Hello, 

I need a list of the premium/subscription online consumer services in
Japan. These are online services where the consumer pays a
subscription fee to access content/services.

These services can be of any type. For example, in the US they could
include content (CNN, ABC, consumer reports, Wall Street Journal
etc.), software (McAfee, CyberPatrol, etc.), games (Sony, NCSoft,
etc.) and others.

I am looking to get something like 30 services. For each service I
need to know if possible
- Name of service
- Description of the service
- Price
- Company name
- Number of subs
- Any points of interest

My cutoff date is 7 February, but earlier is better.

Thank you,

James

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 03 Feb 2003 21:02 PST

Hi -

I've collected several sites.  Do you require the information points
for every one of them?  What if a site has no english characters?

Thanks,

jbf777-ga
GA Researcher

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Clarification of Question by macaonghus-ga on 04 Feb 2003 01:13 PST

I do require the information points for each site, although in some
cases they will be unavailable (eg number of subs).

If you dont read Japanese characters it will be difficult to know what
the service and the pricing is unless you got a comprehensive list for
somewhere.

I could clarify better if I had an idea as to what you've found so
far.

Thank you

James

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 04 Feb 2003 09:20 PST

I should hopefully be able to find enough sites that aren't in
unreadable characters.  I will say though, that 99% of them will not
have that subscription data.

jbf777-ga

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Clarification of Question by macaonghus-ga on 04 Feb 2003 09:47 PST

OK

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 04 Feb 2003 11:15 PST

Hello again -

I've never heard of any kind of service that offers
"subscription-based" entry to purchase actual products.  Normally the
products are just available for a specific price -- such as a store. 
For example, Disney Japan's products are priced per item, like any
store.

The reason I ask this is because you mention examples of places that
are retail-esque in their structure... such as McAfee.  That company
sells anti-virus products -- you don't need a subscription to access
the products.  You just buy them at a price per product, like you
would in a store.

Are you interested in knowing of places that sell items online, but
have no subscription-based entry?

Thanks,

jbf777-ga
GA Researcher

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Clarification of Question by macaonghus-ga on 04 Feb 2003 11:31 PST

It doesnt have to be products, it can be things like horoscopes,
financial news, music downloads, gaming. Norton antivirus is a
subscription product. You have to keep renewing your licence every
year/3 months/month.

See http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=156854
for the same question answered about the UK.

Thank you

James

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 04 Feb 2003 12:07 PST

Hello -

Unfortunately, it's not nearly as easy with the Japanese sites.  We're
dealing with a completely different language here.  Here's an example:

http://www.wowow.co.jp/

You can't even tell what it is. :)  I've worked on this for several
hours.  I might have to cede his question over to someone who speaks
Japanese, if I can't make any progress.

I have, however, found a list of Japanese Internet service providers. 
Will something like this suffice?

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 04 Feb 2003 13:03 PST

These service providers are "subscription based"... they fit your
criteria.  Just didn't know if a list that was comprised of
essentially the same type of business would be sufficient.

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 04 Feb 2003 21:29 PST

Hello macaonghus-ga,

I've discovered some alternative search strategies that are yielding
some results.  I should have a list hopefully before your deadline.

jbf777-ga
GA Researcer

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Companies in Japan
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1. NikkeiNet Interactive
http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/FR/
"Nikkei Net Interactive delivers comprehensive business news, market
data and the latest stock information from Tokyo to your desktop, with
the backing of Japan’s leading financial news group, Nihon Keizai
Shimbun, Inc."

"For only 6,000 yen per six month subscription the news that moves
Japan's markets is yours.  You can subscribe now with your credit card
and use NNI for free until 28/02/2003 . Cancel any time during the
trial period and pay nothing!"

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2. J@pan inc.
http://www.japaninc.net/aboutus/index.html
"At its core, J@pan Inc is about technology innovation in Japan.
Specifically, it covers the products, companies, and people behind
such innovation; more broadly, it touches upon related topics, such as
VC funding, cultural trends, and academia-industry cooperation. Our
mission is to cover these matters objectively, without preference,
exaggeration, or boosterism."

5600 yen per year for online subscription.

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3. G.B Auto Trader
http://www.gcar.co.jp/gbtrader/payment.htm
Japanese car auction site.

Our fee is 50,000 JP yen, this includes locating car, sending the car
information to you, inspection of cars at auction, de-registration,
inspection of car again in our workshop, customs paperwork, etc.

