Japanese engineers experiment with wireless power transmission

 

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“Engineers at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries are developing a wireless power transmission system that uses microwaves. They hope the system can provide electricity to facilities in remote areas where it is difficult to install power cables”

Source: The Small Print, By Steve Trautlein, MetropolisJapan.com, April 9^th 2015, Issue 1098.

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Australian companies slow to enter Japan

 

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“While Japan is the third-largest consumer market for many products, Australian firms’ investment there — with a handful of exceptions — has been tiny due to timidity, cultural and language factors and complexity and regulation on the Japanese side.”

Source: FTA to spur a new wave of Japanese investment in agriculture The Australian Newspaper, By Rick Wallace , Wednesday January 14^th, 2015, Online,

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/fta-to-spur-new-wave-of-japanese-investment-in-agriculture/story-e6frg6n6-122718386

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Japanese investors lured to Australian bonds

 

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“Japanese investors bought $2.87 billion of Australian bonds in February…(2015)…the second-biggest amount in the past 10 years, Ministry of Finance data showed….Australian bonds have remained attractive (2.25 per cent)…to Japanese investors, where yields are not far from zero”

Source: Japanese bond buying slows Aussie’s descent, by David Rogers, The Australian Newspaper, Thursday April 9^th, 2015, page 31.

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Japan largest owner of US government bonds

 

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“Japan….the worlds’ third-largest economy…the largest foreign owner of US government bonds…Japan held $US 1.2244 trillion at the end of February (2015)”

Source: Japan surpasses China as the biggest foreign holder of US government bonds by Philip Baber, Australian Financial Review, Friday, April 17^th, 2015, page 22.

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Threshold for Japanese investment in Australia increased under JAEPA agreement

 

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“in the Japan Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA). the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) threshold for Japanese investors in Australian businesses was raised to $1.078 billion”

Source: Australia’s Jobs Future - The rise of Asia and the services opportunity, ANZ:PWC, Asialink Business Services Report, April 2015, Friday 17^th April, 2015, page 31.

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