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Japan Internet Communications Service

JICS provides services to foreign-based companies entering and doing business in the Japanese market. This site also offers some useful information for free. Major site headings include: Market Research (info about the Japanese online market); Localization (multiple case studies focused on key issues regarding doing business and communicating with the Japanese); Advertising (offers overview of 7 different methods); Multimedia; and eBusiness (look for the downloadable … [ Read more ]

Source: JICS | Subject: Business / Economy

Japan: Land of the Hostile Takeover?

This article examines the new M&A wave involving foreign investors in Japan. Makes some interesting predictions and offers some useful statistics and analysis. We’ll see how it unfolds going forward.

Source: BusinessWeek / Robert Neff | Subject: Business / Economy

From Convenience Store to Online Behemoth?

Article discusses Toshifumi Suzuki, CEO of Seven-Eleven Japan, and his plan to turn his ubiquitous stores into a center for all kinds of commerce. Also offers some interesting background info and statistics.

Source: BusinessWeek / Irene M. Kunii | Subject: Business / Economy

Unsung Hero

Fujio Masuoka says that Toshiba tried to demote him after he invented a $76 billion product. The loss was America’s gain. Will Japan make the same mistake with the next innovation?

Source: Forbes / Benjamin Fulford | Subject: Business / Economy

The Keiretsu System: Cracking or Crumbling? (.pdf)

This excellent piece looks at Japan’s Keiretsu system – definitions, history, purposes, structure and future. If you don’t know much about the Keiretsu system, this is the article to read.

Source: Japan Economic Institute / Douglas Ostrom | Subject: Business / Economy

The Panic Spreads

You can no longer safely shrug off Japan’s economic crisis. It just might drag the world into a depression.

Sources: Benjamin Fulford, Forbes Global | Subject: Business / Economy

Darkness Before The Dawn

Strategist Michael Porter tells why Japan’s economic sun has set, and how it can rise again.

Source: CFO.com / Edward Teach | Subject: Business / Economy