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4. The Chemical Society of Japan
http://www.csj.jp/compendium/keireki-e.html
"It has contributed and disseminated the results of chemical research
to chemists and industry throughout the world. The prime mission of
the Society is to promote chemistry for science and industry in
collaborate with other domestic and global societies. Above all the
paramount purpose of the society is to contribute to the betterment of
human life."

Members have the following privileges:
(1) to receive the Society's bulletin (Kagaku To Kogyo) free of
charge,
(2) to subscribe to other publication of the Society at reduced rate,
(3) to contribute their papers to the Society's journals,
(4) to attend all the meetings of the Society.
 
Entrance fee / 1,000 (US$ 10.00)
Membership fee / 12,300 (US$117.00)/year
Bull.Chem.Soc.Jpn. / 15,000 (US$143.00)/year
Chemistry Letters / 9,600 (US$ 92.00)/year
Chemical Education / 6,000 (US$ 58.00)/year

"The number of members is 38,756 in total as of April 1999. Membership
is open to all, regardless of nationality. There are, as is shown in
Table, four kinds of membership in addition to the honorary
membership."

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5. The East Magazine
http://www.theeast.co.jp/shop/subscribe.htm
A japanese society and cultural magazine

1 Year 4,800 Japanese Yens 38.00 US Dollars

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6. Computing Japan
http://www.japaninc.net/computingjapan/aboutus.html
" At CJ Online, we're working to bring you the best and latest in
Japan IT-related news, views, and information. We've recently
redesigned the site to make it easier to access, navigate, and search
-- to help you gain insight into the Japan IT scene."

Cover price: JPY800
Subscription:
JPY 8,000 for 1 year (12 issues)*
JPY 15,000 for 2 years (24 issues)*

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7. Sentaku - the alternative Magazine
http://www.sentaku-ag.co.jp/en/appli/
""Sentaku" is for people succumbing to a flood of information. Its
style is completely new, and was the first monthly total news magazine
in Japan. "Sentaku" decides which information to include and which to
leave out, organizes and analyzes it, and sends it to you quickly.
"Sentaku" covers all fields, from Japanese politics, economics,
society, and culture, to international news. The weight given to each
is determined by the needs of our readers.
The editing of "Sentaku" is done by over 400 of the finest
journalists, scholars, and novelists; individuals from the worlds of
politics, finance, and the bureaucracy also contribute. "Sentaku" is
built on a new organization that cuts across the mass media."

Annual subscription rate: 12,000 yen for 12 issues (includes shipping
and tax)

"Sentaku" uses "The Total Information Magazine for 30,000 Leading
people" as its catchphrase in Japan, but that does not mean that we
limit publication to 30,000 issues. In actuality, we exceeded 30,000
issues several years ago. At present (March 2002), we publish more
than 89,000 issues each month.

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8. http://www.japan-telecom.co.jp
J-Web by ODN
Internet Connection Service 

Monthly charge schemes for the total of Internet connection and
telephone charges (400 yen per month for up to one hour of use each
month, 1,400 yen per month for up to five hours of use each month,
among others)

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9. Toshima Cable Network
http://www.toshima.ne.jp/gl/e-gl.htm
"Assigned to each computer, the Global IP address will stabilize the
chat software and online gaming and provide much smoother service. It
also enables you new services like Netphone, which is not possible
with the present private IP address service."

1000 yen/per month(without tax) for a Global fixed IP address

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10. Star Channel
http://www.star-ch.co.jp
"For those who are spending too much money on renting movie videos, or
just simply too busy to go to video stores, here is an information on
how to subscribe to STAR CHANNEL, the premium channel exhibiting only
movies 24 hours a day, 365 days a year."

1,800 yen per month

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11. e-Manga Magazine
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/e-manga/purchase.html?subkey=purchase
"The online monthly comic magazine, 'e-Manga' is a new-style comic
entertainment. The Mangas presented are partially animated, and some
of them come with sound, all done principally through Shockwave. All
Japanese texts are translated into English which are presented as
subtitles."

Each monthly issue contains 12 to 15 different Mangas, created by
today's topnotch Manga authors and artists, and include e-Manga
originals as well as ones that are already popular from hardcopy Manga
magazines.

800 yen per month.

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12. Daily Yomiuri On-Line
www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/newsvoice/
"The Daily Yomiuri Web site on Friday started a new service,
NewsVoice, which allows users to both hear and read selected news
articles."

