New Magazine Chronicles Japan's Emerging E-conomy.TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 1999-- The publishers of Computing computing - computer Japan, the award-winning Adj. 1. award-winning - having received awards; "this award-winning bridge spans a distance of five miles" , top-ranked Information Technology publication covering the Japanese markets, announced the launch of a new high-tech business magazine--J@pan Inc. The new magazine's title is a twist on the '80s-era term referring to Japan's (then thought) invincible government/industrial complex. J@pan Inc. is the first magazine to cover the new wave of businesses and entrepreneurs breaking down Japan's old-guard business monopolies. Launching monthly with the November 1999 issue, J@pan Inc. will reach a circulation of over 60,000 readers, including business executives, fund managers, investors, venture capitalists Venture Capitalist An investor who provides capital to either start-up ventures or support small companies who wish to expand but do not have access to public funding. Notes: Venture capitalists usually expect higher returns for the additional risks taken. , researchers, U.S. federal and state department of trade executives and elected officials. J@pan Inc. is the only magazine devoted to explaining Japan's New Economy to the English-speaking markets. J@pan Inc. brings even further value to its audience by going beyond the traditional role of a magazine. The publisher, LINC Media, is creating a pool of consultants, approved by the magazine, who will take international investment and trade inquiries and partner Japanese businesses with their foreign counterparts. In this respect, J@pan Inc. will function like an online clearinghouse clearinghouse Institution established by firms engaged in similar activities to enable them to offset transactions with one another in order to limit payment settlements to net balances. for investment and trade opportunities -- mainly in the high-tech fields. The first issue profiles several of the new "Web Samurai samurai (sä'm  rī`), knights of feudal Japan, retainers of the daimyo. This aristocratic warrior class arose during the 12th-century wars between the Taira and Minamoto clans and was ," including Rakuten Ichiba's Hiroshi Mikitani, who confides how he trumped all the major corporations for the Number One spot in the online shopping sector. Also, GOL's Roger Boisvert reveals who was really first to launch public Internet access See how to access the Internet. in Japan. J@pan Inc. focuses on entrepreneurs and how they are using the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the to bypass the old Japan. It offers insider strategies, financial information, and profiled contact information in English. A goal of the magazine is to cover breaking business stories, such as the emergence of Bit Valley (a loose-knit group of entrepreneurs shaking up Japan's business world by receiving some very high-valuation investments from venture companies). "J@pan Inc. is intended partly to help Japan's Net-related startups," said Terrie Lloyd, president of LINC Media. "These ventures have a hard time finding capital and new products or service ideas. So we want to help these ventures meet foreign capital sources and high-tech partners." J@pan Inc. sells for (Y)800 in Japan and $8.95 in the U.S., and is available at bookstores throughout Japan and at airports and selected stores in the U.S. Subscriptions (which include full online access) are available at reduced prices ((Y)8,000 and $80.55 per year), but visitors to the J@pan Inc. website can see the first month's issue free of charge, at http://www.japaninc.net (until November 30). Readers may also subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; the online version for (Y)5,600 or $49.95 per year. For subscription info, please contact subs@japaninc.net, or phone 81-3-3661-8373, fax 81-3-3667-9646. Tokyo-based LINC Media (www.lincmedia.co.jp) is a leading portal development and software engineering company with a client base of both foreign Fortune 500 and Japanese multinational corporations
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