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Your Complete Solution for Joining Japanese Alternative Android Market

WHY CHOOSING JAPAN FOR YOUR APP BUSINESS?

The three app stores provided by Japan's biggest mobile carriers are a must for your strong and successful presence in Japan. As popular as Amazon Underground in Western countries, in Japan, the number of subscription based users of the three alternative Android markets in total exceeds 20 million.
These three markets also contain a large number of premium apps that are highly ranked on Google Play Store.

WHAT ARE THE THREE ANDROID APP STORE ALTERNATIVES IN JAPAN?

KDDI au, SoftBank, and NTT docomo are three major mobile carriers in Japan. Each of them operates original subscription based premium app market, which are au SmartPass (KDDI au), App Pass (SoftBank), and Sugotoku (NTT docomo).

In each market, there are approximately 200 - 1000 Android apps that are carefully selected from apps of various categories.

Roughly U.S. $3 (JPY 300 – 400) as a monthly payment is required for unlimited access to the apps on each app store.

Sugotoku
SmartPass
App Pass

ENTERING JAPANESE MARKET IN JUST 4 SIMPLE STEPS!

Plan
- Business simulation
- Proposal preparation
- Arrangement with mobile carriers
Screen
- Business proposal application
- Assessment by mobile carriers
Implement
- Technical implementation
- App testing and debugging
Release
- Commercial launch
- Daily operation

WHY ONLY UPSWELL CAN HELP YOU ENTER THE JAPANESE MARKET?

  • Full Support from Planning to Daily Operation

    Our multilingual business team and technical team will assist you until the app is released and thereafter.

  • Easier Access to a Big Market of Over 20 Million Monthly Subscribers

    Acquiring a corporate account on the app stores is hard due to mobile carriers' strict regulation. With nearly 10 years of successfully running high ranking apps (Akinator, Asian Ranking for Twitter, Asian Blog Ranking,…), We hold a key position in helping you release your apps on the app stores

  • Stable Revenue Model

    With app stores using one-time purchase strategy, how to attain new users is always an issue for all app producers. However, by joining the subscription model based app stores, you will get stable and estimable income.