200 yen per month

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13. TJI 
http://www2.tjnet.co.jp/intl/form.html
"The Publication that Travel Experts Rely On for Past 25 Years
Travel Journal International (TJI) will celebrate its 25th year of
publication by launching an English-language internet news service
called TJI online beginning Sept. 2, 2002. This service is different
from this free website that you are currently looking at.
The new on-line service --- http://tji.tjnet.co.jp --will provide news
reports, statistical data, marketing trends and special reports as TJI
has done since it began in 1977 - on a weekly, more timely basis, with
special "flash bulletins" when breaking news happens. Currently, the
printed TJI is distributed the second and fourth Monday each month."

17,500 Yen per year
or 9,500 yen per 6 mos.

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14.Asian Technology Information Program (ATIP)
http://www.atip.or.jp/CHINANEWS/
ATIP (Asian Technology Information Program) Chinese Science and
Technology Digest ATIP's biweekly newsletter of important Science and
Technology developments in China, extracted from original Chinese
sources

$150/year

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15. Journal of International Society of Life Information Science
http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/islis/en/journalE.htm
"This journal publishes scientific articles in the research fields as
follows:
brain science, physiology, physics, medicine, biology, qigong science,
parapsychology, anomalous somatic science, oriental medicine,
alternative medicine, etc."

5,000 yen/year

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16. Diginfo-Japanese IT Information Hub
http://www.diginfo.co.jp/subscribe/subexp.php3
"Our mission is to provide a wide range of timely news on Japan's IT
industry."

A single subscription costs U.S.$39/month.

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17.Cyber Shipping Guide
http://www.ocean-commerce.co.jp/home_e.html
"An ocean shipping guide which allows, among other things, the ability
to:
# Select the type of a vessel among the three categories:
Fullcontainership, Multi-purpose vessel and Ro/Ro vessel;
# Pick up vessels solely making direct calls, both from origin and
destination; and
# Narrow down your vessel search to only the fix-day weekly service
and specify the day of week."

Annual Fee in Yen: 19,980 -- for one ID

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18. "The Journal of Biochemistry"
http://www.bcasj.or.jp/jb/subscribe/index-e.html
"This Journal, devoted to publication of original papers in the fields
of biochemistry, molecular biology, cell, and biotechnology, was
founded in 1922."

Subscription price : US$250.00 per year

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19. Heterocycles journal
http://www.heterocycles.jp/hetero/frame_ab.html
"An International Journal for Communications, Papers and Reviews in
Heterocyclic Chemistry"

The annual subscription price is 157,000 yen including postage and
handling.

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20. Progress of Theoretical Physics journal
http://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~ptpwww/
"PROGRESS OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS is a monthly journal which contains
academic research papers on theoretical physics. It was founded by
Hideki YUKAWA in 1946. Now it is published for the Yukawa Institute
for Theoretical Physics and the Physical Society of Japan. This
journal publishes mainly the submitted and refereed original papers in
all fields of theoretical physics such as particle physics, field
theory,nuclear physics, condensed matter physics, statistical physics,
astrophysics and cosmology. Each issue contains Papers and Letters,
and , sometimes, Invited Papers. Besides the monthly issues, PROGRESS
OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS SUPPLEMENT is published approximately
quarterly. Each issue contains either long original or review papers
or a collection of papers on some specified topics."

75,000 yen   (Surface) 

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21. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES
http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/SHUBUNKEN/publications/jjrs/contact/renewal.htm
"A semi-annual journal dedicated to the academic study of Japanese
religions. First published in 1960 as Contemporary Religions in Japan,
it was given its present name in 1974. The journal was taken over by
the Nanzan Institute in 1981."

Individual: 3,500 yen

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22. Neurologia medico-chirurgica
http://www.ff.iij4u.or.jp/~neuromed/subsc.html
Official journal of THE JAPAN NEUROSURGICAL SOCIETY

Institution, Individual: US$ 145.00.-

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23. Guide for Prospective Buyers [auctions?]
http://www.est-ouest.co.jp/english3.htm

SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: 20,000 YEN/Year

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24.Information of Advanced Powder Technology Journal
http://www.iijnet.or.jp/SPTJ/SocPowTech/eibune.htm
"The aim of Advanced Powder Technology is to meet the demand for an
international journal integrating all aspects of research on particle
technology and science. The journal fulfils this aim by publishing
research papers including translations of papers originally published
in Japanese, notes, review paper, letters to editor, book reviews,
general articles and announcements. Although Advanced Powder
Technology was founded as the International Journal of the Society of
Powder Technology, Japan(SPTJ), researchers world-wide are invited to
submit papers for publication in this journal."

