Web 2.0 Japan

Ping Magazine takes a detailed look at the development of Web 2.0 sites and applications in Japan. They list some of the usual suspects (You Tube, Technorati, MySpace) and add some local flavor (Mixi, hatenatube, ZapZap, Checkpad). Pingmag says:

Japan is a country renowned for it’s technological prowess - being on the cutting edge of robotics, hybrid car research, video game entertainment and countless other areas. Strange then, that whilst the rest of the world has seen a huge boom in “Web 2.0″-style services on the internet over the past 12 months, Japan has been somewhat lagging behind. Fear not, however, as Japan is slowly catching up. Here is a quick look at some of the Web 2.0 goodness coming out of Japan and a look at their Western equivalents.

PingMag - Web 2.0 in Japan

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