Shunichi Arai
Articles by Shunichi Arai
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Mochio Umeda - Japan's leading web visionary
Mochio Umeda lives in the Bay Area but he is very influential in Japan. His best selling book, ‘Web Shinkaron’, was excitedly accepted by business people. His word is straight-forward and …
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Rakuten: online shopping monopoly
Rakuten is a giant. Rakuten group has an Internet shopping mall ‘Rakuten’, a hotel reservation site ‘Rakuten Travel’, ‘Rakuten Securities’, ‘Rakuten Credit …
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Hatena: a web company with geekish tastes
Hatena started its business in 2001 with Jinriki Kensaku Hatena (similar to Yahoo! Answers). They have released 16 services so far (as of 2007) and became a famous role model of a geek company in …
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Kakaku.com: a price comparison company
Kakaku.com started from a website which lists the retail prices of Akihabara, the Japanese electric market. It quickly became a famous site which shows the best deals of electrical products. Their …