US $ 695

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25. The Japan Times Online
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/start.htm
Japanese Newspaper
Publishes:
The Japan Times
The Japan Times Weekly
Shukan ST bilingual weekly
Books in English and Japanese
InterFM radio station
Travel agency

Subscription: Daily 3,900 yen per month / Monthly Bound Volume 7,350
yen
Monthly rates for domestic subscriptions (tax included) 

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26. JapanConsuming
http://www.japanconsuming.com/
"JapanConsuming is a company dedicated to delivering relevant,
practical research on Japanese consumer markets to overseas companies.
 We do this through regular newsletters and reports as well as custom
research services."

Single User
80,000 yen
(£480)
(€780)
($665)

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27. AsiaTimber
http://www.asiatimber.net/tablefees.asp
"AsiaTimber.net is an internet B2B portal dedicated to timber and
timber-related industries. It's main objective is to create a
centralized internet platform that offers two levels of functionality
namely an online trading exchange and a knowledge hub. It has two
types of member: (i)content sponsor (ii)trader member, thereby
allowing all industry participants to network and endorse relation
with one another."

Preferred trader member: Annual Fee : US $ 330/ year.

4877 members from 145 countries.

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28. ASAHI Net
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/en/price.html
"ASAHI Net offers easy access to a full array of Internet services,
including the World Wide Web, e-mail (you can choose your own e-mail
address after you join our service), Usenet news (over 28,000
newsgroups), FTP, etc."

Monthly base charge   Monthly base hours   Additional usage charge 
Plan M 450 yen 	      5 hours 		   5 yen / minute 10 MB
Plan A 800 yen 	      8 hours 	           5 yen / minute 25 MB
Plan B 1,700 yen      15 hours 	           3 yen / minute 50 MB
Plan S 1,950 yen      unlimited 	   none 

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29. Journals of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers
http://www.jsce.or.jp/committee/jjsce/english/index-e.htm

# Division 1: Journal of Structural Mechanics and Earthquake
Engineering
# Division 2: Journal of Hydraulic, Coastal and Environmental
Engineering
# Division 3: Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
# Division 4: Journal of Infrastructure Planning and Management
# Division 5: Journal of Materials, Concrete Structures and Pavements
# Division 6: Journal of Construction Management and Engineering
# Division 7: Journal of Environmental Systems and Engineering 

Subscription price per volume (including surface mail postage) is
4,000 JY for each division journal.

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30. Earth, Planets and Space (EPS)
http://www.terrapub.co.jp/journals/EPS/edboard.html
"EPS is the continuation of "Journal of Geomagnetism and
Geoelectricity" and "Journal of Physics of the Earth". EPS is open to
anyone who wishes to contribute papers and letters. Any subjects in
Earth, planetary and space sciences covered by the societies shown on
the front cover will basically be considered. In particular, original
papers reflecting new and interdisciplinary subjects are highly
encouraged."

The subscription price (monthly, not including supplement issue) per
volume is US$370.00 for institutions and US$42.00 for individual
subscribers.

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31. Keio Economics Studies
http://www.econ.keio.ac.jp/org/kes/en/kesj.html
"The Keio Economics Studies is published bianually by the Keio
Economic Society to encourage research in economic theory, applied
economics and economic history."

The annual subscription price is 3,000 yen. 

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32. GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
http://www.terrapub.co.jp/journals/GJ/aims.html

Membership dues: ¥10,000 per year (including six issues of GEOCHEMICAL
JOURNAL and four issues of Chikyukagaku (Geochemistry)). Subscription
price: ¥24,000 per volume of six issues.


Search Strategies:
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source "+in japan" subscribe
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Services "+in japan"
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Request for Answer Clarification by macaonghus-ga on 05 Feb 2003 12:55 PST

Thank you for your list. This is good. Please note that not all of
these sites are subscription sites. In particular web hosting is not
considered an online subscription service and neither are offline
magazines where the website promotes the subscription, but the content
remains offline. If a publication offers paid access to online
(password protected) content, then that counts. If you pay to get the
publication sent to you snail-mail, that is not an online
subscription. Likewise ISPs are borderline online subscriptions (I
have left in there any that are there) depending on how far along the
access------content scale they fall.
 
The following are not subscription sites; if you do not understand why
just let me know and I will answer.
 
4   5   6   7   15   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   29  
31   32
 
That is 17. Could you please find 17 subscription services to replace
those? Thank you very much.
 
