救いの手
　日本と韓国、イラクにおける対米/ジョージ・ブッシュ/支援を討議
二人のアジアの指導者のうち、一人は好機をつかみ、もう一人はジレンマに
苦しむ。...more
Helping hands (English version)
Japan and South Korea debate helping George Bush in Iraq.
ONE Asian leader sees an opportunity, the other a dilemma. ...more


リフォームブームに沸く中国中産階級
　民間住宅ブームに乗り新興の住宅リフォーム市場が活況、中国人の購買行動
に変化の可能性
「住宅リフォーム」が中国に上陸。これに伴い、同国で買物革命が起こりそうだ。
...more
Doing up the Middle Kingdom(English version)
A boom in private housing is fuelling a new market for home decoration
and could change the way the Chinese shop.
"Home improvement" has arrived in China - and with it, a potential
shopping revolution. ...more


邦銀への熱い視線
　邦銀底打ちの確信強める投資家たち
世界最大規模（みずほは保有資産額でシティグループに次ぐ世界第二位）ながら、
財務体質が最も弱い（時価総額で世界の上位10行にランクされる邦銀は皆無）
邦銀の株価が、先週、実際には過去 ...more
A yen for the Japanese banks (English version)
Investors are increasingly betting that Japanese banks are over the worst.
What is happening when Japanese banks, among the world's biggest
(Mizuho is only pipped by Citigroup as the world's largest bank by assets)
but weakest (no Japanese bank makes the top ten when ranked by market
capitalisation), become the best-performing stocks over the week and,
indeed, over the past few months? ...more