Google’s Nexus 7 is gaining market share in Japan and topped Apple’s iPad in a survey by the BCN research group — as reported by “CNET” (http://tinyurl.com/bhlzg9n).

Based on a survey of 2,400 consumer electronics stores in Japan, Google’s Nexus 7 tablet had 44.4% of the market versus the iPad’s 40.1%. The survey was done by BCN in December.