August 25, 2009

Clueless with IT words – Japanese use them anyway

Many foreign words have been imported and adopted by Japanese, but that doesn't mean that Japanese understand the true meaning of these words even if they use them. Here's a list of top ranking IT words that many Japanese have no clue.
August 24, 2009

State of Japanese Search Market

How big is the Japanese search market exactly? Japan is the 3rd biggest country by the number of Internet users. See other statistics from Japanese government and research organizations.
August 19, 2009

Reasons why bing Yahoo could be huge in Japan

With Softbank president's "Go" sign for bing-Yahoo alliance, Yahoo could further expand the market share in Japan with bing's pillar search services, which are all popular among Japanese search users.
June 2, 2009

Getting ready for SEMPO Asia Tour

SEMPO kicks off Asia Tour with visit to Singapore on June 9. Tour provides opportunity for SEMPO to learn about the local market and promote the search industry in Asia. I'm visiting Singapore, Beijing and Mumbai as a chair of SEMPO Asia Committee.