Abstract
In this paper I described The Influence on the Commercial Publishing Business by Internet Technology in Japan. Specifically the business structure , the process of the publishing and the distribution channels in an ever-changing environment. The revolution of business process reengineering has occurred and is developing at a very high speed in most business fields. Then I described the problems of the distribution of digital contents such as the publishing contents via the internet. There are two main problems with the distribution of digital contents via the internet. One is the display of the information. The other is the payment of fees. As of now we can't get the information from the display unit such as we can from paper. Also the publisher can't receive the fee from the consumer who can get the information from the internet, due to a luck of safety mechanisms. There is now no system to ensure the safety of the payment, nor is it user-friendly.
