As the cultural capital of Japan, traditional arts are actively cultivated in the city.
Japan is within range of these rockets and has been taking precautions, including setting up batteries of US-made Patriot anti-missile systems around the capital and sending two warships to the Sea of Japan, with orders to shoot down any missiles fired towards the Japanese islands.
Again, I expect the flow of capital out of Japan to continue, and I remain very bullish about non-Japanese stocks.
At a panel discussion on the report, Lulu Wang, chief executive of Tupelo Capital Management, pointed to Japan as example of the benefits of FDI.
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Under the gaze of television cameras, Yoshizawa Yasuyuki, the 42-year-old head of the Bank of Japan's capital-markets division, was driven away in a black sedan.
Foreign-based venture capital firms have almost no presence in Japan, with the exception of DCM Capital and a smattering of other firms.
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The bond also gives investors a chance to express their opinion on the expected rate of inflation in Japan over the next ten years, says John Richards of Barclays Capital in Tokyo.
This was not the first time that Japan had risked its diplomatic capital in support of the new China.
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The dwindling value of Japan's stockmarket has reduced the banks' capital as they struggle to write off their vast bad debts.
The yen has not responded to this, because of enormous countervailing capital flows caused by the financial crisis in Japan.
Japan's exports also moved swiftly up the value chain, but whereas this was not enough to support durable gains in its market share, China has the advantage of capital controls that will prevent its exchange rate rising as abruptly as Japan's did in the 1980s.
The most important test will come not in the vulnerable economies of the developing world, nor in Japan, but in the rich, developed world that provides most of that capital and sets the tone on trade and investment rules.
Quite simply, in Japan too much capital is devoted to the business of lending.
Most matches on the outdoor courts were called off by heavy rain and strong winds from Typhoon Higos, one of the strongest storms to threaten Japan's capital since World War II.
Last month, facing sharp drops in their stock prices, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs sought the safety of bank holding company status, and got injections of capital from Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ and Warren Buffett, respectively.
They know that Japan still controls the world's largest supply of capital and access to the world's second largest economy.
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The laser printer sector is beginning to see some component and toner shortages as a result of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, according to Barclays Capital analyst Ben Reitzes.
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But, in other respects, the sudden execution of Mr Takuma was typical of Japan's murky system of capital punishment.
Mark Follett, head of the firm's high-grade debt capital markets desk for Asia excluding Japan, says that is because many Chinese companies plan to tap the bond market and diversify their funding from a heavy reliance on bank loans.
Former capital Kyoto, in particular, is known worldwide as one of the most beautiful places in Japan, and it's the place to absorb the maximum amount of architectural beauty, culture and history in the shortest amount of time.
Our capital markets--at least up to now--foster innovation from nonestablished entrepreneurs, the opposite of Japan's.
What Japan has sorely needed of late is more adaptability outside of the factory, in its capital markets, labor force and distribution.
Orix, which listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1998 and whose shareholder base is more than 50% outside Japan, also operates in investment banking, life insurance, venture capital and in the financing of real-estate development.
Japan is also one of only three countries in the report that did not deplete their natural capital between 1990 and 2008.
He is seeking venture-capital funding so that he can reap the rewards of his creativity in a manner more in tune with Silicon Valley than Japan.
Set in the dense forests of the Kii Mountains overlooking the Pacific Ocean, three sacred sites - Yoshino and Omine, Kumano Sanzan, Koyasan - linked by pilgrimage routes to the ancient capital cities of Nara and Kyoto, reflect the fusion of Shinto, rooted in the ancient tradition of nature worship in Japan, and Buddhism, which was introduced from China and the Korean Peninsula.
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