Japan

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is planning to enter the Japanese market next year as the company expands its global presence to offset sluggish market…

Anuman Interactive announced today that it is changing its name to Microids, a move signalling a big year for the French game publisher. Microids will also be…

In 1999 — some 20 years before the birth of Apple’s App Store when mobile phone owners in the West could only play Snake — people in Japan already had the…

Twitter’s controversial “Hide Replies” feature, aimed at civilizing conversations on its platform, is launching today in the U.S. and Japan after earlier tests…

LINE, provider of Japan’s most popular messaging app, has just been approved for a cryptocurrency business license in the country. The news, reported by…

Chinese search and internet giant Baidu will continue to act as Snap Inc.’s representative for advertisers in Greater China, Japan and South Korea following…

Japan’s interminable winter for cryptocurrency exchanges seems to have thawed. The Financial Services Agency (FSA), Japan’s top financial watchdog, told crypto…

Singapore-based Artificial Intelligence company Taiger today announced it has closed US$25 million in Series B round of funding, led by PacificBridge Asset…

Testing for a train capable of 249mph (400 kph) speeds is to happen about twice a week at night. Bloomberg said ALFA-X is the world’s fastest bullet train …

Freelance character designer Terumi Nishii is a talent artist (see above) and has an impressive list of anime credits. She’s worked on Saint Seiya: Knights of…