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by Hardik_Shah 1573 days ago
Densely packed text, a busy layout, tiny low-resolution images, cute characters, and the use of flash animation are some of the distinguishing features of a Japanese web page. These features that distinguish Japanese websites are due to a variety of factors that are linguistic, cultural, and technical in nature.
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I always wondered if part of it was due to japanese smartphones.
That is discussed in the article.