Kakaku.com has new competition, although the services are pretty different and Kakaku has brand recognition that everyone else envies.

I know Become.com has been looking for a CEO in Japan for quite some time. Friends of mine were considered for the job and one had been given the job but turned it down.

“Luminary” should be reserved for someone who everyone knows. If you’re a “luminary” you don’t have to say that in a press release- everyone should know that you are.

Internet Luminary Masahiro Ueno Joins Become Japan as CEO; Chairman & CEO of Overture. K.K., a Subsidiary of Yahoo!, to Lead Expansion of Become.com’s Successful Shopping-Focused Search Service