Can Japan Survive Mass Tourism? (Peter Tasker)
To say the tourist industry of Nagasaki is booming would be an understatement. Yet if government targets are any guide to the future, this is only the beginning.
Yahoo’s Japanese Jewel Could Be a Focus in Bidding War (Wall Street Journal)
Preliminary bids for Yahoo Inc. were due on Monday. Attention was shifting to Yahoo Japan , a jewel of the beleaguered Internet company that is often overlooked.
Japan Tech Hunts for Restart Button (Wall Street Journal)
There’s hope that entrepreneurs can rekindle the economy—but it can be a hard place to get a startup going.
Japan loves its geeky passions but forgets the foreign fans (FT)
Tokyo fusses over St Patrick’s day but fails to make the most of its own culture.
Japan’s funeral sector adapts as ‘peak death’ looms (FT)
Companies do not feel like families in the way they used to and feelings of loyalty are lower, driving down the attendance rates at funerals in Japan.
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