Alibaba's "Japan Express" is Now Available

Alibaba.com Japan, a joint venture between business-to-business e-commerce company Alibaba.com (1688.HK) and Softbank Corp, officially launched its new paid product, "Ali Zhong Ri Tong" ("Ali's China-Japan Express") on April 17, reports eNet.com.cn. Local partnerships have put nearly 100,000 products on the Alibaba.com Japan site, said Alibaba.com Japan Chief Operating Officer Sun Jiong. Chinese imports of Japanese products reached $14.7 billion in first two months of 2009 and rose 7.3% month-on-month to $9.48 billion in March, said the report.

Alibaba.com Japan released a trial version of the "Express" product on April 9.