By Kyoko Fujimoto

Internet-by-Satellite Flexes Muscles
Satellite net access comes of age in the Japan market.

By Paul Kallender

Japanese Consumer Electronics in the Digital Era
Home Information Infrastructure: You can't check e-mail from your blender - yet. But your PC and your set-top box will soon be tightly bound. Jini ties it together.

By Yaeko Mitsumori

Japan Plays Network Security Catch-up
For script kiddies and other cracker wannabees, most networks in Japan are easy targets. What can your company do to beat the odds?

By Niel van Wouw

Finding the Gems at the Corporate Fire Sale
Vicious global competition, and the demise of the keiretsu are contributing to the breakup and sell-off of Japan Inc. We show you how to find the bargains.

By Noriko Takezaki

The Day the Penguin Came to Town
Tokyo LinuxWorld 1999. The free OS goes mainstream. The suits are delighted, but the tee-shirt and jeans crowd long for the good ol' days.

By Thomas Caldwell

How the Internet can Save the Japanese Trading Company
Japanese trading companies are stuck in the past and stakeholders - consumers among them - suffer. How to avoid disintermediation by leveraging the net.

By Tom Spargo

Career Consulting
Time and How to Manage It

by the Editors

The Query Column
Next-Generation Software Piracy

by Thomas Caldwell

Industry Eye
What happened to the Network Computer?

by John Boyd

Product Profiles
New Products on the Japanese Market