Inheritance taxation planning--speaking with the oracle of
Otemachi.(Interview)
When the founder of McDonald's Japan, 78-year-old Den Fujita,
passed away on April 21, 2004, he bequeathed a rags-to-riches story
worthy of dramatization. Born in Osaka, he was brought up . . .
Day trading in Japan: how to set up a stock trading account as a
non-Japanese.
The Japanese stock market has risen over 50% in the last five
years, and last year was the best-performing major stock market in the
world. As a result, trillions of dollars of foreign money has . . .
Japanese hospital guide: tips for choosing physicians and
hospitals.
John wakes up one morning with an ache in his abdomen. It was
almost like a stomachache, except it wasn't concentrated in his
stomach area. It was a throbbing pain in his abdomen. He rushes to . . .
Ryotaro Shiba, in memorium.
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the passing of Ryotaro
Shiba (1923-1996), novelist, essayist, travel writer. Yet 250 paperback
editions of his 350 books still line store shelves. In . . .
Ion Technology--mobile power in a super-thin package.
Imagine a battery so thin and simple to make that it can be printed
in unlimited quantities on paper or plastic. The opportunities for
creative electronic applications would be limitless. Credit . . .
Not so generic mice: Japanese companies venture into the
transgenic mouse trade.
The breeding and distribution of transgenic mice, mice with
deliberately and artificially altered genetic backgrounds, is a business
with a steep learning curve, high entry costs, and high risk. A . . .
Permissive tendencies diagnosed by Sigmund: removing the threat
of unwanted communications.(Interview)
That's Sigmund from Tokyo, not Mr. Freud of Vienna. But you
could say that the Tokyo version's purpose is similar: to analyze a
threatening trend or unwanted communication with the intent of . . .
Toyota as number one: continuous improvement key to
success.(Company overview)
Amidst growing fears that General Motors, the world's largest
car manufacturer, will go bust, Toyota Motor Company is rapidly
expanding and on course to surpass GM in production this year. . . .
Business directory.(Directory)
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
. . .
The great firewall of cyberspace: are our efforts at prevention
worth the crime?
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 . . .
An invention a month for 50 years: Re-tec's Junichi
Hisamatsu mines an inventor's fertile mind for gold.
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 . . .
Minato-ku, we love you.
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 . . .
Sexy biz: new companies add oomph to Japan's lingerie
market.(Cover story)
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 . . .
Looking for Shanghai Lil: the Cliffside Club at sixty.
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 . . .
Create your own space: J@pan Inc. provides an avenue for
investments targeting women.
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 . . .
Stemming the suicide tsunami: NPOSSC will navigate Japan's
byzantine counseling sector.
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 . . .
Sonic boom: Tokyo to New York in six hours?
"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 . . .
U-turns for profit: Japanese electronics manufacturers prove you
can go home again.
"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 . . .
So fast makes distribution work: delivering logistics in its true
sense.
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 . . .
Directory.(Directory)
BANK
CitiBank
Akasaka Park Bldg. 5F, 5-2-20 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-6105
tel: (03)3560-9276
www.citi.com
Shinsei Bank
2-1-6, Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0028
tel: 0120-456-860
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