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. If you’d like to get this weekly summary plus other bonus content, we hope you’ll check out our shiny new newsletter here.
Features
Business
- Driven by games and stamps, Line Corporation’s reports 1Q revenue of over $57M 05/10
- JapanTourist.jp partners with AllAbout.co.jp for multilingual travel content 05/10
- Tokyo Otaku Mode and MTV81.com to partner on Japan entertainment news syndication 05/09
Design
Apps
- Manga Camera adds chat feature, giving your conversations a comic flavor 05/11
- Transformers Legends hits iOS, another mobile card battle game for Western markets [Video] 05/10
- Why I love Japan’s stupidest mobile games 05/08
- Japan’s disgustingly cute mobile game ‘Alpaca Evolution’ hits 4 million downloads 05/08
- As football season nears, GREE improves ‘NFL Shuffle’ – But can it be a hit game? 05/07