bill - 1:42 am on Sep 7, 2005 (gmt 0)

That's a very good find bnhall. I really don't see that in a lot of the Japanese media.

LinkShare has been active in Japan for years now. Recently it appears to be quite active. Rakuten started out as an online shopping mall. I remember when they had less than 100 advertisers. ;) They have grown into a huge profitable portal. They just bought a professional baseball team recently and seemingly have the cash to throw around.