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Tokyo, Japan, Sept 26, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Tokyo-based Mobikyo KK, publisher of the industry leading Wireless Watch Japan media site, and Infinita Inc., Japan's leading mobile market research firm, announced today the release of "Japan Mobile Internet Report - Carriers, Handsets, Content and Services," a 202-page market report providing the latest insight and in-depth details on how and why Japan's mobile Internet industry continues to matter to the rest of the world.

With 40% of the world's mobile data revenues, Japan is the most advanced mobile market, where three-quarters of the population use the mobile Web and 4 -in -5 users have already migrated to 3G devices. More than US$1 billion in revenues are generated from mobile content and mobile commerce alone, spanning games, entertainment, shopping, music and social networking; to these, add also the massive revenues from data access and mobile advertising.

Infinita and Mobikyo, two of Tokyo's leading sources of mobile market expertise, have partnered to produce an in-depth, analytical research report explaining the regulatory, technology and business factors that have made - and continue to make - Japan's mobile Internet the world's best. The "Japan Mobile Internet Report" (JMIR) explains in stunning detail why Japan's ecosystem achieves mobile revenues far better than anywhere else and highlights how market players everywhere can capture their share of local profits.

The huge popularity of Japan's mobile Internet ecosystem have been widely reported, but the reasons behind the success and how these lessons apply to mobile markets everywhere are little understood outside of Japan. The report includes a comprehensive catalog of handsets and features, together with how and why device technologies are shaping usage and revenues. JMIR also includes insightful analysis on carrier strategy, tactics and mobile platforms, as well as a review of competitive advantages in the 3.5G era.

Readers of JMIR will learn which lessons from Japan can be applied to create success in other markets, and which are unique to Japan. Readers also receive a condensed analytical review on Japan's mobile evolution, as well as detailed information on the hottest current developments that are bound to hit other markets in 2007-2009.

Report topics include:

Carrier Strategy and Ecosystem Approach
- How carriers, content providers and handset manufacturers work together to create compelling service offerings

Device Features
- How specific technologies on the handset have contributed to device differentiation, usage, sales and revenues

Mobile Search
- How search is transforming the mobile industry and breaking down the walls of the operator's walled gardens and how this affects the entire mobile value chain, and what new alliances are emerging as a result

Mobile Music
- How flat-rate pricing for full-track music downloads and cross-platform (PC/mobile) music stores are changing the game, and how mobile music consumption compares to other digital music distribution channels

Mobile Social Networking (SNS) and User-Generated Content
- Key insights into why services still in their nascent stages elsewhere are fast becoming mainstream in Japan - learn how service providers and carriers tie in mobile gaming, avatars, news and more with mobile social media

Mobile Payment and NFC Applications
- Why operators are pursing non-traffic business opportunities in wireless payments, and how Japanese consumers are using their phones as digital cash, credit cards, train tickets and keys

Mobile TV
- Why reception of mobile TV broadcasts is free in Japan, and how operators, broadcasters and marketers are working together to create new advertising formats

Location-Based Services
- Why location is a feature, not a service - and how mobile applications make use of location information in anything from navigation to security and entertainment

Mobile Advertising
- How it became a US$300 million market, expected to triple in the next three years - and how mobile advertising is shifting from traditional to search-based advertising and affiliate models

Fixed Mobile Convergence
- How content providers deliver a seamless user experience across the PC and the mobile, and how carriers integrate their service offerings across both channels

Who should buy this report:

-- Mobile operators seeking benchmark data on the world's most innovative mobile ecosystem

-- Marketers trying to understand where mobile advertising is headed and how brands should interact with their customers via the small screen

-- Mobile content and application providers looking for cutting-edge service ideas

-- Entrepreneurs who need to validate their local market ideas and insights

-- Analysts, academics, government policymakers

-- Media seeking background analysis on Japan's mobile ecosystem

"Japan Mobile Internet Report - Carriers, Handsets, Content and Services"

A free 50-page .pdf preview is available online via:
http://www.wirelesswatch.jp/reports
http://www.infinita.co.jp/research

Authors:
Christopher Billich, Infinita Inc.
Daniel Scuka & Lawrence Cosh-Ishii,
Mobikyo K.K./Wireless Watch Japan

Published:
5 September, 2007
202 pages including multiple - Tables, Images and Figures

Price:
Single-copy (not for resale, PDF format): US$2,000
Company-wide license (not for resale, PDF format): US$5,000

About Infinita Inc.

