Regrouping; Japan's keiretsu; Japan's keiretsu under strain.(Business)(Brief Article) From: The Economist (US) | Date: November 25, 2000 | COPYRIGHT 2000 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

ARE Japan's keiretsu, the shadowy business groups that have long bound banks, trading houses and industrial firms into loosely knit conglomerates, about to unravel? A recent spate of financial mergers had suggested their imminent collapse, as the banks that played a central role within them as suppliers of cheap capital merged with house banks from rival keiretsu. But other recent deals, including a merger between Sumitomo Chemical and Mitsui Chemical announced on November 17th, hav...

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