James

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Clarification of Answer by jbf777-ga on 05 Feb 2003 12:59 PST

Hello -

It is extremely difficult to find any additional content.  I even
called a magazine in Japan, and they offered next to nothing.  I've
managed to squeeze out the following sites:

1. TJI Online
http://tji.tjnet.co.jp/entry/entry.asp
TJI online provides news reports, statistical data, marketing trends
and special reports --features that have been known to readers since
TJI was first published in 1977. Unlike its printed version, TJI
online is updated weekly, with special “flash bulletins” when breaking
news happens.

One-year Yen17,500(tax included) for one ID number
6-month Yen9,500(tax included) for one ID number

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2. oda-japan
http://www.euroact.co.jp/oda-japan/About_Us/ServiceIndex/service_index.html
# News on the latest developments and commentary.
# Information on current project opportunities (project formation,
decision
making, and implementation).
# Contact information for key participants on the Japanese side.
# Background information on different aspects of Japan's ODA

* US $375
  (for one year)
  
* US $225
  (for 6 months) 
  
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3. JAMS New Publication on WWW 
Scientiae Mathematicae
Mathematical Online Journal
http://www.jams.or.jp/scm/

$30/year[?]

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4. Hokkaido Insider
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hokkaido/kenhartmann/News.html
"The Hokkaido Insider provides a variety of information gathered from
the Internet such as teaching tips and useful web sites, computer
virus alerts, etc. It is attempting to give the subscribers
information that they probably would not have discovered by
themselves, due to insufficient time and/or resources. Subscribers to
the Insider may also ask for assistance and I will broadcast your
request to the list in hopes of finding an answer."

Annual Subscription Fee: ¥2,000/per year or US $16

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5. Insider Jobs
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hokkaido/kenhartmann/Jobs.html
Subscribers receive:
Hokkaido Upper Level School Contact List
Hokkaido Language School Contact List
Internet Sites for Finding Positions in Japan
Current Insider Job Announcements

Annual Subscription Fee: ¥5,000/per year or US $40

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6. Analysys Research Billing, OSS and Equipment
http://www.gii.co.jp/english/an8429_analysys_research.html
"The Analysys Research Market Intelligence Database provides
comprehensive information on the entire telecoms sector, and the
Analysys Research Billing, OSS and Equipment module will give you
extensive coverage of the billing sector, with additional data on OSS
and telecoms equipment vendors."

US $ 7200 (/year Web Access (Single User Lincence))

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7. "Chakushin Appli" 
www.hudson.co.jp/corp/eng/news/chakuappli_e.html
An archive site for downloading classic
Hudson Soft games

Monthly Subscription Rate : 300 yen (+sales tax)

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8. Cybird 
http://www.cybird.co.jp/english/profile/press/contents/c_e20010712a.html
"@AJA Chat-tomo (chat friends) on July 6, launching the first instant
messaging service for "ezplus", the new JavaTM-based service to be
offered by KDDI for EZweb."

Monthly Subscription Fee: 210 yen

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9.An Introduction to Web-Ikebana Courses 
http://www.unitary.co.jp/ikebana/ikebanae/syoukai/syoukai.html
"Courses have been developed to allow people to learn Ikebana easily
on the Internet. For example, for people who want to learn Ikebana,
but who don't have enough time to go to Ikebana classes and men who
don't have the courage to learn because there are only women in the
class.
Anyone can learn Ikebana in their own time without having to go to a
class. Moreover, BBS has been set up so that members can communicate
with each other. Questions can be asked using BBS too.
Photographs of works can be exhibited on the web site. Why don't you
learn some basic Ikebana to make your life more enjoyable!"

Tuition fee is 1,000 Yen

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10.  JSt Translation Network Service
http://www-jmt.jst.go.jp/menu1_index-E.html
"After JST receives and verifies all necessary information from you,
Japanese-English translations will be provided speedily by E-mail."

Service fee is 1 yen for each English translated character. 

