Copyright concerns expressed by a Japanese rights-holders group resulted in YouTube removing thousands of videos from the popular sharing site.
Japanese Search Targets U.S. Counterparts
According to the proverb “the enemy of my enemy is my friend,” search competitors Google, Yahoo, and MSN would do well to band together in the face of a new threat. Thirty Japanese companies, with the support of the Japanese government, are joining up to create a competing search engine.
Japanese Cyber Suicide Nearly Doubles
It’s not so much suicide that’s causing alarm in Japan – death by one’s own hand is woven into the nation’s fabric – it’s who’s committing it and how. Just this week, nine people in two separate events were found dead in their cars after forming Internet suicide pacts, and the trend is on the rise.
Japanese Music Providers Have Long Road To Hoe
When one company becomes the first to tap a geyser of a market, every other company that follows suit just looks like a bunch of copycat opportunists, even if they had it planned in advance of their rival’s success. When Apple iTunes sold one million digital music tracks in four days to the Japanese, Yahoo! and Sony seemed surprised that the folks who invented karaoke might be music lovers.
Is Japanese Internet Tycoons Political Debut an Omen?
The Land of the Rising Sun has become the Land of Political Assassins as Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has tapped 32-year-old dotcom blockbuster Takafumi Horie to run against an especially difficult political opponent in September’s elections. If successful, Koizumi’s internal coup could switch on light bulbs in the heads of political strategists (strategerists) everywhere.
Microsoft Wants Japanese 360 Fans
The original Xbox sold poorly in Japan, and Microsoft wants to avoid another spanking from Sony in the second biggest global game market.
Apple iTunes Turning Japanese
The launch had been rumored for some time, and was reported in a Japanese newspaper last year as scheduled for March.
Chinese Protestors Rattle The Japanese Consulate
Protestors assaulted the Japanese consulate as Chinese-Japanese relations reach the lowest point since World War II.
Vodafone Changes Up Japanese Management Team
Vodafone has made some changes to its management team in Japan for one, appointing Vodafone UK CEO, Bill Morrow, as President of Vodafone K.K.