The Attention Blog
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- Rising Land Prices in Japan
By Adam Carstens Yet more evidence of the "business renaissance" in Japan, as if you needed any more convincing by now...but this article in the WSJ shows that land prices have started to rise in Tokyo once again. According to... - When China Becomes One of the Leading Consumption Expenditure Countries
By Wang Hai A recent survey by Credit Suisse predicted that China will overtake Japan, Germany, Britain and Italy to become the world’s second largest consumer goods market just behind US by the year 2015. Credit Suisse is not the... - China Mobile on the Rise
By Wang Hai China Mobile, the biggest wireless carrier in the world, recently posted a 23% of increase in net profit thanks to growth in subscribers and value-added service revenues. Wireless communication technology was not widely used until the late... - The Attention Economy and Media
By Adam Carstens We know that people give different types of attention to different media sources. But exactly what kinds of attention do people give to those sources? We set out to finding the answers when we recently interviewed a... - Playstation Home vs. Second Life, et al
By Adam Carstens Though the PS3 has been lagging in the next-generation console wars thus far, the announcement of Playstation Home should give its prospects a boost over time. I believe it will take offerings like Second Life and render... - The Livedoor Verdict
By Adam Carstens Disappointing news recently has come in the form of the verdict on the ex-CEO of Livedoor, Takafumi Horie, who received 30 months in prison for securities fraud. As this AP article suggests, the article is a setback... - From 5-Year Plan to 5-Year Program
By Wang Hai The 5th meeting of the 10th National People’s Congress began March 5th, 2007 with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao’s opening speech about the work of the government in the past year. As Stephen S. Roach’s article of “The... - WSJ Overview on Tokyo Trends
By Adam Carstens Excellent tour of the current Tokyo scene in this WSJ article – it hits all the high points and provides a good summary of what’s been going on these last few years. The two key passages are... - National Likability: Japan Leads
By Adam Carstens Interesting article here in the Sydney Morning Herald discussing the likability factor among nations. The highest negative ratings were given to the US, Israel, Iran and North Korea. The defenders of those nations would say they are... - Shameless Plug Alert: Japan's Business Renaissance to be released in...wow! Japan!
By Adam Carstens I have the honor of announcing that our book, "Japan's Business Renaissance," is going to be released in Japan on April 8, 2007. Our kanji-reading friends can purchase the book here on Amazon. The Japanese recovery continues...