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11. ATIP Flat Panel Display Subscription Information
http://www.atip.or.jp/fpd/subscribe_now.html
*	Conference reports 
*	Exhibition reports 
*	Reports on selected FPD technologies and laboratory visits 
*	Short but timely reports with analysis of recent FPD topics 
*	Slides from ATIP presentations 
*	Daily summaries in English of articles appearing in the Japanese
press
*	Journal article abstracts 
*	Press releases 
*	Translations of selected journal articles 
*	Directory of FPD-related organizations and their web sites 

Unlimited annual access is available at a reasonable rate of $250 (US)
per individual

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12. Web Page Translation Services
http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/yamazaky/english/trans1_e.html

1 page (200 English words)
$40 US

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13. Call Tones - Fastest Download of Latest Hits via [EZ Web] "Oricon
DD Quick Melody" - Launch of Call Tone Download Service!
http://www.oricondd.co.jp/home/news/2000/0731_e.html

A monthly fee of 100 yen will allow for the user to download up to 3
songs. Communication fee and consumption tax are not included.

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14. Yamaha Melo-cha!
http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/cb/jigyo_contents.html
"Pay delivery service for multi-chord ringing tone melodies. There are
huge varieties of choices from all categories. Also available is
"Shicho deAppli", an i-Appli which enables you to pre-listen to the
melodies with streaming for free. (imode official site)"

Service Fees
Melo-cha! L: 300 yen/month (tax not included) -- Download up to 17
melodies per month
Melo-cha! M: 180 yen/month (tax not included) -- Download up to 10
melodies per month
Melo-cha! S: 90 yen/month (tax not included) -- Download up to 5
melodies per month

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15. Utauze! Kara-hodai
http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/cb/jigyo_contents.html
"An iAppli-compatible pay Karaoke delivery service. Downloading the
"Kara-hodai Player" enables subscribers to easily enjoy the latest hit
songs at any time they want and as much as they want. The Kara-hodai
Player delivers song data in streaming format, with features just like
on a real Karaoke machine: the color of the lyrics changes in synch
with the song, the Player delivers high-quality music with up to
16-note chords and different images are displayed along with each
song."

Service Fees
100 yen/month (tax not included) -- Songs are delivered in the
streaming form

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16. Yamaha Kara-cha!
http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/cb/jigyo_contents.html
A pay karaoke delivery service for EZWeb. Song data are made in two
types (CMX or SMAF) for the different sound generators in the mobile
phones. SMAF format songs offer special features like
"bass-synchronized vibration", the mobile phone vibrates synchronizing
with the rhythm of bass drum, and image-change feature, adding visual
entertainment. Those features can be possible only on mobile phones.

Service fee
50 yen/song (tax included) -- A packet communication fee is to be
charged separately.

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17. Super La La Melody
http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/cb/jigyo_contents.html
A 16-chord ringing tone melody pay delivery service. In addition to
rich sound quality utilizing 16 sounds simultaneously, human voices,
sounds in the nature and sound effects can be downloaded. Yamaha's
tone generating chip "YMU759" and SMAF format promoted by Yamaha
enable those features.

Service Fee
100 yen/month (tax not included) + additional 25 yen per song after
forth song (tax not included)
Note - Up to 4songs can be downloaded for basic fee of 100 yen.

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18. La La Melody
http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/cb/jigyo_contents.html
Pay delivery service for 3 and 4-chord ringing tone melodies. Songs
can be selected from 11 categories and updated on every Wednesday
adding the latest hit songs. Users can pre-listen to the melodies with
streaming for free.

Service Fee
300 yen/month (tax not included) -- Download up to 10 songs per month

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19. Yamaha La La Kara
"A pay karaoke delivery service for J-sky Web. The songs can be used
for karaoke practice, ringing tones and stand-by display. Yamaha's
tone generating chip "YMU759" and SMAF format promoted by Yamaha
enable those features."

Service Fee
200 yen/month (tax not included) -- Download up to 5 songs per month



A sampling of search terms [including attempts]:
site:.jp "web * access"
"web based "subscription service"
"web access" "subscription service"
"+how +to subscribe"
"real-time" subscribe
"fee +for web"
"pay sites"
"subscription site"
"+by email" fee
"access fee +is"
charges for access to
"per download"
service subscription
pay content access
download fee

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Thank you for your list. This is good. Please note that not all of
these sites are subscription sites. In particular web hosting is not
considered an online subscription service and neither are offline
magazines where the website promotes the subscription, but the content
remains offline. If a publication offers paid access to online
(password protected) content, then that counts. If you pay to get the
publication sent to you snail-mail, that is not an online
subscription. Likewise ISPs are borderline online subscriptions (I
have left in there any that are there) depending on how far along the
access------content scale they fall.

The following are not subscription sites; if you do not understand why
just let me know and I will answer.

4   5   6   7   15   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   29  
31   32

That is 17. Could you please find 17 subscription services to replace
those? Thank you very much.

James