Japanese Publishers and eBook Retailers Protesting Consumption Tax Hike, Demand Foreign Vendors be Taxed Too

Publishers and distributors of e-books in Japan have voiced concern over the…

Kisai Rorschach Smartwatch Uses Cryptic Inkblot Marking to Depict Time

Tokyoflash Japan is the newest entrant to the rapidly emerging smartwatch segment.…

eBooks Sales in Japan Still Lagging Behind Printed Books

Notwithstanding the rapid proliferation that ebooks have made among the reading community…

Pottermore Announces Expansion into Japan

The online interactive world of Harry Potter is reaching an entirely new…

Amazon Still Awaiting Its Indian eBook Store to Click

Amazon is yet to build the kind of success it might have…

KDP Select Launches Lending in Japan, What That Means for Authors

Amazon announced this week that it has now extended its Kindle ebook…

Seniors in Japan More Likely to Adopt eBooks

A survey to ascertain the pattern of ebook usage in Japan has…

Asus Transformer Book Now on Sale in Japan

The Windows 8 based 13 inch Transformer Book that Asus had launched…

Microsoft Surface RT Tablet Available in Japan, Soon

Microsoft intends to launch its Surface RT device in Japan soon, or as…

eBook Challenges in Japan

An article in Fortune.com is entitled “Why Japanese readers don’t like ebooks”…

Toshiba Launches Regza AT501 Jelly Bean Tablet

Toshiba has launched a new tablet in Japan that sports decent specs,…

Google Nexus 10 Launched in Japan

The Google Nexus 10 tablet has now reached Japanese shores a few…

Japan’s National Diet Library Will Offer Books Online

Japan’s National Diet Library is moving into the digital age, with the…

Sony Xperia Tablet Z Launched

The Xperia Tablet Z is the newest addition to Sony’s tablet line-up.…

Recent Poll Shows eReader and eBook Footprint in Japan

Goo Research has compiled a new report that gives an indication on…

Japan Making Ready for Digital Reading Explosion

Japan is looking ahead to the launch of four separate e-reader devices…