Just like last year, the most populair search for 2003 on Yahoo! Japan was the Internet bulletin board '2 channel'. Also according to the
2002 Year-End Google Zeitgeist [google.com] this was the most populair query for Google in Japan. The top 10 for Yahoo! Japan for 2003 (over the period January 1st - December 7) is:
1. 2 channel
2. Google
3. Hotmail
4. wallpaper
5. Goo (Internet portal)
6. ANA (airline)
7. JAL (airline)
8. DoCoMo (mobile phones)
9. MSN
10. JR (railway)
More in English in the Miami Herald [miami.com].
See the press releases of Yahoo! Japan for the complete lists for 2001 [docs.yahoo.co.jp], 2002 [docs.yahoo.co.jp] and 2003 [docs.yahoo.co.jp]. These lists are:
- top 30 general queries
- top 20 celebrities (M/F)
- top 20 celebrities (Female)
- top 20 celebrities (Male)
- top 20 places in Japan
- top 20 places outside Japan
- top 20 characters
- top 20 television/radio programs
- top 20 companies
