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The Independent
Atsuto Sawakami thinks the Japanese are finally ready to put their money into something other than savings. The growth of his self-named stock fund suggests he's on to something. |
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The Investors
For professional investors focused on Japan, it's been a great summer to sell in May and go away. But what are their strategies for later? |
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The Marketeer
As president of the Osaka Stock Exchange -- the birthplace of futures -- Goro Tatsumi is determined to push through reforms. But there are 124 years of habit to overcome. And Tokyo bureaucrats. |
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The Gardener
For VC/professor Takatoshi Matsumoto, the best companies to invest in are student startups. That makes him a bit of an iconoclast in Japan's VC community -- if there is such a thing. |
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Investing in Japan
The subject is too big to tackle from one angle, so we go inside the minds of those approaching it from very different angles ... |
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"Beteran" Assistance
A group of business veterans from Japan's corporate giants is doing what it can to help the nation's young entrepreneurs. |
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Shall We Dance?
How New York investment bank Lehman Brothers got its feet bruised dancing with Japanese Net giant Softbank. |
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The Handset Wars
We got to wondering which Net cellphone handsets were selling best. The results didn't surprise us. |
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Do It All Through Power Lines
A power line communications experiment gets underway in Shikoku -- the key word being "experiment." |
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People |
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Gang Xu
He's a computer science professor at Ritsumeikan University, but he's also something else: an entrepreneur. |
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Peter Tasker
This financial guru -- and noir novelist -- now runs a Japan-focused investment fund. |
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Research |
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Statistics
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The Net grabs old media by the throat; online dating dangers; spam. |
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Investor |
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Special Report: TLOs
There's a lot of tech innovation in academic research labs. For investors willing to partner with professors, technology licensing offices hold the key. |
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Consumer Banking Gets A Facelift
In Japan's staid world of consumer banking, it's foreign players and new Japanese e-banks that are leading in innovation. |
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Maps For The Masses
APAS serves up keitai-sized maps and hopes to export its system to the US. But making money outside Japan will be tough. |
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Radar Screen
This month: Bio-Xcelerator, Solid Information Technology, Cognitive Research Labs, i-drive.com. |
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In Parting |
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Art Department
Japanese noise artist Merzbow uses the computer to bypass the big in "big music." |
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Blowfish |
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Blowfish
A shop called Ranking Ranking ranks -- what else -- the best-selling items in the store. It's a marketer's dream come true. |
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