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The e-reader wars...Web players and publishers began to mobilize. Google Inc unveiled plans for an online e-book store, while News Corp's Rupert Murdoch visited Japan and South Korea to size up e-reader technology. But Amazon is expected to retain its... In this article: Amazon, Barnes & Noble Inc, Frost & Sullivan, Smashwords, Fruit, Hearst, NPD Group, and Forrester Research |
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FT.com - Companies | 2 days ago
Japan's newspapers hold grip on sales
...Journal is the only paper in Mr Murdoch's stable that charges for online content. "The problem in Japan is exactly the same as in the US: if it was possible for every newspaper to start charging in lockstep, that would be good, but...
In this article: Asahi Shimbun, Rupert Murdoch, US, Europe, Revenue, Recession, and Yomiuri Shimbun
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The Australian | October 05, 2009
Murdoch sees lift in traditional ads
...the next year. Asked to comment on the difficulties facing international media companies in operating in foreign markets like Japan and China, Mr Murdoch conceded the company "found it hard to get established" in Japan. "Foreign media in...
In this article: Rupert Murdoch, News Corp, US, Revenue, Les Moonves, China, Recession, The Times of London, Australian Stock Exchange, and Super Bowl XLIV
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Yahoo! News | October 07, 2009
Murdoch in Asia, checking out e-reader partners? (Reuters)
...with Sony at 35 percent. Visiting Japan earlier this week, Murdoch held talks with corporate and political leaders, including Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, according to a source familiar with the matter. Murdoch met executives at...
In this article: Rupert Murdoch, Amazon, Sony Corp., Asia, Seoul, Toshiba Corp, and News Corp
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The Japan Times: All Stories | October 04, 2009
Murdoch: Japan newspapers will have to charge for online content
...and declining readership of their paper versions. Like many newspapers around the world, most of Japan's major papers offer at least a portion of their general news online for free. Murdoch announced in August that his News Corp., the...
In this article: Rupert Murdoch, News Corp, Eric Schmidt, Democracy, Revenue, The Times of London, Google Inc, and Kyoto
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The Times of India - World | October 09, 2009
China should open up on media like India: Murdoch
Japanese media companies have not made much impact outside the country's borders because Japan's market is closed to foreign competition, Murdoch said while presenting the case of India and Japan markets as contrasting examples. In...
In this article: Rupert Murdoch, India, China, News Corp., Beijing, Ideology, and Hu Jintao
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Reuters | October 19, 2009
Barnes & Noble e-reader has color, $259 price: report
...out the Kindle internationally, Google Inc unveiled plans for an online e-book store, and News Corp's Rupert Murdoch visited Japan and South Korea, possibly to suss out e-reader technology. Some 3 million e-readers are expected to be...
In this article: Barnes & Noble Inc, Amazon, Wal-Mart, Iphone, Apple Inc, Sony Reader, Forrester Research, Google Inc, Target Corp, and News Corp
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Description from Wikipedia:
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters which make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes identified as the "Land of the Rising Sun".
Japan is an archipelago of 6,852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū and Shikoku, together accounting for 97% of Japan's land area. Most of the islands are mountainous, many volcanic; for example, Japan’s highest peak, Mount Fuji, is a volcano. Japan has the world's tenth-largest population, with about 128 million people. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes the de facto capital city of Tokyo and several surrounding prefectures, is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with over 30 million residents.
Archaeological research indicates that people were living on the islands of Japan as early as the Upper Paleolithic period. The first written mention of Japan begins with brief appearances in Chinese history texts from the first century A.D. Influence from the outside world followed by long periods of isolation has characterized Japan's history. Since adopting its constitution in 1947, Japan has maintained a unitary constitutional monarchy with an emperor and an elected parliament, the Diet.
- Name:
- Japan
- Conventional Long Name:
- Japan
- Local Name:
- 日本国
- Capital:
- Tokyo (de facto)
- Language:
- None
- Japanese
- Largest City:
- Tokyo
- Government type:
- Parliamentary democracy with constitutional monarchy
- Legislature:
- National Diet
- Upper House:
- House of Councillors
- Lower House:
- House of Representatives
- Founding Date:
- November 29, 1890
- Formations:
- Treaty of, San Francisco
- Area:
- 145,883
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $4.356 trillion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 3rd
- GDP (nominal):
- $4.910 trillion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 23rd
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 2nd
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $38,457
- Time Zone:
- JST
- Currency:
- Japanese Symbol 円 Pronounced
- Demonym:
- Japanese
- Drives On:
- left
- Currency (code):
- JPY
- Country Calling Code:
- 81
- ccTLD:
- .jp
- Anthem:
- Kimigayo
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