| November's Online Extras
This month on our website: even more Japanese search engines, the November Help Desk, and installment four of
publisher Terrie Lloyd's Inside Story.
Internet Telephony Comes to Japan
Want to make a phone call from Japan to the US without involving an international carrier like KDD or IDC? Now that the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications has authorized Internet telephony, you can - and at prices even cheaper than callback.
by Tina Lieu
How IP Phones Home
Not clear on how a phone call over the Net differs from a normal telephone call, or why the voice quality probably isn't as good? It's all in the IP (Internet protocol), as NTT Data researcher Isao Arima explains.
by Isao Arima
Seeking a Global Mobile Telecom Standard
NTT DoCoMo has been a leader in developing next-generation mobile telecommunications technologies. But does its proposed wideband CDMA method have a chance of becoming the world standard - or even the Japanese
standard?
by Noriko Takezaki
Following the IT Path to Success
Sure, Japanese PC sales are sluggish this year, and Asia's economic "tigers" have been declawed. But business prospects for information technology (IT) firms in the region continue to look bright, thanks to the luster of the Internet.
by David Kellar
The Best Engines to Power Your Search
If you're searching the Japanese Web
using only English-language search
engines, you're missing a lot. Here's our choice of the top ten Japanese search engines, with descriptions of how they compare.
by Tina Lieu
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The Pulse of the Japanese Net
We talk with CyberSpace Japan
co-founder and president Harumi Hosoe about the health of the Internet industry in Japan
by Terrie Lloyd
Editor's Page
What the Japanese Are Reading
A peek inside - CYBiZ, Mac Fan, and Wired
by Tina Lieu
Industry News
Current IT news and views
The Digital Forest
Forest's biannual report on the size of the Japanese Internet
by Forest Linton
The Query Column
Advice on business backpacking and avoiding cookies
by Thomas Caldwell
The Mac in Japan
Tune in to the latest episodes in the ongoing Apple soap opera
by Forest Linton Newsbriefs
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