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WIRE REPORTS

Mobile Content Subscribers More Loyal than PC Subscribers (cellular-news) According to a new paper written by Prof. Philip Sugai and Prof. Donghun Kim, both professors at the International University of Japan, consumers to mobile content are more loyal to those sites than subscribers to the same content accessed through the Internet. A Picture is Worth...Square Watermelons (Treehugger) Here's an Internet oldie but goodie shipped directly from Japan. Don't worry, anti-GMO types, these watermelons didn't have their DNA tinkered in any way?they derive their unique cuboid shape from the tempered glass boxes the farmers grow them in. While they may appear little more than novelties, square watermelons serve a more practical purpose: They save space during packing and storage, for one, and watermelon lovers can slot them neatly into their refrigerators without too much hassle. Just one caveat: Each melon will set you back 10,000 yen, or about US$83, a price that is almost triple that of a regular ball-shaped watermelon. More strange produce comScore Releases Top Japan Web Site Rankings for June 2008 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) comScore, Inc. , a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its June 2008 rankings of the largest and fastest-growing Internet properties and site categories in Japan, based on data from the comScore World Metrix audience measurement service.

DAILY REPORTS

Aug 18 Mobage-town: Japan's Biggest Mobile-Only Social Network (Washington Post) Aug 15 Google photos raise privacy issue in Japan (Japan Times) Aug 08 Rakuten reports record profit, sales for 1st half (Kyodo) Aug 05 Google Street View goes live in Australia, Japan (CNET) Aug 04 IBM Opens Cloud Computing Center in Japan (TechOn) Jul 23 Japanese browser maker taking on IE, Firefox (IT World) Jul 23 What Happens to Yahoo in Asia? (BusinessWeek) Jul 23 Google 77.4% Dominance In US, Japan A Whole Other Story! (searchnewz.com) Jul 19 Yahoo eyeing sale of stake in Japan division (Japan Times) Jul 18 New VoIP mobile service in Japan (telappliant.com) Jul 16 NTT East, West, ordered to scrap misleading ads for IP services (Asahi) Jul 15 Moderated Web sites prove a hit with women (Yomiuri) Jul 15 KDDI to launch mobile without Net connection (Yomiuri) Jul 12 Japan looks to Asean for digital content (Business Times) Jul 10 Japan's main 'bullet train' route to introduce Wi-Fi (CNET) Jul 10 Macrovision, Yahoo Japan sign license agreement (AP) Jul 07 In Japan, a 900 Gigabyte Upload Cap, Downloads Uncapped (slashdot.org) Jul 06 Search engine Baidu eyes ad service linked to search terms in Japan (Kyodo) Jul 05 Govt panel eyed to tackle harmful Net info (Kyodo) Jul 03 Japan emerges as top Internet blogging country (Mainichi) Jun 30 300 Internet death threats since Tokyo killing spree (AFP) Jun 28 Crime declarations rampant on Web since Akihabara stabbing case (Kyodo) Jun 17 Japan's KDDI, MUFG to launch online bank (Reuters) Jun 16 Teen held after net murder threat (Asahi) Jun 14 Livedoor told to pay 9.5 bil. yen compensation (Yomiuri) Jun 11 Rakuten to start next-day delivery of perishables bought at Net Mall (Kyodo) Jun 05 2 armed robbers met 'via crime Web site' (Yomiuri) Jun 04 National Geographic Launches Web Site in Japan (businesswire.com) Jun 03 Accident website a glaring failure (Asahi) Jun 03 Senior citizens in Japan look for virtual love (The Star) Jun 02 NTT DoCoMo to take stake in group Internet company (Forbes) Jun 02 Police failed to identify nearly 1,700 victims of child pornography in '07 (Mainichi) May 30 LDP, DPJ agree to pass Internet censorship bill (Yomiuri) May 27 Meow, bow-wow: Japanese website reunites pet families (Reuters) May 26 Computer software developed to catch students copying from Internet (Asahi) May 22 Japan cracks down on virus with copyright law (AP) May 22 How Japan's Biggest BBS Keeps Things Simple (slashdot.org) May 20 Facebook wants to avoid getting snatched up (International Herald Tribune) May 17 Yahoo Launches Site Explorer for Yahoo Japan (Search Engine Journal) May 16 Suspended prison term given to creator of computer virus (Kyodo) May 16 Softbank and Alibaba.com Create $20 Million Joint Venture in Japan (CBS News) May 15 ADSL providers compete harder in shrinking market (Asahi) May 14 Japanese Internet Satellite Hits 1.2Gbps (PC World) May 08 Yahoo! Sites remains most popular in March in Japan (telecom.paper.nl) May 07 China is now Japan's top trading partner (CCTV) May 07 Environment Ministry, weather agency unify yellow sand info on Web (Kyodo) May 03 Older Japanese find 'true' love in virtual world (expressindia.com) May 02 Japan worker in 780,000 porn hits (BBC) May 02 Government plans blocking of child porn sites (Yomiuri) May 02 Filipino software companies eye Japan as market for IT outsourcing (Manila Bulletin)