Japan Inc. articles from March 2006

Japan Inc. archives from March 2006

So fast makes distribution work: delivering logistics in its true sense.
March 22, 2006... Any company that sells a product, whether the company be foreign or local, requires a logistics infrastructure integrated into its business. The problem is knowing whether or not the right solution has been chosen and how much it will cost....

U-turns for profit: Japanese electronics manufacturers prove you can go home again.
March 22, 2006... "We can still compete with low wage countries when we innovate in manufacturing," said Fujio Mitarai, president of Canon, as he guided journalists around the construction site of the company's new factory in Oita City, Oita Prefecture, on the...

Sonic boom: Tokyo to New York in six hours?
March 22, 2006... "Yes, only rich people can afford to take a Concorde," states concorde-jet.com. There's no doubting the Concorde had its fans, but like all good things, it too came to an end, the curtains closing on the elite's day-tripping flight service on...

Stemming the suicide tsunami: NPOSSC will navigate Japan's byzantine counseling sector.
March 22, 2006... Some 3,500 university students commit suicide in Japan every year, in spite of the existence of hundreds of counseling and help lines in Japan. Perhaps there are too many, since they must all compete for meager funding in a society that has no...

Create your own space: J@pan Inc. provides an avenue for investments targeting women.
March 22, 2006... Financial products and services targeting women are on the rise as Japanese banks try to out-differentiate one another to woo the "single woman," who is packing considerable purchasing clout these days. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Looking for Shanghai Lil: the Cliffside Club at sixty.
March 22, 2006... Shanghai was a haven for Jews fleeing pogroms and white Russians escaping the aftermath of the October Revolution. It was a magnet for the jazzman, the political dissident, the homosexual and anyone else liable to be crushed under the heavy...

Sexy biz: new companies add oomph to Japan's lingerie market.(Cover story)
March 22, 2006... Wacoal and Triumph have long been the heavyweights of the lucrative Japanese intimate apparel market--but this is changing rapidly, with new players such as Peach John and Image adding a whole new bounce to the industry. My first visit to...

Minato-ku, we love you.
March 22, 2006... Minato-ku has the largest concentration of both foreign firms and Grade-A office building stock in Tokyo; over 5.5 million sq. meters of leased office space, which is about a quarter of all office space in Tokyo. Minato-ku, one of Tokyo's 23...

An invention a month for 50 years: Re-tec's Junichi Hisamatsu mines an inventor's fertile mind for gold.
March 22, 2006... Imagine that the great-grandson of Thomas Edison was rummaging around in the family attic one day and found notes for inventions never patented or commercialized. Such notes would have great value in today's world of intellectual property. The...

The great firewall of cyberspace: are our efforts at prevention worth the crime?
March 22, 2006... 2005, it seems, was the worst year for cyber security since, well, 2004. No one is safe from digital plagues and burglars. According to USA Today, 130 data breaches exposed 55 million Americans to potential ID theft, and the United States...

Business directory.(Directory)
March 22, 2006... Architecture/Office Solutions George Dasic Architects 2-3-3 Nishihara, Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-0066 Tel: 03-5465-5155 Fax: 03-5465-5156 mail@dasic.com www.dasic.com Form+U-Studio Form Principal: Richard R....