Japan's biggest mobile site to open US office

DeNA, who owns Japan’s biggest mobile SNS and gaming site “mobaga town”, announced its plan to set up a company in California. This is the first step of their plan to expand the market globally. The detail of the plan (services, opening date, etc.) was not announced.

Mobaga Town (mbga.jp) is currently one of the most popular mobile sites in Japan. In addition to SNS and gaming services, it provides services including shopping, news feed, decomail (email decoration tool).

Motoko Hunt

Motoko Hunt manages the SEO for all of Adobe's properties in Japan and the APAC region. Prior to joining Adobe, Motoko established AJPR in 1998; she has been providing search marketing consulting services targeting Japan and Asia to companies around the world. Her services have made a big impact on the search marketing campaigns of some of the world's most popular multi-national brands. A number of her articles have been published on industry websites and printed media including MultiLingual Computing and the International Journal of Localisation. She also writes about the Japanese online market on her blog at AJPR and contributes to several online magazines in Japan and Asia. She served as a member of the board of directors of SEMPO in 2010-2012, and is a chairperson of the SEMPO Asia-Pacific Committee.

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