E-Journal

January/February 2008 Issue

January/February 2008 Issue

Web Evolution & Its Impact on Japanese Media

Cover Story :Web Evolution & Its Impact on Japanese Media
Development of Mass Media in Japan & Its Background
By IWASAKI Ieo (Marketing and media consultant)
Cover Story :Web Evolution & Its Impact on Japanese Media
Dawning of Cross-Media Age
By UTADA Akihiro (Critic and former chief editor of "Eureka" magazine)
Cover Story :Web Evolution & Its Impact on Japanese Media
Media Innovation & Changes in Consumer
By OKU Ritsuya (Senior Manager/Media Business Innovation Department and Deputy Director/Media Marketing Division, Dentsu Inc.)
Cover Story :Web Evolution & Its Impact on Japanese Media
Changing Leaders of ICT Industry
By YUKAWA Kou (Senior Associate at the Economic Research Center, Fujitsu Research Institute)
Cover Story :Web Evolution & Its Impact on Japanese Media
Japanese Pop Culture:
By Roland KELTS (Author of "Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the US")
Cover Story :Web Evolution & Its Impact on Japanese Media
Thriving Online Music Business in Japan
By MIYATAKE Hisayoshi (Editor of multimedia services at Kyodo News)
Cover Story :Web Evolution & Its Impact on Japanese Media
Human Rights Abuses on the Net
By MAEGAWA Toru (Professor of Faculty of Information Technology and Business, Cyber University)
Cover Story :Web Evolution & Its Impact on Japanese Media
Evolving Web Revolution & Security Measures
By MISUMI Ikuo (Director, Office of IT Security Policy, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
Culture
"Poetry Boxing"
By OGATA Shinichi (Chief Editor, Cultural News Section, Kyodo News)
SPECIAL ARTICLE
World Energy Outlook: China & India Insights-Emerging Giants & New Priority Agenda for IEA
By TANAKA Nobuo (Executive Director of the International Energy Agency)
BUSINESS PROFILES
Interview with Yasui Kentaro, Managing Director, AZCA Inc.,Bridging Silicon Valley & Japan-A Challenge by a Japanese Business Consultant
Interviewer: TAKAMASU Kanji (Senior adviser to the foreign news editor of the New York Times)
Viewpoint
The Inspiration Is Out There
By Fernando A. BUSCA (Staff reporter in the Tokyo Bureau of the Spanish news agency EFE)
ASIAN VIEW
China & Japan: Between "Same Culture, Same Race" & "Just Another Foreign Land"
By Xu Tao (Assistant professor at the Japanese Department of Beijing Foreign Studies University)
JAPAN'S FOOD CULTURE
Soy Sauce-Japanese Seasoning Loved Globally
By MATSUMOTO Nakako (professor emeritus, Kagawa Nutrition University)
JAPANESE MIND
Bunraku: The Greatest Puppet Drama in the World!
By TAKAGI Hideki (Bunraku researcher)
CHALLENGING REGION
Niseko: An Emerging International Resort Destination
By Ross FINDLAY (Managing Director, NAC Niseko Adventure Centre)
JAPANESE IDENTITY
"Eternally Yours"- Japanese Comedy with an International Appeal -
By Atsushi OGATA (Filmmaker, screenwriter, video artist and actor)
FINANCE
Rocky Privatization Starts-Japan Post's Bank/Insurance Units
By SAKAI Katsuhiko (senior staff writer and deputy editor at the Economic News Division, Jiji Press)
KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES
Japan's SF-like Lunar Mission
By ADACHI Isaon (editor, City News Desk, Jiji Press)
GALLERY (Architecture)
Tokyo's Urban Landscape Transformed by International Architects Omotesando Area Revisited
By George KUNIHIRO (Head of the Department of Architecture, School of Science and Engineering, Kokushikan University)
TOPICS
Diplomacy On to Secure Rare Metals-Japan Seeking to Ensure High-Tech Lifeline
By OKABE Hiroshi (Business news editor at Kyodo News)
TOPICS
Greater Greenhouse Gas Cuts/Helping Food Security in China
By OKABE Hiroshi (Business news editor at Kyodo News)
Publisher's Note
Foreign Exchange Investment Corporation
By Noboru Hatakeyama
SPOTLIGHT
Turn to God in time of need
Editorial Section
ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR JAPAN
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