Need an app? This Japanese startup has a platform for that

The firm creates, designs and launches customer-facing apps on Apple Inc and Google’s stores, then hands them off to clients to run using Yappli’s content-management system. — Yappli

“There’s an app for that,” so the old iPhone slogan goes.

But in a country like Japan that’s struggling to find enough engineers and programmers, locating someone who can create an app is easier said than done.