Tokyo-based Infinita ( http://www.infinita.co.jp ) was founded in 2005. Originally specializing in technical development and production of mobile websites and applications for the domestic market, the company has since expanded its services to deliver market intelligence and research, providing in-depth analysis from one of the world's hotbeds of technological innovation to a wide range of international clients. Companies relying on Infinita's services include Softbank Mobile, Deutsche Telekom and Itochu Electronics. In addition to the research partnership with Mobikyo K.K., Infinita is a strategic partner of the Mobile Consumer Behavior Lab at the International University of Japan in Niigata.

About Mobikyo K.K.

Based in Tokyo's central Shinjuku Ward, Mobikyo's core business is the production and dissemination of media content, market intelligence and business information aimed at those seeking to establish, expand or strengthen their partnerships and commercial relations with Japan's wireless and IT industries. The company offers a range of information and business promotion services, including Mobile Monday Tokyo community events, the Mobile Intelligence Japan guided mission, research, consulting and referral network and the Wireless Watch Japan media site. For more information, access www.mobikyo.jp

Contact:

Lawrence Cosh-Ishii,
Representative Director,
Mobikyo KK
T: +81-3-5363-9454
F: +81-3-5363-9453
M: info [at] mobikyo.jp
W: http://www.mobikyo.jp

J-Seed Ventures, Inc. announced the relocation of our new headquarters to the following address;

New Address: Kasumigaseki 3-chome Bldg., 2F, 3-6-5 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0013　MAP
TEL: 03-3580-1256
FAX: 03-6203-8466

Effective from September 18th, 2007

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On July 3, 2007, Seer Insight Security announces business tie up with LANDesk Software KK for developing and selling of new generation of client system management.

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(http://www.seer.jp/news/pdf/SEERNR066(LDCM).pdf
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Tokyo, June 5, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mobikyo KK, Japan's leading source for mobile industry information, today announced a stellar line-up of people-focussed events aiming to connect mobile industry insiders at Expo Comm Wireless Japan 2007, Japan's hottest and liveliest mobile and wireless industry showcase.

* Mobile Intelligence Japan mission in Tokyo, 18-20 July 2007

-- Three days of intensive mobile market intelligence and in-depth understanding

* Massive Mobile Mix, 18 July 2007, Tokyo Fashion Town

-- Meet Japan's top mobile industry personalities

* MobileMonday Seminar: "Global Networking Boosts Mobile Connections"

-- Networking with MobileMonday, the world's fastest-growing mobile community

Mobikyo KK, publisher of Wireless Watch Japan, will co-host these three popular events in co-operation with Expo Comm Wireless Japan 2007, Tokyo Big Sight, 18-20 July, the largest specialized trade show in Japan dedicated to wireless and mobile network technologies. With over 34,000 industry professionals and 180 exhibitors attending, Wireless Japan is the central meeting point for Asia's wireless industry.

As 3G adoption exceeds 70 percent saturation in Japan, mobile ecosystem players are increasingly aiming to establish partnerships, tie-ups and business deals to deliver their products and services - as well as lessons learned - into emerging markets elsewhere. There has never been a better time for overseas companies to make valuable connections into Japan's wireless industry and there has never been a better venue than Mobikyo KK's stellar event line-up at Expo Comm Wireless Japan.

18-20 July, Mobile Intelligence Japan Mission to Tokyo

Since 2003, MIJ has operated professionally guided missions into the heart of Japan's wireless revolution, providing market introductions, personal connections and actionable lessons for industry execs worldwide. Japan hosts the world's most advanced mobile market and MIJ participants will connect with the companies, talk to the experts and observe the technologies and services making 3G happen. MIJ's 3-day programme of intensive seminars, technology demonstrations and in-person teachings is the best way to understand the mobile Internet ecosystem and extract success factors, actionable lessons and business opportunities applicable to Europe, Asia, the Americas and elsewhere.

