Asahi: iPods in tune with 'rakugo,' museums, language schools
Apple's iPod isn't just for music anymore...Internet service company Nifty Corp. started in August providing Nifutei rakugo programs for iPod and other portable digital audio players on line for free. Users download audio data of the program from Podcasting Juice service on Nifty's website onto personal computers. Nifty added videos to Nifutei programs in December...The number of rakugo downloads from Nifutei is 150,000 a month...more...