TT-688 -- What Will Happen to Panasonic and Sony? Ebiz news from Japan.

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on November 26, 2012

Shock waves went through the Japanese share market last week after ratings of Sony and Panasonic, two of Japan's bedrock electronics manufacturing companies, have been cut to junk grade.

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TT-687 -- How to Collect Tax on eBooks? Ebiz news from Japan.

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on November 19, 2012

With Toronto-based Kobo, Rakuten would be able to "do an Amazon" and bypass Japan's consumption tax laws by selling Japanese-language ebooks from abroad.

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TT-686 -- JapanTourist.jp Turns One and is 800-strong

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on November 12, 2012

Sometime later this week, our sister publication, Metropolis will mark a significant milestone: its JapanTourist.jp website will surpass Lonely Planet for the sheer number of articles available about Japan in English.

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TT-685 -- Bureaucrats -- Enough is Enough, ebiz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on November 5, 2012

Reading the newspapers over the last few weeks, one could be forgiven for thinking that Japan is suffering a plague of corruption and insider dealing, especially by its bureaucrats.

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TT-684 -- Making Hospitals More Commercially Viable, ebiz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on October 29, 2012

The government announced that it was going to help stimulate the medical sector by creating new guidelines to encourage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) to invest in hospitals.

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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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