The MIJ agenda includes custom company sessions, scheduled vendor exhibit tours with hands-on demonstrations, introductions to key players, access to insider networking events and -- most importantly -- a tour through the fabled streets of Tokyo, where keitai (cell phone) culture and youth synergy are driving mobile innovation.

Executive summary, and registration details via: http://www.mobileintelligence.jp

18 July, Massive Mobile Mix, 17:30 - 21:00

Co-organized by the Mobile Entertainment Forum, MobileMonday Global and Mobikyo KK, the MMM is an intensive networking event bringing together the brightest and most influential stars from Asia's mobile industry for an evening of casual drinks, gourmet eats and one-on-one meetings. Hosted at the ultra-trendy 'Tokyo Fashion Town' event space, directly across the street from Tokyo Big Sight, this is as a rare opportunity for the mobile industry from overseas to mix and mingle with deal-makers and market movers from Japan's wireless community.
For details and to reserve entry, access: http://www.massivemobilemix.com

18 July, "Global Networking Boosts Mobile Connections"

MobileMonday is a global community of mobile industry visionaries, developers and influentials fostering cooperation and cross-border business development through virtual and live networking events to share ideas, best practices and trends from the world's wireless markets. The "Global Networking" afternoon seminar takes place at Tokyo Big Sight and will showcase local and international MoMo chapters providing an in-depth introduction to their cities, their markets and where the profit opportunities are to be found - from Beijing to Helsinki. Seating at the Showcase is limited.

For details and to reserve entry, access: http://www.mobilemonday.jp/seminar/

About E.J. Krause & Associates

EJK organizes over 11 trade shows in Asia, Europe and America recognized internationally under the brand name of "EXPO COMM", which includes worldwide leading events in the field of telecommunications, networking, wireless, IT and IT security. In each country where these exhibitions take place, EXPO COMM is the pre-eminent platform for the convergence of technology vendors, network operators and service providers.
About Mobile Entertainment Forum
Founded in February 2001 by the leading forces in the fields of entertainment and mobile value-added services, the Mobile Entertainment Forum is an open, non-exclusive organisation created with the aim to further the growth and prosperity of the mobile entertainment industry. MEF facilitates this through the development of technological and commercial standards, and by serving as a focal point and promotional vehicle for members of the Forum.

About MobileMonday Global

The remarkable MobileMonday phenomenon began in Helsinki, Finland in late 2000. By 2004, the movement started to spread to other areas of the world as new MoMo chapters were started in Tokyo, Silicon Valley and Rome. Since then, the number of global chapters and membership has dramatically increased to over 50 locations making MobileMonday the world's leading mobile community.

About Mobikyo K.K.

Based in Tokyo's central Shinjuku Ward, Mobikyo's core business is the production and dissemination of media content, market intelligence and business information aimed at those seeking to establish, expand or strengthen their partnerships and commercial relations with Japan's wireless and IT industries. The company offers a range of information and business promotion services, including Mobile Monday Tokyo community events, the Mobile Intelligence Japan guided mission, research, consulting and referral network and the Wireless Watch Japan media site. For more information, access www.mobikyo.jp

Contact:Lawrence Cosh-Ishii,
Representative Director,
Mobikyo KK
Tel: +813-5363-9454
Fax: +813-5363-9453
E-mail: info [at] mobikyo.jp
Website: http://www.mobikyo.jp
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Sozon Inc. introduces a new service, Blog de BaitoTM, which uses blogs for promotional advertisement.

Tokyo, Japan, May 31, 2007 – (JCN Newswire) – Sozon Inc. has announced the release of a new product in their Internet Marketing product lineup, Blog de Baito™, which allows bloggers to blog on behalf of advertisers in exchange for a commission fee.

