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Beyond every foreigner's complaint is a million dollar business idea
Japanese manufacturing is second to none, and the uninitiated may naturally expect this prowess to extend to the service sector. But those of us...
Japan, Inc., 06/22/05 by Bruce Rutledge · More from publication -
Beyond the classics: a New York publisher is bent on selling Japan's fiction
While Japanese anime, manga and pop art creep into the North American mainstream, most of the nation's novelists remain virtual unknowns in the...
Japan, Inc., 07/01/04 by Bruce Rutledge · More from publication -
The "convenience-store traveler" is privy to some of Japan's best hotel deals - Traveling The Convenient Way
FAMILYMART IS MY FRIEND. On a recent trip to Tokyo, I started memorizing the locations of all the FamilyMart stores I found. I planned my day...
Japan, Inc., 09/01/03 by Bruce Rutledge · More from publication -
Tourism industry hits the skids - Brief Article
FIRST A WEAK ECONOMY, then war, now SARS. The tourism industry is reeling from all three, and as a result, overseas travel this spring and summer...
Japan, Inc., 06/01/03 by Bruce Rutledge · More from publication -
Finding ways to sell to DoCoMo - mobile phone company NTT DoCoMo
HOW DO YOU SELL to the mobile giant, NTT DoCoMo? It's a question that plagues any small player in the mobile arena in Japan, but if you're a...
Japan, Inc., 06/01/03 by Bruce Rutledge · More from publication -
NTT units to regroup to kill off broadband competitors - The pulse: the word on the street from the heart of Tokyo - Company Profile
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone is reportedly planning to join together units of its empire to form a more cohesive broadband operation. If the...
Japan, Inc., 05/01/03 by Bruce Rutledge · More from publication -
Smartcards to play new roles for JR East, ANA - East Japan Railway Company, All Nippon Airways - Brief Article
TOKYO IS QUICKLY BECOMING the world's smartcard laboratory. About 5.7 million cards with integrated circuits (ICs) have been sold to commuters to...
Japan, Inc., 05/01/03 by Bruce Rutledge · More from publication -
New International School breaks from mold - The Pulse
PETE JUDS AND MARIKO Maeda, a husband-and-wife team, have run two of the best little international preschools in Tokyo for about a decade. Juds...
Japan, Inc., 04/01/03 by Bruce Rutledge · More from publication -
From the editor - summary of contents
BOB SAPP, LIKE MEL Ott, has a name made for crossword puzzles. But the 171-kilogram former football player isn't the type to spend his Sundays...
Japan, Inc., 03/01/03 by Bruce Rutledge · More from publication -
Riding through the Tokyo streets in style - The pulse: the word on the street from the heart of Tokyo - Brief Article
Getting around in Tokyo can be a hassle, especially when you have to change subways so many times, and you don't want to pay [yen] 3,000 or so for...
Japan, Inc., 03/01/03 by Bruce Rutledge · More from publication
