On the cover: A blast of binaries amid whorls of Chinese carries multiple meanings. Illustration by David Beattie. "I cannot vouch for the digital quality of cocaine." -- Digital Dragons

January 2004
No. 51

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January 2004 Issue

Upfront
	To the Editor Deciding what happens and the desire to change
	Contributors The Editor's page.
	From the Editor Don't look back.
	The Pulse 1 -- Ashikaga Implodes. -- ATR Innovates.
	The Pulse 2 Technology and Finance News.
	No Longer Sure about Sony How Japan's global electronics giant fell asleep at the wheel.
	Selling Safety gets Serious Security giant Secom soars on a mix of media hype and menace.
	The Bloom is off the Boom, and the Yen also Rises Our analyst sees the market dipping as currencies play power games.
	In Search of Shikoku's Youth Our intrepid columnist treks from bridges to bullfights.
Features
	Breaking Up is Hard to Do Attorney Glenn Newman explains the protocol and potential pitfalls of divorcing your Japan-based distributor.
	Digital Dragons Jan Krikke takes us through a time machine of technology and tradition to answer a nagging question: Is there something inherently digital about Asia?
	The DoCoMo Mojo Authors Chetan Sharma and Yasuhisa Nakamura deconstruct DoCoMo's dramatic success -- and reveal why Europe and the US are failing the grade.
News & Info
	Getting an Education in Tokyo From kindergarten to college, the opportunities for an English-language education in Tokyo have never been better. But how do you make the right choice?
Blowfish
	Blowfish On super cellphones, superior CEOs and selling sleep.