Zynga, the creators of the blockbuster social game FarmVille , has raised another round of funding: $147 million, seemingly all from Japanese telecommunications and media conglomerate Softbank. According to Bloomberg Businessweek and Nikkei English News, Zynga and Softbank have joined forces to spread Zynga’s wildly successful suite of social games throughout Asia. The company will focus on mobile devices — a smart move, considering that many Japanese consumers use their mobile phones as their primary access point to the web. Just six months ago, Zynga raised an impressive $180 million from Russia’s Digital Sky Technologies, the same firm that invested $200 million in Facebook .
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