Information Research Weblog

If one was to think of a country that was totally Internet-connected, I imagine that most people would guess that it was Japan. Well, a recent report tells us that it is now No. 2 to the USA in the total population with Internet connection. The survey found:

the number of people using the Internet in Japan having increased by 13.49 million from a year earlier to 69.42 million

and

The Internet population ratio was 81.4% in households, registering a whopping 20.9 point increase, while it was 79.1% in business offices, or an advance of 11.1 points and 98.4% in corporations, or a scant 0.8 point rise.

Broadband is the big growth area, up almost 15% compared with last year.

See also the Ministry figures.