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ASAHI Net's Discount Mobile MVNO Launched

ASAHI Net has launched its Discount Mobile MVNO service in partnership with eAccess/eMobile. This broadband Internet connection service offers download speeds of up to 7.2Mbps and the rental of a mobile data communications device, all for 5,775 yen/month. More information is available here: https://asahi-net.jp/en/service/discountmobile/

Primus 003765 Service Now Works from Cell Phones

Primus 003765 Premier service now works from Japanese mobile phones. Making international calls doesn�t have to cost an arm and a leg. We would like to introduce Tokyo PC Users Group members to our service by offering up to 1,000 Yen off the first invoice. More information is available at: http://www.primustel.co.jp/tokyopc/ Please feel free to contact us at 03-4590-3288 or at info@primustel.co.jp

Bilingual & Affordable Server Colocation Service

Primus Telecommunications K.K. now offer colocation services for your 19” rackmountable servers. This service is suitable for web, e-mail, database hosting, voice over IP.

Your server(s) will be installed in our datacenter located in Shinagawa, Tokyo.

We offer support and contracts in both Japanese and English. Our service starts at 20,000 Yen per month, including rack space, Internet connectivity and power.

More information is available at : http://www.primus-colocation.com

Please feel free to contact us at 03-4590-3288 or at

English Web Payslips Now Offered By Online Japanese Payroll Service

K.K. Cross Vision International recently announced that PayrollPro, their leading online payroll outsourcing service, now offers web-accessable payslips in English to cater to foreign businesses operating in Japan. PayrollPro has been in operation since July 2001 and now supports over 80 customers, ranging in size from 5 person operations to 2000+ employee corporations, covering numerous industries, including banking, finance, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, retail and hospitality. It is uniquely positioned to offer a transparent service, as both the customer and the qualified outsourcing staff at CVi use the same system for managing the necessary payroll tasks, such as information management, monthly salary calculations, bonus calculations, government required reporting, social insurance contributions and year-end operations. More information can be found at http://www.cvi.co.jp/payroll_pro_eng.asp

Multi-language Groupware From ASAHI Net

Establish teams and team members, then allow them to share files, bulletin boards and schedules via their Web browsers. ASAHI Net’s AsaOne groupware is ideal for the sharing of information between people in different offices, cities or countries. Rather than everyone having to email everyone else, the information is available through the easy-to-use AsaOne interface. English and Japanese is supported. A free trial is available. AsaOne https://asahi-net.jp/en/service/asaone/

Eastern Book Services for O'Reilly Books

Eastern Book Services is the Japanese Representative for O’Reilly & Associates. You’ll find many of their titles are available in Japan. They have many other types of scientific publications as well. 3-11 Hongo 3 chome Bunkyo-ku 116-8480 Tel: 03-3818-0861 Fax: 03-3818-0864 http://www.svt-ebs.co.jp If you do order something from them, please tell them that you saw it on the TPC site.