Deployment of broadband, particularly, FTTx, is now one of major policy objectives in many countries, including Japan, Korea, and the U.S., for example. The U.S. announced a National Broadband Plan which aimed at providing 100 million households with access to 100 Mbps broadband services by...

Smartphones such as iPhones and Android was introduced to the market around 2007-9 in various OECD member countries. Since then, the transformation of the market was observed, which include (i) rapid growth of mobile broadband (3G+4G); (ii) severer market competition; and (iii) upheaval of...

Japan has taken a worldwide lead in FTTH, with 15 million subscribers at the end of 2008. Japan has been the first country to experience this transformation. This paper analyzes the factors facilitating Japanese FTTH. Factors promoting Japanese broadband can be summarized as follows: (1)...

Broadband service showed a remarkable increase in Japan after 2000, with ADSL representing more than 14.5 million subscribers in 2006. Recently, Japan has taken a worldwide lead in FTTH, with 11.3 million subscribers at the end of December 2007. Japan has been the first country to experience...

The paper examines the relationship among Information and Communication Technology (ICT), ageing, and health expenditures in Japan. For this, primary data has been collected from an extensive mail survey that was carried in Nishiaizu Town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan from 2002 to 2010. 9 years...