Terrie's Articles

TT-648 -- Bicycles Back in Popularity, ebiz news from Japan

Bicycle maker Asahi predicted it would close its FY2011 in February with a massive increase in profits.

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TT-647 -- A Good Time to Move Office and Home, e-biz news from Japan

The rate of vacant offices has been rising steadily, with a surplus in large floor space buildings and also overall.

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TT-646 -- The Trouble with Kuchikomi, ebiz news from Japan

Late last year it was revealed that Tabelog rankings had in fact been manipulated by online advertising companies.

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TT-645 -- Partnering with Vietnam, ebiz news from Japan

Trade and diplomacy between Vietnam and Japan is running at an all-time high, and Vietnam is booming economically.

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TT-644 -- Six Predictions for Japan in 2012, ebiz news from Japan

Predictions about what we think will happen on a macro level here in Japan or globally that will affect Japan.

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TT-643 -- Nine Events That Defined Business in 2011, ebiz news from Japan

Events that we think will have repercussions and benefits for Japan for years to come.

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TT-642 -- Another Olympus-style Scandal: JTI, ebiz news from Japan

Another Japanese corporate scandal is in the works, involving the international subsidiary of Japan Tobacco.

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TT-641 -- Counseling a Generation of Unloved Singles, ebiz news from Japan

A ministry think tank released that more than half of single Japanese men and women aged 18-34 have no partner.

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TT-640 -- Groundshifts in Systems Integration Sector, ebiz news from Japan

Most Japanese SI firms are looking at going abroad in some shape or form.

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TT-639 -- 10,000 Tickets, a Good Idea or Not? e-biz news from Japan

Since the announcement there have been over 100 million searches on Google for terms relating to free tickets to Japan.

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TT-638 -- Olympus - What Happens Next? ebiz news from Japan

Given what is happening, in a way Olympus is the magnitude 9 earthquake of the commercial world.

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TT-637 -- Olympus Redux & Corporate Governance, ebiz news from Japan

Now the rumors circulating around town are that Olympus could have been the target of Yakuza extortion.

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TT-636 -- New Unskilled Worker Immigration? ebiz news from Japan

Major manufacturers hit by the floods in Thailand can bring their Thai workforces to Japan for up to 6 months.

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TT-635 -- Roller Coaster of Olympus Meltdown, ebiz news from Japan

An amazing story is unfolding before us here in Japan involving over a billion dollars of potential fraud.

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