Category Archives: Japan

PC Sales Down In Japan — But Up Everwhere Else?

Two very interesting articles this evening for your perusal.
One is an AP report that goes into great length over how PC sales in Japan are declining quarter after quarter, representing 5 straight quarters of declining sales.
The other is a PC World report that says this Christmas, PC sales, in particular, laptops, should be booming, and [...]

Could You Imagine Living In A Net Cafe?

Apparently there are people in Japan who actually *live* in Net Cafe’s — they are clean, they are cheap, they serve food, *and* you can buy clean underwear (the non-school girl kind) if you so choose it.  Although such places were apparently built to have fun, kill time, and / or allow salarymen to hang [...]