Does Google care that just about any and every software company is gunning to take them out? Nahh! If Microsoft hasn’t mad e a dent and Yahoo! And Amazon aren’t really hurting you much either then what do you have to worry about? Well what if a country had you in their sites. For example a country like Japan.

So the Japanese government is teaming up with universities and industry t launch a better Google. The companies will include leading electronics firms Matsushita Electric Industrial, Hitachi, NEC and Fujitsu as well as telecom carrier Nippon Telegraph and Telephone and public broadcaster NHK, he said. Full story.

While on the topic of Japan, here is a great article talking about Japanese industry as it compares to the US system.