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Hiroshi Hiyama

ARTICLES BY HIROSHI HIYAMA

Companies love the idea of India, with its huge untapped market and its vast, cheap workforce. But they know there are potential problems; Japanese suitors have stumbled more than once before. Photo: Bloomberg

Japanese companies cautious on India despite Prime Ministers’ love-in

3 min read . 10 Sep 2014

Economists say the project is mired in difficulties, including large fluctuations in value caused by speculators and a supposed vulnerability to online thieves. Photo: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP

MtGox bitcoin plunges as website disappears

3 min read . 26 Feb 2014

Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe. Photo: AFP

Japan putting missiles on Pacific gateway islands

2 min read . 07 Nov 2013

Tepco employees in Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima. Photo: Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

Thyroid cancer risk for 2,000 Fukushima workers: TEPCO

2 min read . 19 Jul 2013

Sales rose 3.6% to 5.07 trillion yen on strong demand in the mobile products and movies division, offsetting weaker television and videogame sales. Photo: AFP (AFP)

Sony trims quarterly loss to $115 million

2 min read . 07 Feb 2013

A file photo of Japanese electronics manufacturer Panasonic showroom in Tokyo. Photo: AFP (AFP)

Sharp, Panasonic post massive losses

2 min read . 01 Feb 2013

Global shipments of digital cameras among Japanese firms tumbled about 42% in September from a year ago. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint. (Pradeep Gaur/Mint.)

Smartphones crushing point-and-shoot camera market

2 min read . 21 Nov 2012

The decades-old dispute came to the fore earlier this year when the China-baiting governor of Tokyo announced he wanted to buy the island chain from its private Japanese landowner. Photo: AP (AP)

Chinese govt ships in waters of disputed isles: Japan

4 min read . 03 Oct 2012