| Japan's Zen-Like Consumer Steady-state economy & Japan's reluctant consumers |
| 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 |
| 1. Japan's Non-consuming Consumers |
| 2. Economic Weather Chart of 47 Prefectures |
| 3. JMR on Economics of Marketing |


1. Skill-up tools: Research tools for use in planning here
2. Consumer Research: Japanese Consumers' view of the economy JPN ENG
3. MNEXT: "Kenshohi Generation" -- Japan economy dealt a blow by young consumers who say about consumption "We don't need it" here
4. Recommended Reading: Survival Strategists of Japanese Information Appliances Makers in Industry-integrating World Market. here
5. MNEXT: How to Make Consumers Buy—Marketing Tower here
6. Rankings: "No.100" retort packaged curry products here
7. Marketing Database: Weekly Business Guide here
8. Marketing FAQs here
9. Case Studey: McDonald’s Holdings Japan here
10. Recommended Reading: From Retail Marketing to Marketing for Customer Satisfaction here
convenience stores continue China store expansion. here