Honyaku Center registers a slight 3.9% increase year-on-year with total revenues of JPY 10.6bn (USD 96.2m), making this fiscal year a record for Japan’s largest LSP. Shares jump on the news, climbing to a two-year high. Continue reading
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Slator went big in Japan with SlatorCon Tokyo on Feb 28, 2018. Language industry leaders from Japan and Asia gathered at the hip Trunk Hotel in the heart of Shibuya to get an update on what’s happening in Japan’s language industry and network with peers. Continue reading
From cease and desist notices to actual arrests—five Chinese nationals allegedly belonging to a large distributor of illegally Chinese-translated Japanese media have been detained by local police. Continue reading
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Revenues flat and earnings down 17.5% in fiscal Q2 at Japan’s largest language service provider Honyaku Center. Translation business posts modest growth while conventions business drops 80%. Continue reading
Co-author of funny video game translations book Clyde Mandelin shares professional insight on the localization of Japanese media for Western audiences, why he mostly gets paid by project, and the future of game and anime localization. Continue reading
SOURCENEXT does what no other company can do: help foreign partners successfully break into the third largest market in the world for online sales—Japan. And localization plays a key role. Continue reading
Not even a solid performance in the core translation business was able to offset a near wipe-out in the conference services division, as revenues slid more than 6% to JPY 2.42bn (USD 22.1m) for the quarter. Continue reading
The Japanese provider of business intelligence and Asia-focused industry research sees translation volumes going up as the company grows internationally. To boost productivity UZABASE is looking to deploy a TMS. Continue reading
Japan’s most popular messaging app LINE has complex requirements for translation and localization. Senior Localization Engineer and Product Manager Robert Wertheim explains the process. Continue reading
At Slator’s Tokyo Meetup, held at the Grand Hyatt in Roppongi, participants discussed what’s driving the language industry in 2017. The meetup was well attended by language service providers, industry consultants, and localization buyers. Continue reading
Revenues for the first nine months of the fiscal year at Tokyo-based language service provider come in at USD 68.7m. Core translation business grows a more modest 4.4%. Continue reading
Tokyo-based mini-conglomerate Fidel Technologies acquires India’s LinguaNext; rebrands to LinguaSol. It is Fidel’s second acquisition in 2016 following the purchase of a majority stake in a Japanese patent translation firm. Continue reading
Signs of life in the Japanese startup world, as two co-founders of translation crowdsourcing platform Conyac sell to language service provider Rozetta for USD 14m in cash and stock deal. Continue reading
Japan’s Honyaku Center posts a 0.8% increase in revenues to $59.1m in its interim earnings report for the nine months up to December 31, 2015; Profits up by 28% to $3.2m. Continue reading
A fan translation group dropped several Japanese to English game localization projects after a cease and desist notice from a questionable source threatened legal action. Continue reading
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