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Jig is the name of a genuine Japanese Internet software product, a mobile web browser. There is also an English version available which is very welcome. The best point: For overseas customers the usage of jig is completely free! A few days ago, Taisuke -who is CEO and CTO of the Tokyo-based company...

Western academics in Japan-related research often use the term “iron triangle” when referring to a nexus of power which they say comprises private business, the bureaucracy in this country and its mightiest political party LDP. If the iron triangle really exists, the boldly titled...

Following up on my recent article about Japan’s top 50 web sites, I now decided to publish what is probably the only hit list in English covering this country’s most popular blogs in detail. As you may know, Japan is THE country of bloggers with some sources claiming there are more...

Did you ever wonder how your name is spelled in Chinese characters (called Kanji)? Writing it in Katakana (the Japanese alphabet) was yesterday. Now you can “Kanji it” very easily with Kanji-Fandom (website is completely in English). This nifty and fun new web site (very...

I recently wondered which the most frequently visited web sites in Japan are. There are a number of services which track popularity of Internet services, i. e. Alexa, Nielsen or Comscore. I am aware that measuring the popularity of web sites is a highly complicated issue and the results are not...