Japan-U.S. Business Report articles

Recent articles from Japan-U.S. Business Report

Japan-U.S. Business Report.(discontinued)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... This is the final issue of the Japan-U.S. Business Report. I appreciate your forbearance as the report fell further and further behind schedule. Ironically, I always considered it to be first on my list of things to do. However, the demands of publishing the weekly JEI Report and other...

Chemicals. (Japanese Companies in the United States).(Japanese chemical producers develop electronic commerce potential in US)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Japan's top chemicals producers are only a step behind their American and European peers in embracing business-to-business Internet-based marketplaces as a way to lower input costs and boost sales volume. Like many of their counterparts, moreover, they are hedging their bets, joining or even...

Computers and peripherals. (Japanese Companies in the United States).(Japanese electronics companies partner for online market portal)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Three of Japan's huge, vertically integrated electronics manufacturers - HITACHI, LTD., MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. and TOSHIBA CORP.- are among the eight launch partners of an INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP.-spearheaded independent, global B2B electronic marketplace...

Construction and real estate. (Japanese Companies in the United States).(Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd. consolidates American operations in New York)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... The restructuring of MITSUI FUDOSAN CO., LTD.'s property portfolio in the United States has shifted from the disposal stage to the organizational phase. Japan's top real estate developer merged its once-separate subsidiaries in Honolulu, Los Angeles and New York City into a single company...

Electric machinery. (Japanese Companies in the United States).
July 1, 2000... Arguably, no big Japanese electric machinery manufacturer has been more willing than TOSHIBA CORP. to spin off operations judged to fall outside its core businesses. This restructuring often involves the formation of a joint venture with a foreign partner to run the divested unit. In the...