Cable TV and the Internet: A Marriage of Necessity?
In the tradition of omiai (arranged marriage), Japan's cable TV operators
and Internet service providers are courting each other as prospective
business partners. And by continuing to throw around its considerable
weight, telecom giant NTT is serving as the inadvertent nakôdo
(matchmaker).
by Noriko Takezaki
The Emerging World of Cyberpayments
Computing Japan is proud to have been selected as media sponsor (along
with the Yomiuri Shimbun) of the CyberPayments@Tokyo
conference
by Wm. Auckerman
Japan's Intranet Business Gets Ready to Roll
Japan may now be up to a year behind the US in deploying intranets, but
the conditions are ripe for Japanese corporations to quickly close the lead.
by John Boyd
Choosing an Internet Service Provider
Not yet on the Net? Check our definitive guide to Japanese
Internet Service Providers
and choose an ISP near you
by Wm. Auckerman
BenchMarketing Japan: Realtime Strategies for Customer
Satisfaction
This month's column stresses the importance of understanding the whole
customer chain when evaluating customer satisfaction, with particular
focus on the role played by service providers.
by JD Power & Regis McKenna
Query Column (11/96) Thomas Caldwell
The Digital Forest (11/96) Forest Linton
The Mac Chooser (11/96) John Tyler
Industry Eye (11/96) John Boyd
