BBC News - Sony Plans Massive Job Cuts
The consumer electronics giant is to shed 13% of its workforce to combat its resurgent rivals and prop up profits.
BBC News: The Hidden Face of Japan's Recession
30 minute radio program on growing poverty in Japan: as recession bites, growing numbers of homeless and starving men are on the streets.
ExecutivePlanet.com: Japan
Guide to business etiquette in Japan covering many aspects of doing business in Japan, including negotiating, entertaining, gift giving, and public behaviour.
Explaining Japan's Recession
Economic essay asserting that both Keynesian and Monetarist explanations and solutions to Japan's economic stagnation failed and an Austrian theory of the business cycle provides t…
Forbes - The Pride That Killed Sony
Article stating that hubris caused plunging sales and profits, and led to a major restructuring.
Forbes: The Panic Spreads
Documents Japan's continuing economic decline and demonstrates Japan's industrial crisis is reaching Great Depression levels.
Japan Economic Foundation
Homepage of JEF offering articles and back issues of the Journal of Japanese Trade and Industry.
Japan Rice Market
Provides regularly updated news on Japanese rice, as well as monitoring current prices. With news archive.
JapanConsuming: Monthly Newsletter
Analysis and reporting of Japan's consumer and retail markets to help overseas companies gain access to the Japanese market.
No More Games in Japan's Referee-Free Capitalism
Argues that legal reforms are also needed for Japan's economic woes to end, but current structural reforms may worsen the situation.
Saving Japan
A collection of essays by MIT economist Paul Krugman on the Japanese economy.
The Japan Investor
Subscription based investor information for those interested in the Japanese market.
Working in a Japanese Company - The Daily Routine
Gives brief overview on differences in working in a Japanese company environment.