The Bilingual PC Writing up basic documentation, invoices, taxes and e-mail can be nightmarish when dealing with more than one language. Computing Japan talks to foreign companies to see how they cope with the problems of bilingual computing. The tried and true solutions of bilingual computing happen after a lot of trial and error.
Foreign companies share their standards for known and reliable bilingual software.
With the conbini market saturated, these neighborhood denizens have embraced e-commerce in an attempt to lure more customers. Now chains like Lawson can offer thousands of products without adding floor space. Japanese patent law does not protect inventions outside the country, nor does it favor the patent holder. In part two of our series on Japanese patents, we addresses some strategies to secure patent protection.