On May 17th, 2010, “Astellas Pharma Inc.” announced that it agreed to buy “OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.”, the drug company in USA. The total amount of its TOB will be about US$ 4 billion. Most drug companies in Japan are facing at the year 2010 problem. Most of their bread-and-butter products [...]

 ”eBook shop PAPYLESS” begins to deliver the rental digital book with the period of browse. Users can use this service via iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, smart phone and PC. Without browsing them, they can browse contents due to “MEDUSA”, which is its own delivery system of digital book.
 The number of [...]

 On May 10th, 2010, “TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company)” announced to invest the project related to the additional construction of atomic power plant in Texas, USA. The total operating cost becomes around US$ 11.8 billion and the total investment amount invested by TEPCO is US$125 million.
 TEPCO can obtain 9.23% of [...]

 It seems Korean makers are powerful rivals which knock down Japanese firms, i.e. Sony, Panasonic, TOYOYA and so on, while Japanese firms’ accomplishments fall into the doldrums. If we find this situation, we can find fully-different impression.
 For example, let’s see the automotive parts industry. “Tsubakimoto Chain Co.” is producing the [...]

 ”Hitachi Metals, Ltd.” is considering produce the neodymium magnet, which is a high-performance permanent magnet and is used for drive motor of Hybrid Vehicle, in China. The company has its basic patent and therefore has its biggest share in the world market.
 Japanese makers have passed over to set up their [...]

 On May 3rd, 2010, the newspaper story regarding Warren Buffett, who is chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, has reported in Japan. According to it, he said he would like to purchase a Japanese big corporation sometime in the future. He showed willingness to invest in Japan for real. The period of [...]

 On April 27th, 2010, we could find that “Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.” is considering to make an investment to AREVA SA, French big nuclear industrial company. The amount of investment is Japanese Yen forty billion and several billion, and then the company will obtain around 2% of its stocks. Mitsubishi [...]

 ”Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd.” enjoys brisk sales. The company recorded year-on-year positive growth of the consolidated accounting. The net income is Japanese Yen 24.7 billion and is bigger than that of the previous year by 6.9 times. As the market of flat-screen TV and mobile phone have become huge in [...]

 JT (Japan Tobacco, Inc.) announced that JT releases “Zero Style Mint” of smoke-free cigarette only within Tokyo from the mid-May. The price of the set, which consists of a main unit and two cartridges, is Japanese Yen 300. The price of refill cartridge set, which contains four cartridges, is Japanese [...]

 Japan’s government has requested each maker not to produce electric light bulbs. TOSHIBA stopped producing them from March 17th, 2010. It is the first company, which is one of main makers and has kept about 30% of the market share. The company steps up to produce bulb-type fluorescent lights and [...]