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Japan’s resumption of its export credit insurance programme paves...

As reported on Friday, Japan will today resume its export credit insurance programme for Iraq, paving the way for Japanese companies to make bids for contracts to rebuild the country. Nippon Export and Investment Insurance, a government-affiliated credit agency, will...

Corporate bankruptcies slide for fourth month

Corporate bankruptcies fell 7.7 per cent in April from a year earlier to 1,514, down for the fourth consecutive month,…


Japan to resume export credit insurance toward Iraq

Japan will resume its export credit insurance programme toward Iraq on a limited and short-term basis from next Monday (19…

#export credit insurance#exports#insurance


Bankruptcies fall but danger ahead

Bankruptcies in Japan fell about 5 per cent in the last business year, according to independent research firm Teikoku Databank,…

#bankruptcy#banks#economic recovery


Easing cash flow for small firms

Small businesses in Japan are having severe cash-flow difficulties, even though the Bank of Japan (BoJ) is pumping plenty of…


Japanese discover novel ways of raising capital for SMEs

The Osaka prefectural government has turned to Lehman Brothers and Daiwa Bank in a novel securitisation deal, as it attempts…


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Introduction In Japan, the main credit insurance product is short-term commercial credit insurance. The last few years have seen remarkable…

#bank#exports#insolvency


Government plans credit safety net for SMEs

The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry plans one trillion yen (8.2 billion US dollars) in safety net measures…

#banks#funding#guarantee


The Central Factors and Sanwa Business Credit to Merge

The Central Factors Limited and Sanwa Business Credit Co., Limited, announced that they are to merge. The completion date is…

#business finance#international#international factoring


Japan Pushes for Radical Approach to End Bad Debt...

Japan's parliament is preparing legislation this week that will empower the Resolution and Collection Corporation (RCC) to purchase a larger…


Sanwa, Tokai and Toyo Trust to Merge

Sanwa Bank (parent of the Japanese factoring company, Sanwa Business credit Co Ltd), Tokai Bank (parent company of the Central…

LDP to Aid Small Companies

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic party is preparing measures to help small and medium-sized businesses weather the increasingly difficult economic environment,…

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