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ExecutivePlanet.com: Japan - http://www.executiveplanet.com/index.php?title=Japan
Guide to business etiquette in Japan covering many aspects of doing business in Japan, including negotiating, entertaining, gift giving, and public behaviour. |
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The Social Contradictions of Japanese Capitalism - http://www.TheAtlantic.com/issues/98jun/japancap.htm
Behind Japan's economic crisis lurks a social one. From The Atlantic Monthly. |
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Textileinfo.com - http://textileinfo.com/
Introduces information related to innovative technology and management, at times unique to Japanese culture, as well as the latest news concerning textiles in general. |
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JapanConsuming: Monthly Newsletter - http://www.japanconsuming.com/
Analysis and reporting of Japan's consumer and retail markets to help overseas companies gain access to the Japanese market. |
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Japan Rice Market - http://www.japan-rice.com/
Provides regularly updated news on Japanese rice, as well as monitoring current prices. With news archive. |
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BBC News: The Hidden Face of Japan's Recession - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/audiovideo/programmes/crossing_continents/208036.stm
30 minute radio program on growing poverty in Japan: as recession bites, growing numbers of homeless and starving men are on the streets. |
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Explaining Japan's Recession - http://www.mises.org/fullstory.asp?control=1099
Economic essay asserting that both Keynesian and Monetarist explanations and solutions to Japan's economic stagnation failed and an Austrian theory of the business cycle provides the explanation. |
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No More Games in Japan's Referee-Free Capitalism - http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/discussionpapers/Kaneko.html
Argues that legal reforms are also needed for Japan's economic woes to end, but current structural reforms may worsen the situation. |
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Forbes: The Panic Spreads - http://www.forbes.com/global/2002/0218/022.html
Documents Japan's continuing economic decline and demonstrates Japan's industrial crisis is reaching Great Depression levels. |
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Forbes - The Pride That Killed Sony - http://www.forbes.com/technology/personaltech/2003/11/05/cz_bf_1104sony.html
Article stating that hubris caused plunging sales and profits, and led to a major restructuring. |