Rakuten Ichiba is not only Japan’s largest online shopping mall, but also it is one of the top 10 online ecommerce companies of the world. Since its inception in February 1997, Rakuten has grown to a current 50 million plus registered memberships. At present Rakuten is listed at the 2^nd position in the global B2C ecommerce companies. The item categories at Rakuten are extensive and comparable only to Yahoo! Japan auctions. However, unlike the auctions site, Rakuten is not only limited to online selling of items. Instead, this company owned by Hiroshi Mikitani offers extensive financial services, travel services, professional sports sponsorship and internet media services. Rakuten ichiba also offers international shipping services as a part of its international expansion plans.

As a testimony to the international expansion plans of the company, very recently on 27^thJanuary 2010, Rakuten confirmed in a press release that they have agreed to open a partnership company based in China. The Chinese partner of Rakuten in this recent venture is Baidu, Inc. The new online internet mall in China will presently only sell Chinese and other global brands, and will later let Japanese merchants participate in it through a tie up with Rakuten Ichiba. MAilorderjapan can assist international buyers to make the article purchases and have them shipped at any valid given address.

Mbok.jp or ‘Mobaoku’ is a Japanese mobile auctions site, where visitors can place their orders using mobile internet. Mobaoku already has the reputation of being the largest online mobile auctions company in japan. Besides mobile auctions, mbok. jp can also be operated via a personal computer.

Online website rankings site robtex.com (http://www.robtex.com/dns/mbok.jp.html ) placesmbok.jp at number 3228 of world sites and confirms that mbok.jp is hosted from a server in Japan. Site review of mbok gives it high percentages on trustworthiness, reliability and privacy, though it warns in red that the site may contain material unsuitable for underage visitors. The site is also listed in Alexa 100000 and has secured fair rankings of WOT ratings. Presently the site seemed all geared up for the Valentine’s day with many dress items, gift items, jewelries and fragrances up for sale. Mbok. jp hosts the items in a versatile price range. Some current gift items listed on mbok.jp include unlock my heart pendant, XO stacking rings, Love poems by Pablo Neruda, the Art of kissing book and other gift items. Another classic gift item currently listed on mbok.jp is a collage sheet of  Marie Antoinette Valentine’s day designs.

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The recently concluded Tokyo Auto salon 2010 was a car-man’s dream come true. This exhibition of exclusive cars, including both domestic cars and sports cars, was held at different premises of Tokyo from fifteenth of January to the seventeenth. This international automobile exhibition at Tokyo aimed to showcase the maintenance and performance of various cars and gave the audience a glimpse of Japan’s subway street culture. The best sports cars from D1GP to the indigenous Japanese motor sports cars were made accessible to the scrutiny of car fanatics. The auto salon also initiated brisk business about the cars as many hunted accessories and performance parts were put up for sale in the salon. Apart from the performance car parts, Japan domestic car parts were also made available to the participants of the grand car sale.

(If you have missed the Tokyo Auto salon news because of not being a Japanese then there is nothing to despair though because www.mailorderjapan.com (MOJ) can provide you with domestic and performance car parts at a suitable bidding price. A basic purpose of our site is to make the benefits of automobile auctions in Yahoo! Japan available to the people who are not conversant in the Japanese vernacular. Not knowing Japanese can be a real problem while seeking to buy car parts from Japan because Yahoo! Japan auctions offer their site only in t he Japanese. Search through Yahoo! Japan auctions through MOJ and find the car part you are looking for. Whether you are looking for performance car parts or domestic car parts, the bidding and shipping services of our site can help you make your purchase and have you the product available at your given address.)

The auto salon 2010 also offered an opportunity to witness the ‘race queen’ cars, the sports cars that have reached celebrity status by their legendary performances. This was actually invaluable for car fanatics because it let them a firsthand knowledge about the workings and maintenance of these high profile cars. The auto salon 2010 also allowed the car enthusiasts to estimate the current developments in the automobile market with the inclusion of the most recent sports car models like the R35GT-R and 370Z.

The salon 2010 was also a great opportunity for the carmakers to hold determine their sway over the Japan domestic market (JDM). Carmakers like Honda and Subaru launched new JDM model cars for the purpose. Honda introduced the insight sports modulo concept along with other customized Honda vehicles like the Life Kei and the Freed minivan for the JDM. Subaru was also predominant at the auto salon grounds when it exclusively launched the 2010 Impreza R205. Modifying the mighty WRX STI, Subaru Impreza is equipped to perform up to 325 horsepower and 318 pound feet torque. The Impreza accessories like black roof wing and a rear apron were also much acknowledged. This was again for the Japan domestic market exclusively.

This is again where www.mailorderjapan.com can be of great help for car enthusiasts outside Japan. Since Yahoo! Japan Auctions only hosts Japanese products, the availability of these sole JDM products to people outside Japan has been made possible by MOJ. You may not find the very recent JDM accessories, but you may as well find previous year’s JDM accessories through Yahoo! Japan auctions. www.mailorderjapan.com actually does everything to ensure that you can buy a JDM vehicle, even if you are staying outside Japan. Small and medium sized car parts (bumpers, bonnets, wheels, engines, emissions) are send by ems worldwide. For shipment of whole cars, we help you buy the cars, cut it into two parts and ship the car to the given address.

The Tokyo Auto Salon 2010 also harbored the street car performance parts. The glimpse of Tokyo street life that the auto salon provided was exciting as usual. You can search for Japanese street culture performance car parts on Yahoo! Japan auctions again. The helmsmen of the insanely fast Tokyo road racing circuit also boast of an individual fashion sense of own. You can even find these fashioned accessories that complete the Japanese street feel over at Yahoo! Japan Auctions.