Is the trouble in Japan's banking system over? With the government's ¥60,000bn banking package last autumn, the nationalisation of Nippon Credit and Long Term Credit Bank and write-offs and provisions of over ¥ 10,000bn last year, one might expect that a crisis which has bedevilled the sector for years is finally on the mend....more

PRODUCTION
Restructuring seen to gather pace  Jul 13

TRADING COMPANIES
Finances put in sharper focus  Jul 13

EMPLOYMENT
An unpleasant dilemma  Jul 13

WESTERN MUSICALS
Remaining big business, especially with women  Jul 13