Wed
05
Aug
2009
Asian Equivalents of Western Web Services Part 01: Japan
Our friend Serkan Toto over at Asiajin just updated his list of Japanese equivalents to Western Web 2.0 services. See his overview below - we will also post the Korean & Chinese response to it shortly.
General Web Services
| Leading Western Web Service |
Japanese Equivalent |
| Tripadvisor | 4Travel |
| Yahoo! Japan | |
| Wikipedia | Wikipedia Japan |
| Mixi | |
| Flickr | Yahoo! Japan Photos |
| Digg | Minna no Topics |
| No equivalent | |
| Twitter Japan | |
| Youtube | Nico Nico Douga |
| Amazon | Rakuten & Amazon Japan |
| delici.us | Hatena Bookmark |
| dooyoo | Kakaku.com |
| Netfix | Posren |
| Craigslist | No equivalent |
| imdb | Nihon Eiga Database |
| Wall Street Journal Online | Nikkei Online |
| monster.com | Rikunawi |
| Ebay | Yahoo! Japan Auctions |
| Alexa | Pathtraq |
| Hulu | acTVila |
| 4chan | Futaba |
| last.fm | Mixi Music |
| Technorati | Kizasi |
| Yahoo! Answers | Oshiete!goo & Yahoo! Chiebukuro |
| Zynga | Hangame Japan, GREE & Mobage-town |
Yahoo! Japan Screenshot
Blogs
| Leading Western Web Service |
Japanese Equivalent |
| Techcrunch | No equivalent |
| Huffington Post | Agora |
| tmz.com | Zakzak |
| Boing Boing | Zaeega |
| Gizmodo | Gizmodo Japan |
| Engadget | Engadget Japanese |
Zaeega Screenshot
Web Tools & Software
| Leading Western Web Service |
Japanese Equivalent |
| Gmail | Yahoo! Japan Mail |
| Blogger | FC2 |
| iTunes | iTunes Japan & Lismo (Mobile) |
| BitTorrent | Share |
| Opera | Sleipnir |
Lismo Screenshot
Web Companies
| Leading Western Web Service |
Japanese Equivalent |
| Federated Media | Agile Media Network |
| Admob | Cirius |
Cirius Screenshot
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