Puzzle parts: trade barriers snarl Japan's production schemes

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Japanese carmakers hope to fend off the effects of a rising yen by finding more cheap production sights in Southeast Asia, but trade barriers within the region are stifling their plans. To be profitable overseas, carmakers want to be able to sell cars in the countries in which they are made. This means, in countries like Indonesia, companies must offer very cheap cars. Because they are not allowed to import and export parts amongst various nations in the area without suffering high tariffs, cars are still too expensive to sell in the region.

Motor vehicle parts and accessories, Motor Vehicle Parts, Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing, Analysis, Economic aspects, Automotive parts, Cover Story, Automobile industry, Southeast Asia, Outsourcing

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Spoiled for choice: game wars heat up in Japan

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Pachinko and video-game makers in Japan are facing a full market as they fight to keep revenue level, let alone increasing. Pachinko is now a $175 billion business, but a decision to make games that let people play with one ball at a time precipitated the need for more interesting graphics and imaginative concepts. In the $6.6 billion video-game industry, the dominant Nintendo hopes to keep a plethora of rivals at bay despite their more sophisticated machines. Eventually, computer games may overtake them.

Game, Toy, and Children's Vehicle Manufacturing, Home Video Games, Games, toys, and children's vehicles, Management, Video game industry, Video games industry, Video games, Nintendo Company Ltd.

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Out of the sun: Japan's Mori building tries its luck abroad

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Japanese construction and real-estate empire Mori Building is aggressively expanding abroad under the leadership of Minoru Mori, the founder's son. While the company made tentative moves into the US in the 1980s, it is now looking closer to home, and has signed fifty-year leases in Dalian and Shanghai, China. Two of those are to put up office buildings in Pudong New Zone, which Shanghai hopes to make its business district but which has seen a spate of troubles recently.

Planning, Real estate developers, Mori Building Company Ltd.

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