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Market of Supplements in Japan

Icon Written by admin on 11th Aug 2009 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 FUJI KEIZAI Co., Ltd. did the inquiry survey of the purpose of taking supplements. This survey was taking from males and females, aged 20’s to 60’s , living in Tokyo metropolitan area via Internet. FUJI KEIZAI announced that 85% of answerers are taking them for the anti-aging, the easing of [...]

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Recover? Japanese Securities Industry

Icon Written by admin on 6th Aug 2009 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

We can see some signs of recovery the accomplishment in the Japanese securities industry. On July 31 2009, we could find account settlements of main 18 securities companies in the first quarter of 2009 fiscal year. According to it, all of them ended in the black at the bottom line. [...]

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Recover? Japanese 6 Banking Group

Icon Written by admin on 6th Aug 2009 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

On July 31 2009, we could find account settlements in the first quarter of 2009 fiscal year regarding Big 6 groups in Japanese banking industry. In the fourth quarter of 2008 fiscal year, 4 groups were in the red. Excluding Mizho Financial Group, remain 3 groups could went from the [...]

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Amalgamation, Shinsei Bank and Aozora Bank

Icon Written by admin on 4th Aug 2009 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

On June 25th 2009, we could find that Shinsei Bank and Aozora Bank agreed in principle to form a merger within 2010. They will announce it in early June.
Because of the economic slowdown, which is arising out of the recent financial crisis, both banks have kept the negotiation regarding the [...]

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MHI (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd)

Icon Written by admin on 23rd Jul 2009 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 On June 18th 2009, Merrill Lynch Securities Company announced that the stock of “MHI (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd)” should be the favorite of Japanese environmental stocks.
 On June 10th 2009, Japanese government had already announced regarding the reduction target of heat-trapping gases in the medium range. Within 2020, it should be [...]

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Strong Interest in Photovoltaic Power Generation

Icon Written by admin on 23rd Jul 2009 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 Recently, the interest in the photovoltaic power generation is increasing in Japan. One of Japanese local public agencies is interested in it. It is Ohmuta-city in Kyushu. It announced that it has the plan to set up facilities of photovoltaic power generation to 18 schools, so it will provide the [...]

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Tough Time for Department Store in Japan

Icon Written by admin on 3rd Jul 2009 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 Since last fall, the sales amount of department stores in Japan is decreasing rapidly. Most of them have making efforts, i.e. closing money-losing stores, restructuring, consolidation and so on, to seek out such situations.
 The purchasing system of Japanese department stores is quite different from those things in ordinal stores in [...]

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