[Ecommerce] internet user in Japan
Takeshi Muramoto
musan@mba.sphere.ne.jp
Wed, 24 May 2000 19:10:33 +0900
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
------=_NextPart_000_01B6_01BFC5B3.BC13DF20
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-2022-jp"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/index-e.htm
Survey: 27 mil. used Internet in fiscal '99
Yomiuri Shimbun
The number of Internet users in Japan reached 27 million in fiscal 1999,
with 19.1 percent of households using the Net, according to the results of a
Posts and Telecommunications Ministry survey unveiled Tuesday.
The Internet users increased by 59.7 percent from the previous fiscal year,
while the ratio of households that used the Internet went up by 8.1
percentage points.
A surge in cellular-phone use to connect to the Internet, via such services
as NTT DoCoMo's i-mode, contributed to the sharp rise in the number of
Internet users, ministry officials said.
In fiscal 2005, the number of Internet users is expected to reach 76.7
million, the officials said.
The ministry plans to include the survey results in its white paper on
telecommunications for 2000, due to be adopted by the Cabinet in late June.
The survey polled about 6,000 randomly selected people nationwide to ask if
they were connecting to the Internet via personal computers or cell phones.
In 1999, a number of telecom companies, including eight DDI Corp. group
cell-phone companies and nine J-Phone companies affiliated with Nippon
Telecom Co., launched Web-accessible cell phone services.
The number of users of such services reached 7.5 million by the end of
fiscal 1999 and is expected to exceed 10 million sometime this month,
industry sources said.
In addition to the steady growth in the number of PCs used to connect to the
Internet, the popularity of Internet-accessible cell phones contributed
vastly to the overall increase in the number of Internet users, the
officials said.
The survey also found that 20.9 percent of households with an annual income
of 6 million yen to 8 million yen used the Internet, while 36.7 percent of
households with incomes of 20 million yen or more went online.
Meanwhile, 13.4 percent of households with incomes between 4 million yen and
6 million yen used the Internet, while the figure for those with incomes
below 4 million yen was 5.5 percent.
According to the ministry officials, the results show that the so-called
digital divide has begun to widen within the nation.
Twenty-four percent of those living in the 23 wards of central Tokyo, other
major cities and prefectural capitals said they used the Internet, while
17.7 percent of residents of smaller cities and 13.6 percent in towns and
villages said they went online, indicating a gap between major cities and
other areas, the officials said.
-----------------------------
Takeshi Muramoto, Director
Consmer Law News Network
Phone: 81-6-6365-9183
Fax:: 81-6-6365-7293
e-mail: musan@mba.sphere.ne.jp
-----------------------------
------=_NextPart_000_01B6_01BFC5B3.BC13DF20
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-2022-jp"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-2022-jp" =
http-equiv=3DContent-Type>
<META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/index-e.htm">http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/in=
dex-e.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D4><B>Survey: 27 mil. used Internet in =
fiscal '99=20
</B><BR><BR></FONT><FONT size=3D3>
<P>Yomiuri Shimbun=20
<P>The number of Internet users in Japan reached 27 million in fiscal =
1999, with=20
19.1 percent of households using the Net, according to the results of a =
Posts=20
and Telecommunications Ministry survey unveiled Tuesday.=20
<P>The Internet users increased by 59.7 percent from the previous fiscal =
year,=20
while the ratio of households that used the Internet went up by 8.1 =
percentage=20
points.=20
<P>A surge in cellular-phone use to connect to the Internet, via such =
services=20
as NTT DoCoMo's i-mode, contributed to the sharp rise in the number of =
Internet=20
users, ministry officials said.=20
<P>In fiscal 2005, the number of Internet users is expected to reach =
76.7=20
million, the officials said.=20
<P>The ministry plans to include the survey results in its white paper =
on=20
telecommunications for 2000, due to be adopted by the Cabinet in late =
June.=20
<P>The survey polled about 6,000 randomly selected people nationwide to =
ask if=20
they were connecting to the Internet via personal computers or cell =
phones.=20
<P>In 1999, a number of telecom companies, including eight DDI Corp. =
group=20
cell-phone companies and nine J-Phone companies affiliated with Nippon =
Telecom=20
Co., launched Web-accessible cell phone services.=20
<P>The number of users of such services reached 7.5 million by the end =
of fiscal=20
1999 and is expected to exceed 10 million sometime this month, industry =
sources=20
said.=20
<P>In addition to the steady growth in the number of PCs used to connect =
to the=20
Internet, the popularity of Internet-accessible cell phones contributed =
vastly=20
to the overall increase in the number of Internet users, the officials =
said.=20
<P>The survey also found that 20.9 percent of households with an annual =
income=20
of 6 million yen to 8 million yen used the Internet, while 36.7 percent =
of=20
households with incomes of 20 million yen or more went online.=20
<P>Meanwhile, 13.4 percent of households with incomes between 4 million =
yen and=20
6 million yen used the Internet, while the figure for those with incomes =
below 4=20
million yen was 5.5 percent.=20
<P>According to the ministry officials, the results show that the =
so-called=20
digital divide has begun to widen within the nation.=20
<P>Twenty-four percent of those living in the 23 wards of central Tokyo, =
other=20
major cities and prefectural capitals said they used the Internet, while =
17.7=20
percent of residents of smaller cities and 13.6 percent in towns and =
villages=20
said they went online, indicating a gap between major cities and other =
areas,=20
the officials said.=20
<P><FONT size=3D2>-----------------------------<BR>Takeshi Muramoto,=20
Director<BR>Consmer Law News Network<BR>Phone: 81-6-6365-9183<BR>Fax::=20
81-6-6365-7293<BR>e-mail: <A=20
href=3D"mailto:musan@mba.sphere.ne.jp">musan@mba.sphere.ne.jp</A><BR>----=
-------------------------</FONT></FONT></P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
------=_NextPart_000_01B6_01BFC5B3.BC13DF20--