With Blog de Baito™, advertisers can achieve three objectives: natural online advertising, word of mouth and direct SEO friendly links to their websites. As the recent rapid increase of the Internet user, it has now joined the other four major advertising channels which are television, radio, newspaper and magazine. Therefore, web promotion has become a necessity in advertising.

Commonly-used forms of internet advertising include banner advertisements, Search Engine Marketing（Paid Listing Advertisements）and Affiliate Marketing; however, recent market trends have required companies and organizations to have more intimate relationships with individual consumers, whose comments and analysis of their services and products can have substantial influence. As such, Sozon developed Blog de Baito™, which allows bloggers to write about advertisers services and products on their blogs in exchange for a commission fee for the blogger, and natural promotion for the advertiser.

In recent years, as Japan integrates ever more deeply in to the blog society, the number of Japanese registered bloggers has increased rapidly to 8.68 million people (according to an April, 2006 announcement by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) and this number is expected to continuously increase. Blog de Baito™ treats each blog as a potential media outlet, and companies can utilize the bloggers’ comments/analysis to promote and advertise their products and services in a natural and unobtrusive way. In addition to the write-up within the blog, a direct link will be placed to promote the advertiser’s website through a post within the bloggers’ comments, thus increasing qualified traffic to their sites. Blog de Baito™ will allow Sozon to provide a complete solution in the online marketing field.

■Service Start Date
May 31, 2007（Thursday）

■Service URL
http://www.blogdebaito.com

■Service Details

　□Advertise easily
Marketer can easily register for a promotion.

　□Blogs are approved automatically and easy to maintain:
As blogs are applied to promotions, the system will check the blog automatically. Clients do not have to read through the blog for authentification.

　□Effective Blogger usage
By separating the bloggers into categories, clients can target the audience and make effective promotions.

　□Market research capabilities:
Clients can choose the tone of the bloggers’ comments, allowing for detailed market research to be conducted.

　□Blogger can easily earn advertisement fees:
Blogging about client companies’ services/products allows bloggers to earn money in the form of commissions.

■Expected blogger members:
　100,000（Within one year）
※Sozon Inc.’s parent company, ValueCommerce Co., Ltd. (Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Market, Code No: 2491, Headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Founded on March 12th, 1996. President & CEO: Brian Nelson) affiliate network will be used to attract bloggers.

■Pricing（Tax inclusive）
　・Blog de Light Plan
Blog de Light 400 (Blogs: 400) - ¥168,000-
Blog de Light 700 (Blogs: 700) - ¥294,000-
Blog de Light 1000 (Blogs: 1000) - ¥420,000-
※In the near future, Blog de Premium, with more marketing functions, is expected to be released.

■How to access the service:
　Blog de Baito is an online service, therefore, please access http://www.blogdebaito.com

■Corporate Profile

【Sozon Inc.】 http://www.sozon.com/
Since its founding in 2003, Sozon has grown from a small three person SEO (Search Engine Optimization) company to a 45 person plus full service online marketing agency offering a variety of digital marketing services to small and large companies throughout Japan and Asia. Sozon is build around four key pillars: People, Technology, Marketing, and Service. These pillars serve as a base for Sozon to develop total online marketing solutions for domestic and international companies looking to grow their business in Japan and throughout Asia.

【ValueCommerce Co., Ltd.】 http://www.valuecommerce.co.jp/
Founded in 1996 as one of the first hosting and domain resellers in Japan, ValueCommerce launched Japan's first ASP Affiliate Marketing platform and service in 1999. Today, ValueCommerce provides E-commerce and online marketing services in 3 major business divisions: Affiliate Marketing, Directory/Search, and Hosting/Infrastructure. For the affiliate marketing business, ValueCommerce is serving one of the largest affiliate marketing networks in Japan delivering over 400 million advertisements per day and reaching up to 50% of the Japanese Internet population (Nielsen/NetRatings "Advertisement distribution (BTC)").

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Sozon Inc.　http://www.sozon.com/
Jitsugyononihonsha Ginza Building, 2nd Floor, 1-3-9 Ginza, Chuo-ku , Tokyo 104-0061 JAPAN
Marketing and PR Department 　pr@sozon.com
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