December 2001 Issue

On the cover: We found the old Kyoto spirit quick to catch up with the new in this design by Relieved Dragon.
Designed by Andrew Pothecary

December 2001
No. 26

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December 2001 Issue

Upfront
	From the Editor

	Space Tourism Blasts Off Japan is not being left behind in the push to turn space into the next vacation destination.

	How a Mobile Merchant Unexpectedly Turned a Profit The wireless Web is evolving into more than just a marketing and corporate promotion channel. There's money to be made, too.

	Radar Screen BB Net Corp., Starchild Inc., and Tadatel.

	The Savvy Gaijin Jobseeker Foreigners are finding that Japan's IT job market is not so friendly anymore.

	Financial Authorities Pack a Punch But are they unfairly targeting foreign firms?

	Statistics (PDF-formatted file, Acrobat 4.0 or later required) Violent crime is on the rise; can Japan's cops keep up? And part-timers face tough times.

	Roaming Into Corporate Japan PDA giant Palm Japan tries to penetrate enterprise space.

	A Vibrant Career Cut Short The murder of entrepreneur Roger Boisvert leaves a void in the heart of Tokyo's venture community.

	Allen Miner The CEO of SunBridge says recessions breed creativity in Japan.

Features
	Kyoto: A Blueprint For Japan? They're laid-back, innovative, and fiercely independent. Meet the entrepreneurs and researchers turning the ancient capital into a high-tech hub.

	Christmas Shopping All we want for Christmas, Santa, is a humanoid robot, a car navigation system that doubles as a handheld GPS, and a few other cool little gadgets.

	Broadband Wars A price war has made Japan the cheapest market in the world for broadband services. But when the smoke clears, will Yahoo! BB and others still be standing?

Blowfish
	Blowfish The cost of making money, Japan's tastiest H2O, jailbirds, spending that company bonus, and things we don't like about ourselves.