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Reflections on the past forty years of Japanese business in the UK – what’s next? – 7
This post is also available in: Japanese(continued from part 6) The Japanese consumer electronics companies which were such prominent sponsors of the 1985 Japanese Miracle conference at Oxford University had all set up manufacturing in the UK in the 1970s. Sony was the first, taking over an empty factory in Bridgend, with support from the…
Reflections on the past forty years of Japanese business in the UK – what’s next? – 6
This post is also available in: Japanese(continued from part 5) The Japanese Miracle was the title of a conference held by AISEC at Oxford University in December 1985. Japan’s economic success was beginning to be noticed, but often as a threat, with books starting to appear such as Japan as Number 1 and American unionists…
Reflections on the past forty years of Japanese business in the UK – what’s next? – 5
This post is also available in: Japanese(continued from part 4) In the next part of my speech to Jiji Top Seminar, I took Napoleon Bonaparte’s view that “to understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty” and looked at the state of the UK in the…
Kubota to build excavator factory in Germany
This post is also available in: JapaneseJapanese construction machinery maker Kubota will build a new factory in Germany to produce mini excavators, planning for a long-term rise in demand in Europe despite sluggish demand in the region. Kubota already has a factory nearby employing over 500 people and another factory in France, producing tractors, where…
JERA and BP to merge offshore wind businesses
This post is also available in: JapaneseJapanese energy provider and British oil company BP are to set up a company named JERA Nex bp in the U.K. by next September after they gain approval from authorities. They intend to invest $5.8bn in the 50-50 venture by 2030. Both have been struggling to achieve profitability in…
Nippon Life to acquire Resolution Life
This post is also available in: JapaneseNippon Life is negotiating to acquire Bermuda headquartered Resolution Life for $8.2bn, making it the biggest ever acquisition by a Japanese insurer. The last major acquisition in this sector was MS&AD acquiring UK non-life insurance and reinsurance company Amlin in 2015 for $5.3bn. Resolution Life was founded by British…
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