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Potential innovators of Japan are discussed.

The effect of the introduction of Internet-protocol (IP) telephony in Japan's telecommunication industry especially on telephone companies like NTT East and others has been described. The benefits and demerits of the Internet-protocol (IP) telephony have been provided.

Sony, Toshiba and Panasonic are three electronic industry giants that have brought automation to the levels it is today. If the wealth of skills of these companies is pooled, networked home can become a reality. However, it is difficult to ensure a consensus amongst the three as they have issues like copyrights, technical barriers etc., to separate them.

Top Japanese creator Hideo Kojima is Konami Corporation's best weapon in the battle to win over American gamers. He attributes his success to playfulness as opposed to others who try too hard to shape their games for the U.S. market.

This article discusses the restructuring efforts of the Kansai Sawayaka Bank of Osaka. The bank collapsed in 1999, was bought by a distressed-asset fund last year, and had a profit of 5.35 billion yen ($43 million) in a year when more than a third of all Japanese leaders posted losses.

Chieko Asakawa is a software engineer employed by IBM for developing a program that would help blind people in accessing the Internet. A brief profile of Asakawa, who is sight impaired himself, is provided. Some of the features of the software are also discussed.