The Shigoto Joho Net (job information net) is a unique feature which was launched in August 2001. Any jobseeker can access it via internet using a PC or a mobile phone to search for and view information on job openings registered at various private employment agencies and the PES, using search keys such as place of work, type of job and wages. It recently was providing approximately 750 000 job openings, and was receiving about 1.23 million hits a day (about half of them from mobile phones connected to the Internet: Arellano et al., There are separate counters for those under 35 years of age and above.