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Yeah they really aren't more cluttered than similar "anglo" pages.

From what I see the Japanese tend to be more fond of multi-tone pastel colour schemes even for business/corporate stuff.

Click on the links from: http://www.ntt.com/index-e.html
And compare with the links from: http://www.ntt.com/index-j.html

The first I'd say is more "US" style. The second is more "Japan" style.

Not saying it's a 100% thing - there's plenty of diversity around. And maybe I've just been seeing a biased sample of sites.

Yeah they really aren't more cluttered than similar "anglo" pages.

From what I see the Japanese tend to be more fond of multi-tone pastel colour schemes even for business/corporate stuff.

Click on the links from: http://www.ntt.com/index-e.html
And compare with the links from: http://www.ntt.com/index-j.html

The first I'd say is more "US" style. The second is more "Japan" style.

Not saying it's a 100% thing - there's plenty of diversity around. And maybe I've just been seeing a biased sample of sites.

A large number of providers offer IPv6 support today. NTT/Verio has been offering this as a Commercial Service for quite some time, as well as through the domestic provider OCN and the OCN DSL services. As the 6bone tunneled networks go away, there is ongoing native support being added to networks. IETF and other conferences have been supporting providers that offer native IPv6 services. Aside from the always behind the ball DSL/Cable providers in the edge provider space of multicast, IPv6, etc.. you can contact any of the Tier-1 networks to obtain IPv6 services. Likely for free and not out of the 3FFE space. Build IPv6 into your kernels, ask your service providers for IPv6 and encourage them to provide these to you for little/no additional cost. Juniper and Cisco routers currently offer IPv6 in their current software releases. Now that Cisco has acquired Linksys, hopefully they will assist in providing support for these services in the edge-router space.

NTT with their DoCoMo service launched 3G services a few months back.

One cool feature they are offering is if u (and the person u r speaking to) have a mobile phone with a camera and screen u can see the picture of whoever u r speaking to while u speak to them.

Mind u that is a still JPEG not moving video yet but we are getting to mobile video.

I think the only true 3G in the market nowadays is NTT
But then the Japanese are always the first to adapt small interactive things ala Pokemon

Interestingly enough, the data center for NTT Communications ( a subsidiary of Japan's massive telco, NTT) is ready to roll with IPv6. Apparently they are the first and only data center capable of this. A sign of the times when a slow moving behemouth like NTT can be so forward thinking. Must be the influence of DoCoMo.

And finally, China

Streaming 3D over the 'net -- maybe VRML that doesn't suck?

Interestingly enough the Japanese constitution, drawn up after its surrender at the end of WWII by the Allies (i.e. the United States) prohibit the Japanese government any form of wiretapping.

Article 21 of the Japanese Constitution does seem on its face to prohibit wiretapping, at least by the government. However, NTT is arguably not part of the Japanese gov't and not subject to contitutional restrictions.

Remember that most large-scale Japanese corporations operate in the keiretsu system, where affiliated companies pass information, arrange financing, and generally cut deals with each other.

Also remember that we're speculating about NTT's actions in the USA, outside the real of Japanese constitutional protections. It's well known that the USA taps everyone it can outside its borders, thought this would be illegal at home.

-Isaac

Interestingly enough the Japanese constitution, drawn up after its surrender at the end of WWII by the Allies (i.e. the United States) prohibit the Japanese government any form of wiretapping.

Article 21 of the Japanese Constitution does seem on its face to prohibit wiretapping, at least by the government. However, NTT is arguably not part of the Japanese gov't and not subject to contitutional restrictions.

Remember that most large-scale Japanese corporations operate in the keiretsu system, where affiliated companies pass information, arrange financing, and generally cut deals with each other.

Also remember that we're speculating about NTT's actions in the USA, outside the real of Japanese constitutional protections. It's well known that the USA taps everyone it can outside its borders, thought this would be illegal at home.

-Isaac