Google gaining slowly in Japan

I really like the Digital World Tokyo web site and noted with interest this piece about Google having, after six years, clawed its way into the Top 10 of Japanese web sites.

The piece quotes NetRatings saying:

The search engine and its associated sites attracted 17.4 million users in September, up from 12.1 million in the same period a year earlier and enough to give it tenth spot in the month's web property ranking. It sits just behind Amazon.com's site, which garnered 17.5 million users and well behind top-ranked Yahoo Japan, which 23.6 million visited during the month...