Things are not nearly as rosy as you're painting them: http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/15/3628376/japan-digital-content-ecosystem-hulu-country-future http://www

Things are not nearly as rosy as you're painting them: http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/15/3628376/japan-digital-content-ecosystem-hulu-country-future http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/15/3628376/japan-digital-con... All I can say is that my experience living in Tokyo has been completely different from what you suggest. Like the Neojaponisme article suggests, there is a general "fear and loathing" of the internet among the Japanese.