It is a coincidence of course, but the April 24 Nihon Keizai Shimbun carried an editorial that might have been a response to one of the three critical challenges that Canon chairman Mitarai believes must be successfully addressed if Japan is to avoid terminal decline (see the previous post).

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They reportedly approached Hitachi, knowing that Hitachi is desperate to find projects for its nuclear plant business as the post-Fukushima disaster Japan home market seems in terminal decline.

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