We’ve had another fun week here at SD, doing our best to bring you interesting tech stories going down in Japan. But in case you missed any of it, here’s a wrap up below. Readers on mobile might want to check out the features on Readlists or in ePub format.
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Features
- Japanese startup acquisitions: An interactive timeline 03/14
- Catching up with the CoolIris team in Tokyo 03/13
- Online support software provider Zendesk makes its presence in Japan official 03/13
- Second anniversary of 2011 Japan earthquake remembered online 03/11
Business
- Japan’s language learning site Best Teacher raises $530,000 from GMO-VP and SMBC-VC 03/15
- Fancy showing fantastic growth, planning launch in Japan soon 03/14
- Rovio holds Angry Birds lucky draws nationwide in Japan 03/12
- Japanese legal portal Bengo4.com raises $208,000 from Kakaku.com 03/12
- On-demand theater service Dreampass acquired by Yahoo Japan 03/11
Design
- Japanese-made lamp is a Stroke of design genius 03/13
- Google Glass, you’ve got company! Sekai Camera inventor introduces Telepathy One 03/13
Apps
- This iPhone app from Japan might be the sexiest calculator ever [Video] 03/15
- Domino’s Hatsune Miku app boosting pizza sales in Japan. We gave it a test run. [Video] 03/14
- Line apps rules Google Play rankings, owns the top 5 in Japan 03/13
- Most successful mobile game ever? Puzzle & Dragons passes 10 million downloads [Video] 03/12
- On My Mobile: Kayac’s Kayo Matsubara 03/12
- Otaku Camera for Android gets a boost, rockets past a million downloads 03/11