July, 1999
Vol. 6, No. 7

Collecting Cyber Debts
Like Han Solo, you too may have debts. Here's how to avoid Jabba the Hut.

By Daniel Scuka

Special NTT Focus I
The End of NTT's monopoly?

By Amy Webb


Special NTT Focus II
The New NTT Goes Global

By Yaeko Mitsumori

Mondex in Japan: Can e-Money Succeed?
E-money is coming to Japan, and the race is on to see who will control your digital pocketbook.

By Noriko Takezaki

Swerving Toward the Car PC
Of the 75 million potential customers, less than 2,000 have signed up. Is there an opportunity here?

By Paul Kallender

Java in Japan - Project Logs
A developer's tale of Java-based musical greeting cards - and beer.

By Steve Myers

Were Smart Cards a Dumb Idea?
CJ goes shopping the e-cash way.We were careful not to delete our change!

By Thomas Caldwell

NTT Steps Into The World - Interview with Tatsuo Kawasaki

by Thomas Caldwell

Bidding with Bits - Interview with Michio Matsui

Interviewed by Daniel Scuka and Kyoko Fujimoto


IT Career Consulting
Improving Presentation Skills

by the Editors

The Query Column
Be a Computer Expert or Just Sound Like One

by Thomas Caldwell

Industry Eye
Japan's Great Rivals

By John Boyd

In My Opinion
Y2K - it's not a Computer Problem!

by Tim Romero

Product Profiles
New Products on the Japanese Market