A week in Japan tech
e-Commerce
- Excite Japan Co. will set up a mail-order sales site on the EZweb Net access service for KDDI Corp.'s au cellular phone users. Using KDDI's fee collection system, Excite will charge buyers of the mail-order sales site access fees along with their purchases allowing buyers to pay both fees together. Excite is hoping to expand sales on the site by touting this convenience. Called Shopping Excite, the mail-order site will be recognized as one of the official “au” net service sites.
Hardware
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. is on track to achieve its goal of increasing revenue by 1...