Make or break time for Japan
The proximate cause of today’s gloom has been the global economic crisis, and the accompanying surge in the yen to an export-killing 15-year high
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Retooling Japan
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A series looking at the health of Japanese manufacturing industry and the decline of monozukuri - its culture of ‘making things’
Steelmakers’ merger shows a way ahead for Japan Inc
The Nippon Steel-Sumitomo Metal deal shows that corporate Japan is getting serious about consolidation – and for pessimists, that the pace of restructuring remains painfully slow
Young shun technology despite job fears
Japanese manufacturing that 25 years ago had the global economy by the tail is now faltering as companies struggle to find the skilled workers needed to innovate and survive
Tokyo builds national teams in export drive
A partnership between the Japanese government and a dozen utilities and plantbuilders has been given the task of selling Japanese atomic technology to developing countries
JBIC to help companies with foreign deals
As Japanese manufacturers struggle domestically because of the shrinking home market, government officials and industry executives have joined forces to sell Japanese technology in places as far flung as Florida and Turkey
Japanese shipyards demand action on won
Two leading Japanese shipbuilders are calling for urgent government action to tackle what they say is the unfair advantage enjoyed by South Korean rivals from an artificially cheap currency
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Japan’s tech specialists defend their lead
The country continues to boast hundreds of mainly fairly small niche companies in specialised technology fields and many of them have stayed ahead of their rivals
