TT-459 -- Whatever Became of Hikari Tsushin? Ebiz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on March 3, 2008

Terrie looks at Hikari Tsushin, Japan's first and largest reseller of mobile phones. He focuses on the firm's entreprenerial fouder/CEO Yasumitsu Shigeta, what has he been doing since the dotcom bubble and where has he got to since establshing Hikari at the age of 21 back in 1988? Read Now

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GW-290 -- The Hottest Gizmos and Gadgets from Japan

Submitted by Japan Inc on February 29, 2008

The Kenwood Kseries Silver Limited, the Sports USB Flash Memory and the Sony Walkman NW-A820 Series are the subject of Liam McNulty's last Gadget Watch - thanks Liam. Read Now

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WW-171 -- Flat-Rate Wireless Broadband Services

Submitted by Japan Inc on February 28, 2008

Fierce competition is breaking out in the race to compete in the market for flat-rate broadband. With offerings from all the major carriers, do we detect the presence of a new key player in the shape of EMobile?

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JIN-454 -- Japain?

Submitted by Japan Inc on February 27, 2008

The Economist reports this weeks that Japan's political establishment is leading the economy down the road to ruin. However, is the situation really so dire? And how much do the politicians really matter? Read Now

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Terrie's Job Tips -- Limited Japanese Ability – Part Three: The Corporate Hired Gun

Submitted by Japan Inc on February 27, 2008

I mentioned earlier in this series that I would be creating composite sketches of the background of people who've made it here without having the advantage of strong Japanese ability. "Composite" means that I've drawn from the backgrounds of a number of acquaintances with similar experiences, as related to me, but with the objective of allowing them to stay anonymous.

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TT-458 -- Dual Nationality, ebiz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on February 25, 2008

Not only has Japan cracked down on foreigners coming in and out of Japan, the government has also started to take more action concerning the issue of dual nationality. To find out what the new measures involve and read some personal experiences of the system Read Terrie's Take Now

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GW-289 -- The Hottest Gizmos and Gadgets from Japan

Submitted by Japan Inc on February 22, 2008

This week's Gadget Watch takes a look at the new Toshiba Gigabeat, Sony Bravia's portable 1-seg TV and Olympus's world first digital camera to feature a 20x optical zoom lens.

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JIN-453 -- Space Race Japan

Submitted by Japan Inc on February 20, 2008

Can you fly paper airplanes back from space? Will a boomerang fly through the galaxies? These are all questions Japan is trying to answer in its re-energized projects to expolore the solar system. Read Now

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TT-457 -- Labor costs comparison, ebiz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on February 18, 2008

The labor market in Japan is difficult to get a good view of, partly becuase of the distortions created by reliance on World Bank or CIA statistics. Using alternative sources for figures, the labor market in Japan seems to be relatively competitive in regional comparison. Read Now

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Terrie's Job Tips -- Limited Japanese Ability – Part Two: Market for Non-bilinguals

Submitted by Japan Inc on February 18, 2008

Perhaps because Japan has found it difficult to accept and support the presence of foreign businesspeople, it has largely ignored them and left them to their own devices. Back in the 1980's this meant that there were very few independently run foreign firms here, and anyone wanting to set up a business pretty much had to do it though a Japanese partner.

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