Bridgestone's Recall Crisis Barely Registers Across Japan. A Factory Town Displays Little Concern as Tire Maker's Firestone Image suffers Abroad

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Bridgestone Corp. is confident that it can replace all the recalled Firestone tires. Yet, the company's stock price has dropped 52% since the Firestone recall.

Foreign operations, Manufacturing processes, Securities prices, Tires and inner tubes, Tires, Tire Manufacturing (except Retreading), Quality management, Tire industry, Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Bridgestone Corp.

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Bankruptcy toll rises to a record

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Corporate bankruptcies in Japan totaled a record 26 billion yen last year, but the government may be unable to toughen debt programs due to threats of a recession and the need for popular support in the upcoming election. Also, NKK Corp. and Kawasaki Steel Corp., the second- and third-largest steelmakers in Japan, are planning to merge.

Asset sales & divestitures, Acquisitions & mergers, Government domestic functions, Primary Iron & Steel, Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing, Bankruptcy Law, Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Blast Furnace and Basic Steel Products, Economic aspects, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Steel industry, Business failures, NKK Corp., Kawasaki Steel Corp.

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The decline of Japan's political machine

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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has garnered a large base of support for his reform plans. He hopes to privatize the postal-savings system, and many other state-owned corporations that have helped to cause a stagnating economy. Mr. Koizumi is taking a big risk by dismantling big businesses since he is the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party which is a staunch supporter of large corporations.

Public Finance Activities, Government regulation (cont), Public Admin & Finance-Total Govt, Economic policy, Privatization, Privatization (Business), Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Koizumi, Junichiro

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