TT-683 -- Record Low Bankruptcies -- Calm Before the Storm? Ebiz news from Japan.

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on October 22, 2012

Over the last 3 months, the trend of fewer bankruptcies is gathering momentum and under normal circumstances one might might be forgiven for thinking that the economy is recovering.

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TT-682 -- Entrepreneur Awards and Mentoring, ebiz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on October 15, 2012

We were surprised and happy to come across a Stanford University paper, which offers some fascinating facts and figures about the make up of the Japanese entrepreneurial community.

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TT-681 -- Bicycles versus Cars in Tokyo, ebiz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on October 8, 2012

Tokyo could start limiting the number of vehicles transiting the city -- think of Singapore and its various toll charging and vehicle registration systems, which have kept annual vehicle growth down to just 1.5% a year.

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TT-680 -- Is Sony Turning into a Medical Company? Ebiz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on October 1, 2012

Did anybody else notice that just as Sony did their JPY50bn buy-in to Olympus, they quietly sold off their chemicals business to the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) at the same time?

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TT-679 -- Interesting New Outsourcing Trends, ebiz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on September 24, 2012

Changes in this sector shouldn't be surprising: the high yen, the government's pressure on employers to choose between full-time workers or nothing, and the increase of employee social welfare compulsory contributions.

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TT-678 -- Ideas on Structuring a Japan Subsidiary, ebiz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on September 17, 2012

With one of our sister companies in the market entry business, we have noticed in the last 3 months a gradual increase in the number of foreign firms investigating setting up an operation in Japan.

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TT-677 -- Comparing Japanese & Swiss Tourism Efforts, ebiz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on September 10, 2012

The Swiss have a very similar number of inbound tourists each year and much like Japan, the sources of Switzerland's tourists are nearby countries.

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TT-676 -- Electronics Sector Weakness, Who's Next After Sharp? Ebiz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on September 3, 2012

The company owes about JPY2.5trn (US$31bn) to the banks and other bond holders, a crushing debt burden, with shares slipping from around JPY800 this time last year to just JPY198 on Friday.

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TT-675 -- What Happens if Mt. Fuji Erupts? Ebiz news from Japan.

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on August 27, 2012

Most recent was the Hoei Eruption of 1707, when when Fuji was active for several weeks, spewing out an estimated 800 million cubic meters of ash.

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TT-674 -- What Future for eAccess? Ebiz news from Japan.

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on August 13, 2012

Nomura Securities reckons that eAccess' fixed-line ADSL business is declining -- not hard to imagine, as indicated by the fall in subscribers to the service.

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