May 12, 2008
Japan's new social bookmarking service "Imakore" let's users to post a comment on the certain area of the page, and to read the comments left by others right on the website. It's the bookmarking service with more socializing function.
April 25, 2008
On April 24, someone posted a bomb threat on Nagano station page on Wikipedia Japan targeting Olympic torch relay on April 26. The Wikipedia posting has been since deleted. The online and Internet security is a growing problem and changing its shape and size all the time. Here's how Japanese government is coping with it.
April 21, 2008
SNS - social networking services - sites in Japan keep increasing the number of registered users, but it's a fact that each member is spending less time and log in less frequently. Has SNS peaked in Japan already? If so, what do they need to do to survive and even to increase the popularity?
February 23, 2008
The advertising market in Japan grew to more than 3 billion yen market in 2007 from 0.9 billion yen market in 2006. Their another survey shows that more than 80% of net users have actively taken the advise/information they got through "word-of-mouth" on the net.
December 20, 2007
Social Networking Services, Blogs, and Video sharing became very popular in Japan in 2007. Some surveys show that some of these areas are already reaching the peak. So, what's the next big thing in Japan in 2008?
October 16, 2007
SNSs, blogs, and video sharing trends in Japan with some stats. With mixi and Nicovideo's success, Japanese are one of the most active Internet users in the world.