In various major cities of China was established on 17 September, the new Apple iPad launches, after the company was faced with some obstacles ahead. Five months after the official launch in the U.S. is now in China so far: Even in the storms of rain-hit Beijing, urging the masses to get hold of a copy from the Apple Store.

Japanese automakers like Toyota and Nissan are trying because of the strong yen, instead of increasing, parts for the automotive industry too favorably of South Korean suppliers as far from local suppliers. This measure brings the Japanese automotive suppliers in distress, and analysts even fear an erosion of the Japanese automotive industry.

The Japanese Ministry of Finance has On Wednesday for the first time in more than 6 years intervened in the foreign exchange market to weaken the strong yen. After Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda gave the green light for action, the dollar gained against the yen in strength and it fell from its peak level in 15 years.

The Japanese Incubator Bank on Friday with an indebtedness of 180.4 billion yen for the funds deposited with the bank an incubator.A bank is not like any otherThe decision to limit deposit insurance depends obviously connected with the peculiarities of the Incubator Bank.

Despite the strong yen Surpassed in July, new orders for machinery and Japan's trade surplus exceeded expectations. Incoming orders rose by 8.8 percent. This is the largest increase this year. The trade surplus grew year on year by 26 percent to 1.676 trillion yen.Yen exchange rate risk factorJapan's economic recovery seems therefore to move on for now.

All Nippon Airways .CEO Shinchiro Ito wants to go one step further. He dreams of building a low-cost airline, which is to be competitive in Japan and Asia, while cannibalizing the parent airline ANA will not. Together with a yet to be announcing investor wants to All Nippon Airways to make this dream come true.

Taiwan is admitted for the first time a magazine from the mainland: After a month, received a thorough examination in Lanzhou permission to publish in Taiwan.Duzhe strongly reminiscent of the American magazine Reader's Digest and is the best-selling magazine on the mainland, with a circulation of 10 million.

The Walkman, which is the father of all portable music devices. In 1979 he experienced in the form of the TPS-L2 was born. Two decades, he became a status symbol for the youth – to Apple's iPod in the new millennium, the Walkman made redundant.Since November 2001, running behind the trendsetters of the former American competitors.

Many Japanese companies diversify their business by dropping in closed units with controlled environment vegetables. Nationally, estimates are for the Ministry of Agriculture about 75 factories in vegetables such operation or under construction, writes the Asahi Shimbun.Transported saladMany non-agricultural companies are getting into the business.

In recent years, the American company Starbucks in South Korea, the coffee-shop chain, with most stores. But lately, the local competition has caught up considerably.A total of 12 chains Operate more than 2,000 branches, 500 of which were opened only since end of last year. With 318 stores, Starbucks has continued in the lead, but shrinks the distance to the competition.