Social games company DeNA is a big deal in its native Japan, reporting revenues of $567m and an operating profit of $216m in the final quarter of 2012 from its Mobage mobile social gaming network.
January 14th, 2013 by Music Ally
No firm dates have been announced, but streaming music services Spotify and Rdio are expected to launch in Japan soon, according to local industry site McClureMusic.
October 2nd, 2012 by Music Ally
Plenty of headlines overnight about strict new filesharing punishments in Japan. Illegal downloaders now face up to two years in prison and fines of up to 2m Yen.
September 14th, 2012 by Music Ally
Riding on the strength of its CD sales, Japan's recorded music market remains as unique as ever. Digital sales continue to show a steep decline, in a country where the industry is reluctant to experiment...
July 11th, 2012 by Music Ally
It's taken a while, but several Japanese labels are now offering DRM-free music downloads, four years after Apple and EMI's famous iTunes agreement.
July 4th, 2012 by Music Ally
Sony has launched its Music Unlimited service in its homeland, Japan, armed with a catalogue of 10m songs and deals with the local divisions of all four major labels.
July 4th, 2012 by Music Ally
Sony has launched its Music Unlimited service in its homeland, Japan, armed with a catalogue of 10m songs and deals with the local divisions of all four major labels.
June 26th, 2012 by Stuart Dredge
The latest government pushing through controversial copyright legislation is in Japan, where a bill that aims to tackle online piracy of music and films has been passed. It enables sentences of up to two...
April 25th, 2012 by Music Ally
By the end of February 2012, more than 19.3m Japanese people owned smartphones, with 61.4% of them being Android devices and 34.2% being iPhones, with Windows Phone taking a 3.9% share, and others 0.5%.
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