Press Kit

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+1-310-373-3169

Fact sheet

Project: Japan.co.jp Format: Primary-source archive + narrative history Scope: Early Internet in Japan (BBS → PPP → Web → AI era) Core pages: - Archive: /archive/index.html - Timeline: /archive/timeline.html - Story: /story/how_i_got_japan_co_jp.html - Book: /book/hardhat_required.html Press contact: info@japan.co.jp +1-310-373-3169

What’s “news” here

A primary-source archive about Japan’s early Internet, built for revisits and long-form reading.
The “ownership question”: how an American ended up owning Japan.co.jp—and what happened next.
Offline search distribution (Metabook) before mainstream web search.
ISP-era transition (PPP) and the business mechanics of early access.
Resilience story: growth, setbacks, rebuilding, and returning in the AI era.

Story angles (pick one)

Tech history: what early Internet “felt like” in Japan—tools, constraints, communities.
Entrepreneurship: building during a platform shift; distribution, partnerships, and gatekeepers.
Publishing: search as a product; niche “Metabooks” as early information vehicles.
Culture: expat communities, chambers, clubs, and information demand before the web normalized.
Comeback: why AI makes “solo publishing at scale” possible now.

Boilerplate paragraph

Japan.co.jp is a primary-source archive and narrative history of the early Internet in Japan, built by Bradley L. Bartz. The project links artifacts, press clips, and a 1991–2026 timeline to a story that many readers ask immediately: “How did a gaijin end up owning Japan.co.jp?” The site is designed for revisits—adding new pages over time so readers can return and enjoy the story as it deepens.