Article Share x facebook whatsapp Posted byby Yukari MitsuhashiOct 7, 2013Amid high demand, Japanese website helps families find senior care giversWith its aging population, one business sector on the rise in Japan is public welfare, especially…
Business Share x facebook whatsapp Posted byby kigoyamaOct 7, 2013Japanese translation startup Conyac raises $600,000See the original story in Japanese. Tokyo-based Anydoor, the startup behind crowdsourced translation service Conyac, announced…
News Share x facebook whatsapp Posted byby Rick MartinOct 7, 2013Welcome to The BridgeAs we announced last week, today our team at SD Japan transitions to our new home…
Business Share x facebook whatsapp Posted byby Kevin KorpiOct 5, 2013Docomo bringing hit show ‘House of Cards’ to Japanese smartphonesAt this year’s CEATEC Japan event NTT Docomo showed off the news that its NotTV service…
Interview / News Share x facebook whatsapp Posted byby Masaru IkedaOct 5, 20135 great ideas from the 8th Samurai Venture SummitLast weekend at the Microsoft Japan office in Tokyo, the eighth edition of the Samurai Venture…
Article Share x facebook whatsapp Posted byby Yukari MitsuhashiOct 5, 2013Japanese startup replaces formal job interviews with drinking partiesSome of our readers may recall when we wrote about Wild Card, a platform that tries…
Business Share x facebook whatsapp Posted byby Rick MartinOct 4, 2013Uniqlo to introduce Square in Japan for in-store mobile paymentsSee this story in Japanese San Francisco-based Square, the mobile payments service established by Jack Dorsey,…
Apps Share x facebook whatsapp Posted byby Rick MartinOct 3, 2013Japanese iPhone add-on enhances bland meals with BBQ smellReaders may recall when we previously featured the work of Japanese digital media company Kayac back…
Company Profiles Share x facebook whatsapp Posted byby Yukari MitsuhashiOct 3, 2013Japanese service matches novice hairdressers with those who need a cutEarly in September, we wrote about Japanese social giant Mixi and its suddenly aggressive mobile strategy.…
Android Share x facebook whatsapp Posted byby Rick MartinOct 3, 2013Japan’s CocoPPa has global appeal, hits 15M downloads, 83% from abroadJapanese homescreen decorating application CocoPPa has surpassed 15 million downloads as of September 30th. What’s most…