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Fact Sheet for Kobe Steel Ltd

Nationality: Japan

Contact Address: Shinko Building 10-26, Wakinohamacho 2-chome Chuo-ku, Kobe Hyogo 651-8585 Japan Tel: +81-78-261-5111 Fax: +81-78-261-4123

WebAddress: http://www.kobelco.co.jp/

General: Kobe Steel Ltd is one of Japan's leading steelmakers, as well as a major supplier of aluminum and copper products. Other business segments consist of wholesale power supply, machinery, construction machinery, real estate, and electronic materials and other businesses. The Kobe Steel Group is comprised of numerous consolidated and equity-valued companies in Japan, the Americas, Asia and Europe. KOBELCO is the corporate logo mark and brand name of the Kobe Steel Group. Source: http://www.kobelco.co.jp/english/corp/index.html

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China on PM Japan plate

New Delhi, May 25: Strategic issues, including military-to-military relations and deals for infrastructure projects worth an estimated $15 billion. top the agenda for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a three-day visit to Japan from Monday. The Prime ... [Published Calcutta Telegraph - 9 mins ago]

Entities: Japan, India, China, Manmohan Singh

First reported 12 mins ago - Updated 12 mins ago - 1 reports

Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman: Japan, the model

A generation ago, Japan was widely admired, and feared, as an economic paragon. Business best-sellers put samurai warriors on their covers, promising to teach you the secrets of Japanese management; thrillers by the likes of Michael Crichton portrayed ... [Published Ames Daily Tribune - 12 mins ago]

Entities: Japan, Paul Krugman, Michael Crichton, Verdict

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Japan to join TPP talks at next round in July

LIMA – The 11 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership have agreed to hold the next round of free-trade talks in Kuala Lumpur from July 15 to 25, extending the meeting to include Japan as the 12th member.The United States and the 10 other member ... [Published Japan Times - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Japan, Edgar Vasquez, Lima (Peru), Peru

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Japan aims to lure Southeast Asian tourists amid struggle with China

Japan will need to attract more tourists from Southeast Asia, instead of counting on Chinese travelers amid a territorial row, according to a draft 2013 white paper on tourism obtained by Kyodo News on Saturday.In its white paper, the government plans ... [Published GlobalPost - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Japan, China, Tokyo, Senkaku Islands, Shinzo Abe

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Shinzo Abe

‘Abenomics’: boosting Japan’s economy?

After years of grinding malaise, Japan suddenly has some of its bling back. The reason is early — and some say deceptive — signs that new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic shock therapy, called Abenomics, might just be working.The New York TimesPREV ... [Published Seattle Times - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Japan, Shinzo Abe, Tokyo, Takashimaya Co Ltd

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

Yingluck Shinawatra

PM satisfies with visit to Japan

BANGKOK, May 25 (TNA) - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Saturday expressed satisfaction on her current visit to Japan, saying it has allowed her to propose investment future plans in Asia in which businessmen from many countries are keen to inv ... [Published Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Japan, Yingluck Shinawatra, Bangkok

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 2 reports

Kobe Steel Ltd

Kobe Steel mulls shutting blast furnace in western Japan -Nikkei

Kobe Steel Ltd is considering shutting a blast furnace in Kobe, western Japan, to cut production capacity by 20 percent, the Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday, as it tries to turn around its loss-making iron and steel business. ... [Published XE - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Kobe Steel Ltd, Nikkei Index, Japan

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated 16 hours ago - 2 reports

Why the PM’s tour of Japan and Thailand matter

Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai said this will definitely come up for discussion and added, “This has been under discussion between India and Japan and there are various aspects to it including certainly discussions on safety. In the post-Fukushima period ... [Published Firstpost.com - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Japan, Thailand, Ranjan Mathai, Nuclear Power

First reported May 25 2013 - Updated May 25 2013 - 2 reports

US markets turn sober after Japan plunge

The 7.3 percent plunge in Japanese stocks during the week injected needed sobriety into US markets, but they showed a resilience that cheered investors worried about protecting the year's gains. The drop ... ... [Published Yahoo! News Australia - May 25 2013]

Entities: Japan, Resilience

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 2 reports

Japan’s clothing retail sales dip 3 in April’13

Retail clothing sales in Japan declined by 3.1 percent year-on-year to 172 billion yen in April this year, according to the report of the Japan Department Stores Association that had complied data from its 85 member firms that together own 243 ... ... [Published Birmingham Star - May 24 2013]

Entities: Japan, Retail Sales, Declination

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 2 reports

Japan stocks close up after big plunge

After a bumpy ride, stocks in Japan closed with a small gain on Friday, recovering from a deep plunge the day before. ... [Published KJCT8.com - May 24 2013]

Entities: Japan

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 2 reports

'Comfort women' cancel meeting with Japan mayor

Two South Korean women forcibly drafted into Japanese military brothels during World War II have cancelled a meeting with a Japanese mayor who sparked outrage by calling them a wartime necessity. ... [Published Channel NewsAsia - May 24 2013]

Entities: Japan, World War II, South Korea

Blogs

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Japan Is Down Again! [Published Clusterstock - Mar 13 2013] It's really hardly anything, but given that the Japanese market has only seemed to go up lately, two straight down days in a row is noteworthy! Yesterday the market fell about 0.3%. Today so far it's off by the same scale. Please follow Money ...
Elective in Japan [Published New Media Medicine - Jan 12 2013] I'm planning to do elective in Japan in June/July.Has anyone done elective in Japan? How was it? Can you survive with basic Japanese? Any info on how to apply? ...
Japan fact of the day [Published Marginal Revolution - Jan 15 2013] The unemployment rate is 4.1 percent. In recent discussions of Japanese fiscal stimulus, this point could use a little more…emphasis. Here is one source for the data . ...
Moving in Japan [Published Kottke.org Blog - Feb 26 2013] A popular option for moving companies to offer in Japan is, not only to transport your belongings, but to pack them and unpack them for you. I'd move to Japan just so I'd never have to pack up my own apartment again... except I'd have to pack up ...
Is It Game Over For Japan [Published Zero Hedge - May 10 2013] Japan should serve as a lesson to central planners around the world. Japan’s stock market/ real estate bubble burst in the early ‘90s. Since that time Japan has launched NINE QE efforts equal to roughly 25% of its GDP. And GDP growth has worsened ...

Audio/Video

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VIDEO: Japan voters 'sick of old politics' [Published BBC News Video - World - Dec 14 2012]
Japan heads to the polls [Published Reuters Video: Top News - Dec 16 2012]
Japan upgrades economic outlook [Published CNN.com - Video - May 20 2013]
The challenge of buying a gun in Japan [Published CNN.com - Video - Jan 28 2013]
Opinion: Is America Japan? [Published WSJ.com Video - Digits - Apr 18 2013]

Press Releases

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United States Steel Corporation And Kobe Steel,... [Published Financial Services - May 13 2013]
CPhI Japan, ICSE Japan, P-MEC Japan, BioPh Japa... [Published PR Newswire: Health - Apr 24 2013]
Research and Markets: Employment Services in Japan [Published Business Wire Professional Services News - Dec 17 2012]
ANA Launches 3rd Season of 'Is Japan Cool?' Web... [Published EON Business - Feb 12 2013]
ANA Launches 3rd Season of 'Is Japan Cool?' Web... [Published EON Computers & Technology - Feb 12 2013]