Internet Report No. Internet Report No. With respect to the Japan market, this idea is fundamentally misplaced, for two reasons.
News is a good example.
The second key point has to do with active payment. With few exceptions, people in Japan still do not actively pay for content. In Japan, the name of the game is not killer content - it's killer services. Earlier this month I had the good fortune to hear Sony CEO Nobuyuki Idei speak at a seminar on venture firms and entrepreneurship. It was like listening to a very smart buddy talk over drinks.