http://www.numenware.com/article/592 Religion. Brain. Dogen. Language. Japan. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:49:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.numenware.com/article/592#comment-4521 Japanese words Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:44:39 +0000 http://www.numenware.com/?p=592#comment-4521 I think a big part of it has to do with where your friends already are. For most people in Japan they are already on Mixi. Like mentioned above, Facebook users in Japan tend to be people who have some sort of international connection. I think a big part of it has to do with where your friends already are. For most people in Japan they are already on Mixi. Like mentioned above, Facebook users in Japan tend to be people who have some sort of international connection.

]]> http://www.numenware.com/article/592#comment-4025 Martin Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:34:44 +0000 http://www.numenware.com/?p=592#comment-4025 There are a lot of Japanese users now on Facebook but they tend to be the more international ones who work for foreign companies or studied overseas. Mixi has been popular for 2 years now and grabbed the lion`s share of the users. There have been rumors that Mixi may develop their own application layer like Facebook. In the end, I think this is similar to the classic case of Ebay. They were so late to arrive to Japan that Yahoo JP had already locked up the auction market. There are a lot of Japanese users now on Facebook but they tend to be the more international ones who work for foreign companies or studied overseas. Mixi has been popular for 2 years now and grabbed the lion`s share of the users. There have been rumors that Mixi may develop their own application layer like Facebook. In the end, I think this is similar to the classic case of Ebay. They were so late to arrive to Japan that Yahoo JP had already locked up the auction market.

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