Well, at least according to an independent Japanese research firm (Video Search). According to their report, Baidu is now ranked fourth, trailing Yahoo Softbank (market leader), Google and MSN.
Personally, for a number of reasons, I don’t really expect Baidu to do that well in Japan, at least not that fast. I will be posting more [...]

I just tried to visit Baidu Japan site (www.baidu.jp) but it was not reachable. I was able however to get to it through a proxy site. Is Baidu Japan blocked in China or just a network glitch? I will try to connect to it from office and post updates here.

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Baidu has announced that it will implement measures for assisting Japanese advertisers to place ads on its PPC network.
Through the help of its Japanese unit, Japanese advertisers and ad agencies will receive advanced sales support, including translation of ad copy into Chinese and paying locally in Yens for their ad campaigns. So far, the only [...]