Article: Back from the grave; Property in Japan.(A long-awaited rebound in a post-bubble market)(commercial property)

Article: Sounding the alarm: a legacy of violence, fanaticism and assassination re-emerges in Japan.
U.S. News & World Report;  April 10, 1995 ;     700+ words ......assassination_this was the legacy that propelled Japan into an unwinnable war in the 1930s. Fifty years ago, at the close of the Second World War, Japan_under American tutelage_tossed aside this legacy...government that worked. By its own reckoning, Japan had one-upped its tutor, achieving ...

Article: Worse than Japan? America's banking crisis.(America's crisis in a historical context)
The Economist (US);  February 14, 2009 ;     700+ words ......the speed of recovery differed dramatically; Japan endured a decade of economic stagnation, whereas...weak banks and nationalising where necessary. Japan stalled for a decade because it took years to...conference on February 9th, Barack Obama pointed to Japan as an example of what not to do. Its lost ...

Article: What ails Japan? What ails Japan?(Japanese economics)(Statistical Data Included)
The Economist (US);  April 20, 2002 ;     700+ words ......lenders. Such a country is Japan, and to many it might seem...are undeniably in trouble. Japan has too many of them, they...performing substitutes, because Japan is going through a nasty...intensive care. Since 1991, commercial property prices have dropped by an average of 84% in ...

Article: Benefits of PGMA Japan, Brazil visit cited.
Philippines News Agency;  June 28, 2009 ;     694 words ......Monday, June 29) from her weeklong trip to Japan and Brazil, she will be bringing with her...Brazil, and people-to-people linkages. In Japan, Trade and Industry Minister Toshiro Nikai...satisfaction over the implementation of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement...

Article: Death by deflation: if high inflation is bad news, why aren't falling prices good news? (economic deflation in Japan)(Column)
The Economist (US);  June 17, 1995 ;     700+ words ...A DEADLY virus is sweeping Japan. The locals call it kakaku hakai...as deflation, or falling prices. Japan is the first to experience a significant...war, though they fell briefly in Japan and Germany in 1986-87, after oil prices plunged. Japan's latest experience has been more...have been falling ...

Article: S. Korean president calls for better treatment of Koreans in Japan.
YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea;  June 29, 2009 ;     216 words ......more support to South Korean residents in Japan and to help them overcome discriminatory...inconveniences faced by Korean residents in Japan, the president was quoted as saying in...leaders of the Korean Residents Union in Japan, also known as Mindan. Officials from the...

Article: The only way is up; The Bank of Japan.
The Economist (US);  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Will the Bank of Japan's new governor, Toshihiko Fukui (above), do what is needed to resuscitate Japan's sick economy? ON FEBRUARY 24th, after much dithering, Junichiro Koizumi, Japan's prime minister, nominated Toshihiko Fukui as the new governor of the Bank of Japan. Subject to parliamentary ...

Article: The opening of Japan. (begins to accept imported consumer goods) (Business)
The Economist (US);  December 17, 1988 ;     700+ words ......1988 has been one in which the doors to Japan's closed market have been prised apart...boom and the willingness of an affluent Japan to buy foreign goods have played their...been the change all this has wrought upon Japan's distribution system. For years it tended...

Article: Big in Japan Country Managers to Expand ShopSavvy's Database of 20,000 Retailers Worldwide.
PRWeb;  June 29, 2009 ;     494 words ......2009 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) -- Big in Japan, a Dallas-based idea factory for mobile...said Alexander Muse, co-founder of Big in Japan. We're confident we have the same potential...our retailer database. To date, Big in Japan has hired 15 managers serving 20 countries...

Article: Fed: Major items of trade between Australia and Japan
AAP General News (Australia);  April 23, 2007 ;     132 words ......items of trade between Australia and Japan The following is a list of the major items of trade between Australia and Japan .. based on 2004 data provided by the...Trade. Top five Australian exports to Japan, US$ million Coal 4,229 Combined confidential...

Article: Interview: Japan welcomes Chinese individual tourists with enthusiasm, expectation
Xinhua News Agency;  June 30, 2009 ;     581 words ...Interview: Japan welcomes Chinese individual tourists with...Jie and Ye Jia TOKYO, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Japan expects opening tourism to Chinese individuals...long as they meet certain requirements, Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) Commissioner Yoshiaki...

Article: Players plow funds into Japan
China Daily;  April 1, 2005 ;     313 words ......global companies plowing more than US$7 billion into Japan as property prices recover from a 15-year slide...which manages US$29 billion, spent US$2.5 billion in Japan in the past six weeks to buy properties including...bought a lending business from UFJ Holdings Inc, Japan's fourth-largest bank, gaining ...

Article: Newly Launched Free Choice Foundation Attempts Rescue of Japan's Private Heath Care Network.
PRWeb;  July 1, 2009 ;     626 words ...Tokyo, Japan, Jul 01, 2009 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX...Kessler, an American expatriate living in Japan, Free Choice (http://www.freechoice.jp...regarding the needs of the foreign community in Japan and present it to the Japanese government...

Article: Walking on eggshells; Bank of Japan.(Japan should brace for more interest-rate rises)
The Economist (US);  December 23, 2006 ;     700+ words ......recovery is still fragile, Japan should brace itself for...governor of the Bank of Japan (BoJ), would dearly like...prematurely announced the end of Japan's debilitating era of deflation...between zero and 0.1%. In Japan the core CPI includes energy...investment. The rebound in ...