Japan’s Growth & Manufacturing Challenges

There was an interesting & thought provoking article in Reuters this past week that focused on challenges for Japan’s manufacturing industry. With manufacturing being a key element of the Japanese economy, anything that moves a bit in that sector can be cause for concern. The article focuses on the lack of growth and development in […]

2 Japanese Steel firms Merging

This week, two more Global 5000 companies announced they were merging … Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Industries.  Just watching The Global 5000 companies on a regular basis we see mergers and combinations on a regular basis. This one feels different. It is not often we see large, Japanese companies (outside the financial sector) merge. […]