as we... |
6 July 2009
11:15 GMT |
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Nintendo is again dominating both the hardware and the software charts in Japan, with the main culprit being Wii Sports Resort, the new Wii game that is bundled, at a reduced price, with the Wii Motion Plus add on.The best selling game console is, for what seems like an eternity, the Nintendo DSi, which has managed t... |
6 July 2009
04:11 GMT |
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Square Enix is not done showing off new Final Fantasy titles. After trying for a while to launch new franchises that would allow for the main revenue stream to be less emphasized, the publisher has apparently given up and announced Final Fantasy XIV, a new MMO set in the universe, while also continuing to provide det... |
3 July 2009
18:21 GMT |
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The Japanese hardware chart was a source of surprises earlier this year as the PlayStation 3 from Sony managed to outsell the Nintendo Wii by several thousands of units in March and in April. But now things seem to be back to normal and only a very big videogame release might upset the delicate balance of this chart.... |
29 June 2009
04:06 GMT |
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According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), rice is the most important staple food in the world, and is the number-one source of food for billions of people. In countries in tropical Latin America, the West Indies, East, South and Southeast Asia, there is no other crop plant that o... |
25 June 2009
06:15 GMT |
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In Japan, the Xbox 360 is gaining ground on the PlayStation 3, with the gap for the week ending on June 14 being of about 2,000 units. Of course, the dominant gaming devices are still handhelds, with the Nintendo DSi, updated and improved, selling 36,872 units, leading the hardware chart, again pushed forward by a ne... |
22 June 2009
13:21 GMT |
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In what is surely unpleasant news for Nintendo, its DSi handheld has lost quite a bit of its sales edge over the PlayStation Portable, despite the fact that the two top games in the chart have been developed for it.Japan might be, at last, getting tired of the new device as most of the early adopters have already got... |
15 June 2009
13:21 GMT |
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Nintendo has experienced some huge sales ever since it released its Wii and DS consoles. Both of them have broken records and have been met with huge demand from fans of the Japanese hardware manufacturer. But now things aren't going as they used to, with the Wii losing ground to its arch rivals, the Xbox 360 a... |
5 June 2009
14:41 GMT |
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