Japan Is Swept with Web Fever
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Internet penetration in Japan is growing rapidly as sales of personal computers and Net-ready cell phones take off. It was 13.4% of the Japanese population in 1998 and is now forecast to hit 86.9% by 2003, according to InfoCom Research, a Japanese think tank specializing in information and communications.
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| Internet users in Japan
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| 1998 | 16.9 million |
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| 1999 | 31.3 million |
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| 2000 | 51.3 million |
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| 2001 | 71.8 million |
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| 2002 | 91.9 million |
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| 2003 | 110.8 million |
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Rate of diffusion in the population
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| 1998 | 13.4% |
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| 1999 | 24.7% |
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| 2000 | 40.4% |
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| 2001 | 56.5% |
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| 2002 | 72.2% |
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| 2003 | 86.9% |
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| DATA: InfoCom Research
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