Richard's Eye

Japan's Seasonal Factors
Seasonal income flow & impact on consumer spending
Arbitrage & Consumers
Law of "One Price" in consumer  product markets
Japan Viewed from the Outside
"Gai-jin,"  outsiders, views of Japan uncover new insights
Mobile phone usage habits -- Japan, China, U.S.
JMR study finds culturally influenced patterns
Richard May -- interview on iTV
Video clip -- marketing research
trends in Japan now
Software-as-a-Service
SaaS changes how you acquire software

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File this under "show me the money."   For all the land and all the population of East Asia, "tiny Japan" is still the economic powerhouse and consumer kingdom as measured by GDP and disposable income of its residents.   And if one focuses on  just the 5 core economic regions of Japan, which occupy less than 1/2 a percent of the total land area of all of East Asia,  the contrast is even more stark.  Some 30% of all East Asia GDP comes from those 5 small areas of Japan.