Trends in Japan: digital shopping technology makes models out of
consumers.
Thanks to a jumpstart from web 2.0 innovations, online shopping is
going from a solitary, static, and ultimately convenient alternative, to
an instantly gratifying social experience that aims to . . .
Brightcove.(Business Break)
Internet TV platform Brightcove announced the formation of a
Japanese subsidiary, Brightcove KK. The new venture will be formed with
US$5million in funding from big local players Dentsu, J-Stream . . .
Facebook.(Business Break)
Social Networking goliath Facebook finally got around to releasing
a Japanese version of the site in May. The launch was marked by a one
day visit to Japan by CEO Marc Zuckerberg on May 20. It . . .
IPO report.(Business Break)
The big news on the IPO front is actually that there is no news.
April and May saw just two IPOs with prospects for summer not looking
much healthier. Postlisting performance by recent IPOs has . . .
New indoor lighting source: the sun.(Business Break)
Tech blog Digital World Tokyo reports that two Japanese companies
are utilizing 19th-century technology to provide environmentally
friendly lighting for 21st-century buildings. Ishikawa Optics & . . .
Xenesys Inc.(Business Break)
A promising method of clean power generation called 'Ocean
Thermal Energy Conversion' (OTEC) received a boost when Hyogo
Prefecture-based Xenesys received a [yen]2 billion order for a power
plant . . .
iPhone touches down.(Business Break)
Big news of late was the announcement in June by SoftBank that it
will be bringing Apple's iPhone to Japan later this year. With the
wild popularity of the iPod in Japan, there is bound to be a big . . .
Letters to the editor.(Letter to the editor)
Dear Editor
I am writing in regards to last issue's 'Sending the
Right Signals' article. Joseph Greenberg makes mention in paragraph
two of what seems to be a uniquely Japanese 'shotgun . . .
Message from the editor.(Editorial)
Dear Readers
We took great pleasure in compiling and editing the articles in
this month's magazine, our first issue as a monthly publication for
quite a few years. With marketing as our focus we . . .
Message from the publisher.
Japan has to be one of the noisiest consumer markets in the world,
with product messages coming at you from every imaginable surface,
sight, sound, human interaction--and recently smell and taste. . . .
Sending the right signals: in the Japanese consumer market,
without the right marketing, even the most brilliant products and
or
Marketing in Japan
Last summer, a very strange product stood in the fridges of
convenience stores across Japan for a period of about one
month--cucumber Pepsi. Bloggers and media picked up on . . .
Classic crossword.
J@pan Inc is offering a prize of two free tickets to see Tokyo
Sinfonia--Japan's finest chamber orchestra conducted by Robert
Ryker. All correctly completed entries will be entered into our . . .
Back & Forward.
Back and Forward is a regular column that takes a slightly
irreverent look at some of Japan's biggest business stories.
Tough first month ...
For the entire year of 2007, Japan's Nikkei index . . .
Arrivals & Departures.
In collaboration with Santa Fe Relocation Services Japan KK, the
J@pan Inc Arrivals & Departures column takes a look at some of the
key figures in Japan's expatriate business community who are . . .
Reinventing Western fashion.(Fashion and design)
The kimono way
In terms of national costume and dress, there can be nothing so
quintessentially Japanese as the kimono. These often beautiful and
elaborate garments became widespread during the . . .
Bubbles for brunch.(Champagne brunches)
The economic bubble may have burst long ago in Japan, but bubbles
of a different kind still persist in many venues across Tokyo.
Synonymous with celebration, celebrities, good time and good . . .
Human flight.(Skydiving)
For the expat resident Japan has a lot going for it; within a
couple hours in winter there's skiing, in summer the beach and a
variety of interesting weekend excursions, whatever may tickle
one's . . .
Inside out: business in Venezuela; J@pan Inc's column
concerning business opportunities outside of
Japan.(Venezuela)(Column)
Venezuela is one of the most resource-rich nations in the world yet
it is also one of the most politically risky countries today. Doing
business there is not something that investors or enterprises . . .
Market turbulence and the emotional
conundrum.(Investment)
"The recent stock market woes have dented my investing confidence, so
I'm sitting on the sidelines right now. I'm scared markets will go down
more ... if they don't I'll curse myself!"
When is a . . .
Knotted beauty: how the Japanese cedar tree found new
life.(Furniture manufacturing)
The cedar tree in Japan
World War II caused tremendous environmental damage to Japan, the
majority of the country being forested land. During the post-war
reforestation projects, Japan was . . .
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