Sun rises again in Japan.

Business Asia | August 2, 1999| | Copyright

In retreat from Japan? Ignore the bad press and plough back in. There are many new opportunities, explains GREG STORY(*) in the first of a two-part feature on Japan.

Remember when you were growing up and your parents told you: "Don't believe everything you read!"

Never a truer word was spoken about how Japan is currently being reported in the Australian media. We hear plenty about bad bank loans, sagging real estate markets, plunging stocks, etc. Well let me ask, so what? What does it mean to Australian exporters?

The answer is not much, and the ...

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