E-Journal

January/February 2006 Issue

January/February 2006 Issue

Welcome! M&As in Japan

TOPICS
North American Beef Imports to Be Resumed - More Information Disclosure to Consumers Required -
Publisher's Note
A Sense of Responsibility
By Noboru Hatakeyama
SPOTLIGHT
Concept Cars
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Charts January/February 2006
FEATURE
Think Humbly, Act Mindfully - A Japanese Buddhist Perspective -
by Inoguchi Takashi
TOPICS
Week-long trade Talks with US, EC
Book Review
The Art of Japanese Management by R. T. Pascale and A.G.Athos
Cover Story : Welcome! M&As in Japan
New Developments in Corporate Takeovers and Defense Measures in Japan
by Kanda Hideki
Cover Story : Welcome! M&As in Japan
Expansion of M&As through Economic Reforms and Structural Change in the Business Community
by Sadamori Keisuke
Cover Story : Welcome! M&As in Japan
International M&As and Corporate Governance
by Kagono Tadao
Cover Story : Welcome! M&As in Japan
Foreign Investment in Japan to Double in 5 Years -nterview with Shimada Haruo-
Interviewer: Okabe Hiroshi
Cover Story : Welcome! M&As in Japan
Sea Change Looming in Makeup of Japanese Shareholders -Interview with Matsumoto Oki, President, Monex, Inc.-
Interviewer: Okabe Hiroshi
Cover Story : Welcome! M&As in Japan
The Japanese-Style M&A - A View from within the Japanese Business Scene -
by Nagamori Shigenobu
Cover Story : Welcome! M&As in Japan
No Interest in Buying TV Companies -Interview with Inoue Masahiro, President and CEO, Yahoo Japan Corp.-
Interviewer: Onishi Daisuke
Cover Story : Welcome! M&As in Japan
World's Giants Make a Landfall in Japan - The Changing Japanese M&A Market -
by Takahashi Naoto
BUSINESS PROFILES
Quick Supply-Demand Adjustment Comes from Our DNA -Interview with Tomono Hiroshi, President, Sumitomo Metal Industries,
Interviewer: Hamamoto Noriko
BUSINESS PROFILES
The Pen Is Mightier than the Mouse - on Displays -Interview with Yamada Masahiko, President & CEO, Wacom Co., Ltd.-
Interviewer: Takamasu Kanji
JAPANESE MIND
Shochiku Presents Japan to the World
by Otani Nobuyoshi
Viewpoint S
CHANGE
by Sam Jameson
ASIAN VIEW
The Thought Patterns Surrounding Confucianism
by Wang Min
WHAT'S UP IN JAPAN
The Internationalization of Sumo: 60 Foreign Rikishis' Fighting Spirit
by Shimokado Yoko
FINANCE
BOJ to End Quantitative Easing Policy in the First Half of 2006
by Aoki Masaru
SPECIAL ARTICLE
Japanese Civilization (Part 24) -Was the Indian Cotton Industry Wiped Out by the British Industry?-
by Kawakatsu Heita
Culture
Teenage Girl Wins Literary Prize for Rookie Writers
by Kurosawa Tsuneo
KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES
The Globalization of Crime and Japan's Changing Police
by Matsunaga Tsutomu
GALLERY
Silver Cutlery and My Life
by Ueda Kozo
TOPICS
Military Forces for Self-Defense" Specified - LDP Adopts New Draft Constitution -
TOPICS
Carbon Trading Business Accelerating - Nippon Steel to Undertake World's Biggest GHG Project in China -

Japan SPOTLIGHT