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japan Will Not Fall Into Recession: BOJ Report: TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy will not fall into recession despite a likely slowdown in the first half of this fiscal year, partly because of firm growth abroad, the Bank of Japan said in the full text of its twice-yearly outlook report ...; Tags: Japan, bank, Tokyo, financial market, adjustment, financial, Thomson Reuters Corp., income, Web site; News items 2008-05-01
Citigroup Eyes Selling japan Consumer Unit: TOKYO (Reuters UK) - Citigroup (C) is considering selling its Japanese consumer finance company CFJ KK or cutting the unit's business significantly as part of its plans to shed assets, Japanese daily Nikkei reported on Sunday. The biggest U.S. bank is aiming to unload $400 billion...; Tags: Bank, Nikkei, Japan, Citigroup Inc., CFJ KK, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance; News items 2008-05-10
Citigroup Eyes Selling japan Consumer Unit: Paper: TOKYO (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc (C) is considering selling its Japanese consumer finance company CFJ KK or cutting the unit's business significantly as part of its plans to shed assets, Japanese daily Nikkei reported on Sunday. The biggest U.S. bank is aiming to...; Tags: Financial services, Citigroup Inc., brokerage, investment banking, Tokyo, Japan, cutback, bank, banking, asset management, IPO, investor, investment, hedge fund, U.S., private equity, Thomson Reuters Corp., job, CEO, finance, asset, acquisition, security; News items 2008-05-10
For Google and Yahoo, japan Could be the Next China Syndrome: Google and Yahoo could soon be facing the same kinds of ethical and strategic dilemmas in Japan that they have faced in China. A Japanese government panel convened by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications recently proposed that the government regulate Web content, much like it does television and...; Tags: Google Inc., Japan, Yahoo! Inc., Government, Vertical Industries, Wireless, Enterprise Software, Software, Michael Mattis; Blog posts 2008-04-09
Oil Retreats From Record While Asian Shares Gain: By Rafael Nam HONG KONG (Reuters UK) - Oil prices retreated on Tuesday as some investors saw a recent rally to record highs as excessive, while Asian shares gained as banks were bolstered by further signals the worst of the credit crisis may now be over....; Tags: Bank, Oil, Japan, Hong Kong, Financial Services, Investment, Finance, MBIA Inc.; News items 2008-05-12

BOJ Drops Rate-hike Bias in Face of Slowing Growth: By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's central bank, facing sharply weakening growth in the economy as soaring raw materials costs bite, gave up its long-standing bias to raising rates on Wednesday and governor Masaaki Shirakawa warned that downside risks were...; Tags: Financial services, Investment, Japan, bias, economist, Tokyo, interest rate, inflation, Governor, bank, housing start, capital market, consumer confidence, bond, Thomson Reuters Corp., job, U.S., food, security, sales; News items 2008-04-30
Takeda Sees Big Profit Slump on Millennium Costs: By Edwina Gibbs TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd posted a 77 percent drop in quarterly operating profit as it spent to boost its pipeline, and forecast a sharp fall in annual income linked to the costs of its $8...; Tags: Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc., VELCADE, Amgen Inc., biotechnology, Tokyo, pharmaceutical company, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., earnings, analyst, stock, acquisition, Thomson Reuters Corp., U.S., sales, agreement, benefit; News items 2008-05-09
Samurai Bonds Flourish in Global Funding Shortage: By Rika Otsuka TOKYO (Reuters) - Major banks have rushed to tap Japan's investors as the global credit crisis made lenders wary elsewhere and more banks are expected to take advantage so long as U.S. and European markets are under strain. The Royal...; Tags: Financial accounting, Financial services, issuance, Japan, interest rate, investor, coupon, bank, South Korea, bond, Tokyo, Australia, mortgage-backed security, Thomson Reuters Corp., financial market, financial, U.S.; News items 2008-04-22
japan Inflation Hits 10-yr High: By Yoko Nishikawa TOKYO (Reuters UK) - Japanese annual inflation hit a decade-high of 1.2 percent in March on soaring energy costs, adding fuel to a bond market rout as investors bet the central bank would eventually raise rates despite a slowing economy. The economy minister...; Tags: Bank, Food, Japan, Bond, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Services, Finance; News items 2008-04-25
