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. (more…)
Sep
14
ANA wants to shake up Japan's airline industry
Sep
09
Reading mainland for Taiwan
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. (more…)
Sep
07
The summer of awakening from Sony
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. (more…)
Sep
05
Vegetables instead of car factory
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. (more…)
Sep
04
Coffee shops conquer South Korea
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. (more…)
Aug
31
Who is CEO?
In an unusual move, the supplier listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange U-Shin Ltd.. on 25 July in full-page newspaper advertisements advertised the post of company president. Wanted young, dynamic candidates who are fluent in English and Japanese, and operate successfully in global business can have. (more…)
Aug
29
A small mobile revolution
Japanese telecom company and the mobile phone manufacturers are working together so closely that the SIM card is permanently installed in each mobile phone. The customer is bound by contract for years at the telecom operator. He moves to a competitor, it must also change the mobile phone. (more…)
Aug
28
Strong yen, weak policy
The Nikkei stock index has the 4th Times in a row closed in negative territory. On Tuesday, the index fell for the first time since the first May 2009 under the psychologically critical threshold of 9,000 points at 8995.14. A day later, he graduated with 8845.39 points even deeper.The trigger for the case of the Nikkei was a conversation between Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Masaaki Shirakawa, the governor of the Bank of Japan. (more…)
Aug
27
What does the decline of HMV
After 20 years, has closed the British music store chain HMV's flagship store in his trendy Shibuya district Tokyo this week. HMV is suffering like every other CD shops with declining revenues. CD sales in Japan have shrunk in comparison to the best of times by 60 percent, the Yomiuri Shimbun wrote. (more…)
Aug
24
Jeans from Pyongyang
In 2007, three young Swedes had a crazy investment idea: jeans, produced in North Korea. With a simple e-mail to the government, the project started. A little later, Jakob Ohlsson, Jacob Åström and Tor Rauden Källstigen after Pyongyang were loaded.Your first night she spent in a karaoke bar. (more…)