In February, nearly 74 percent of Japan’s online population visited an entertainment site, according to a new study from comScore.
Japanese Internet users spent nearly 15 percent of their total online time during the month on these sites, making the entertainment category one of the most popular and engaging content categories.
Japanese Favor Yahoo Music
Nearly 40 percent of the Japanese online population visited an entertainment music site in August, according to a new study from comScore.The study found that Japan had the highest penetration of users of Apple iTunes during the month, when compared to users in the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany.
Japanese iPhone Designed To Thwart Pervs
Sometimes technology has unintended consequences. In Japan, one of those consequences is all the sukebe (dirty old men) sneaking up-skirt and down-blouse pictures of girls at train stations with their camera phones.
Japanese Search Project Could Challenge Google
Google’s search dominance has reached legendary proportions, and the term “Google killer” has become something of a joke. But there’s word that a number of powerful companies, along with the Japanese government, will work together to challenge the search giant.
Google Says It’s Time To Turn Japanese
Phone and cable companies are losing the Net Neutrality debate, and losing it badly. And Google’s Washington Telecom and Media Counsel Richard Whitt doesn’t mind pointing that out.
Japanese Companies Lash Out At YouTube
A group of Japanese media companies were very critical of YouTube today at a Tokyo press conference.
Google Library Project Gets Japanese Partner
For a while there, Google was gaining partners for its Books Library Project on what seemed like a daily basis. That rush (appears to have) stopped, but now one more school has signed up: Japan’s Keio University.
The Blogosphere’s Alive, And Turning Japanese
The blogosphere has evolved into a living, breathing organism; the interrelated parts stemming from its bloggadocious heart have branched to include tags, vlogs, and podcasts. It even has its own virus – the splog. This evolution spurred Technorati’s Dave Sifry to redefine it as the "Live Web," growing not as fast as it was, but growing nonetheless.
The Japanese Mobile Market
What’s different about the Japanese mobile market is that innovation is moving toward business models and marketing tactics instead of technical features and functions.
Baidu Targets Japanese Market
Top Chinese search engine, Baidu, announced plans on Monday to enter the Japanese market in the near future.