The following list shows an up-to-date list of Japan's most valuable web companies by market capitalization. It's interesting to see 6 of them are large-cap (with 2 being very close). But 3 of these companies rather belong to the realm of financial services (the list includes companies, which are not exclusively engaged in Internet-related business).

The data comes from Netindex. Netindex offers an English version, which is not working at the moment.

I included English links whenever possible. No responsibility is taken for the correctness of this information.

1. Yahoo! Japan ($21.9 billion)

2. Softbank ($19.6 billion) - Telecommunications and Web business (top shareholder of Yahoo! Japan)

3. Rakuten ($6.1 billion) - Online shopping mall

4. DeNA ($2.3 billion) - Mobile web business and E-Commerce

5. Matsui ($2.1 billion) - Financial services

6. Monex Group ($1.2 billion) - Financial services (online only)

7. mixi ($980 million) - Social network and online employment services

8. kabu.com ($980 million) - Financial services (online only)

9. CyberAgent ($880 million) - Web media and advertising

10. eAccess ($740 million) - Broadband IP communication services

11. Internet Initiative Japan ($740 million) - Internet connectivity services

12. Kakuku.com ($720 million) - Online price comparison

13. Gourmet Navigator ($520 million) - Online restaurant information

14. ACCESS ($520 million) - Mobile software and web development

15. GMO Internet ($480 million) - Internet infrastructure and media business

16. Opt ($420 million) - Online marketing and advertising

17. ZAPPALLAS ($380 million) - Mobile software and web content development

18. en-japan ($340 million) - Online recruitment

19. Dwango ($330 million) - Web content and systems provider

20. Index Holdings ($325 million) - Mobile web content provider

Tags: Cellular Phone, Company, Event Report, Japan by Serkan Toto
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Lino, a web based sticky note service competing with Postica, MyStickies and most notably Slingpage (and others) is a rare beast among Japanese web companies: It's very international.

The Tokyo-based service yesterday announced in the English version of their company blog they not only completely revamped the site by changing the design and making it IE-friendly but also added Chinese as a third language.

I am not able to judge the quality of the Chinese translation, but Lino's English version is quite OK, albeit not perfect. It's commendable the site seems to really make an effort for their international users by offering an FAQ, a company blog and a forum (which is hardly frequented at this point) in English.

Users can design Lino stickies themselves and then spread them online to share messages, photos, videos etc. This is possible not only on the web itself but also by email. I think Lino is quite cool and you can even try it without registering.

Via Impress BB Watch

Tags: Japan by Serkan Toto
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