There’s a new king of tech in China.
Earlier this week, it was reported that internet holding company Tencent had overtaken ecommerce behemoth Alibaba to become the most valuable tech company in China. Like any giant, Tencent has its fingers in many pies, but might be best known for running the social messaging apps WeChat and QQ, which are enormously popular in its home country.
The following chart from Statista compares Tencent to Facebook, likely its closest equivalent in the US, and should give you a better idea of just how big it is. Though Facebook is still bigger across the board, Tencent still brought in more than $3 billion in profit through the first six months of the year, while WeChat averaged a massive 800 million active users per month.
Chinese artificial intelligence gets shut down for slamming the Communist Party
Japan’s ‘agri-tech’ farming revolution
The official cosplay booth models of Tokyo Game Show 2024【Photos】
Here are the weirdest things you can buy on Alibaba’s English site
Here are the 10 richest companies in Japan: Can you guess which is number one?
Kyoto Whopper divides customers at Burger King Japan
Taking the Kyoto overnight bus for the first time
Starbucks Japan unveils second Holiday Frappuccino for 2024
Japan’s caramel gacha machines offer sweet thrills, but do they deliver?
Japanese burger chain no longer serves onion rings, but offers intriguing replacement【Taste test】
Forbidden area at Japanese mountaintop shrine opens to the public for first time in 400 years
Hello Kitty isn’t a cat!? We called Sanrio to find out!
Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke teams up with Foxfire for outdoor apparel collaboration【Photos】
New card game makes Japan’s saunas even steamier
How to properly pronounce “Ghibli” and other fun trivia about the legendary animation studio
One of Japan’s most beautiful hot spring towns announces new limits on number of day trippers
Berserk T-shirts coming to Uniqlo for launch of new Manga Curation line【Photos】
Mario Kart Happy Meal toys arrive at McDonald’s Japan, and SoraNews24 has the whole set!【Photos】
After cancelling Halloween, Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood cancels New Year’s Eve too
Tokyo park’s sea of clouds, nighttime illumination, and cosplay days make now perfect time to visit
Samurai ritual suicide contest cancelled by organizer in west Japan
Japanese job-quitting service contacted by other job-quitting service because employee wants to quit
Flying dango: Unique tourist site where Japanese sweets are flown to you over a gorge
American jackass tourist arrested after carving name into gate at Tokyo’s Meiji Shrine【Video】
Nintendo’s controller capsule toys are so cool, even the machine you buy them from is awesome【Pics】
Tokyo Disneyland loses top-attendance crown for Japanese theme parks for second year in a row
Ghibli Park debuts first winter illumination display with Howl’s Moving Castle theme
Pringles releases a limited-edition sweet flavour in Japan
Sanrio and magical girl anime PreCure join forces for new merch line【Photos】
What’s the deal with akebi, the perfectly purple, alien-like fruit that’s in season now in Japan?
McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Foreign tourists on Shinkansen bullet train break suitcase etiquette, angering local passengers
[Deleted] Article written for April Fool’s Day 2018
Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
Japanese convenience store Family Mart announces abolishment of eat-in spaces
Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
Life-size vibrating Legend of Zelda Master Sword for sale from Nintendo【Photos】
Studio Ghibli releases free-download board game — Here’s how to play it without reading Japanese
Taiwanese man waits outside train station for his date for 20 years – she still hasn’t shown
Government plans to establish four “Japanese Silicon Valleys”
Boss sends employees New Year’s bonus via mobile app, fines anyone who opens it during work hours
Muji designs cool all-weather self-driving shuttle bus, aims to implement it in Finland in 2020
Japan has a random hotel room gacha capsule vending machine
The new PlayStation VR comes with an adorable miniature PlayStation 4
16 facts about China that will blow your mind
Buyers’ remorse in China: After a record-breaking day of online shopping, the angry selfies begin
Platform 13½ set to open at Ueno Station in Tokyo
The incredible business card of the Chinese millionaire who wants to buy The New York Times
The battle over 11/11 is underway in Japan: Pocky vs every other business
Train driver sues Japan Rail…over 56 yen for a one-minute delay
I thought everyone was exaggerating about how great the airport in Seoul was until I actually went there
Tokyo’s new buses with onboard capsule toy gacha machines stocked with very appropriate prizes
Heroic bus driver prevents roadside suicide on bridge in China 【Video】
Leave a Reply