Nomura Busted for Insider Trading: If you wasted as much time watching Gilligan's Island reruns as I did, you might remember the (now prescient) episode where the island was running dry of drinking water. The Skipper assigns Gilligan the task of guarding the water well. While Gilligan sleeps on the job, the...; Tags: Japan, Insider, Nomura, Skipper, Government, Benefits, Food & Beverage, Human Resources, Manufacturing, Kevin Kelleher; Blog posts 2008-04-22
Pharma Goes Direct in japan: Japan's pharmaceutical market is stagnant, and companies there are under pressure to find more innovative marketing methods. Unlike pharma companies in the United States, those in Japan can't identify their products in advertising directed at consumers. Japanese companies have been wary of investing in campaigns to increase general awareness of...; Tags: McKinsey & Co., pharmaceutical company, Japan, marketing, advertisement; White papers
Online Custody System: As a leading bank in Japan and around the world, United Financial of Japan (UFJ) has operations across the globe. UFJ Trust Bank wanted to implement a global online custody multi-currency accounting system so clients can provide transactional and cash management instructions, view account balances and portfolio composition, and access...; Tags: Software development, Financial services, Development tools, Starpoint Solutions, application development, Japan, accounting system, bank, financial service, accounting, knowledge, team, financial; Case studies
Tokyo's Disney Eyes New Markets as japan Ages: By Yoko Kubota MAIHAMA, Japan (Reuters UK) - Disney characters who meet-and-greet in Japanese and a staff that speaks only Japanese mean that many of the attractions at Tokyo's Disney resort are lost, without translation, for non-Japanese speakers. "The problem is the language," said Chanida...; Tags: Resort, Disney Corp., Japan, Park, Tokyo, Signs, Marketing Research, Financial Accounting; News items 2008-04-14
Useful Commute: japan's Lost Generation: Once an economic powerhouse, Japan is suffering from a deep economic and psychological slump. Journalist Michael Zielenziger explains what's behind this stagnation and its implications for the business world. by BNET staff; Tags: BNET staff; Blog posts 2007-11-26
Savvy Move from Wal-Mart: Tapping an Outsider to Fix Its japan Operations: As I wrote in a story in Fortune last year, Wal-Mart has a fundamental problem in its management approach to Seiyu, the retailer it owns in Japan. It put an executive in charge who lacks Asia savvy and even Michael Duke, the vice chairman and head of all international operations,...; Tags: William J. Holstein, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Trius; Blog posts 2008-01-16
Finding Performance In japan Through Affiliate Marketing: Affiliate marketing at its most basic level is based on a revenue-sharing model where essentially site A agrees to feature advertising space from site B, and then site A gets a percentage of any sales generated from site B. As a marketing channel online, affiliate marketing has become an essential...; Tags: Marketing research, Japan, cookie, marketing, advertisement, performance, sales; White papers 2007-12-11
6 Steps To Penetrate japan's Online Landscape: Winning over Japan's online consumers is not without challenges. It's even harder for foreign marketers. With the right strategy, however, you can tap into this multi-million dollar pie. This paper explains few things to consider when implementing an internet marketing programme in Japan: starting with your website, one of the...; Tags: Japan, Web Site, iMedia Communications, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Branding, Internet, Marketing; White papers 2007-11-06
Wal-Mart Is Right To Pursue Seiyu, But....: Wal-Mart Chief Executive Lee Scott and his management team have made a courageous decision--to spend $860 million to acquire the remaining shares of Seiyu Ltd., the Japanese retailer, that the American company doesn't already own. Wal-Mart has previously spent more than $1 billion to acquire a 51 percent stake in...; Tags: Shareholder Groups, William J. Holstein, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Japanese Experience; Blog posts 2007-10-24
japan's Palace Grounds Once More Valuable than California: The phrase "Housing Bubble" is all-too-familiar territory for most of us, but in hindsight it shouldn't be anything new. Japan beat us to the punch back in the early 90s. Japan's real estate bubble got so 'irrationally exuberant' that the grounds under Tokyo's Imperial Palace were assessed at a...; Tags: Real estate, Jonathan Haeber; Blog posts 2007-08-27
Reluctant Regionalism: japan and Asia: While the incentives to support regional arrangements in East Asia are limited resistance to market opening remains strong in agriculture and basic materials. Japan therefore has not pursued regional arrangements with much enthusiasm, though it has taken tentative steps like the JSEPA treaty. The books analytical framework suggests that grander...; Tags: University of Michigan, Japan, free trade, incentive; White papers 2005-12-23