from May 3 Nikkei

アジア家電　日本に攻勢　中国ハイアール　洗濯機２割安く　韓国ＬＧ　専用機種を開発

Major household appliance makers in Asia are going ahead with their active marketing in Japan.Specifically, Japanese Haier group, which is one of the larest manufactuers of so-called white goods, will begin to sell midsize to largesize refrigerators at prices 10 to 20 percent cheaper than those of Jpanese makers in the end of May. South Korean LG Electronics INc. also will roll out refrigerators exclusively sold in Japanese market in fiscal 2011.

Given such circumstances, there might be a possibility for the Japanese market and related makers' share to be realigned.

from May 7 Nikkei

インフラ運営権　民間売却　財政負担軽減へ新方式　政府方針　関空・伊丹に活用も

The Cabinet Office, the Ministry of Land,Infrastructure and Transport and the Ministry of Finance have a plan to extend the PFI(private finance initiative) where private sector's funds and know-hows are utilized in the management and building of public infrastructures such as airports and railways.

They are going to make use of the method of PFI,by selling the right to manage and operate public facilities to enterprisers.

Specifically,there is a high possibility for the PFI to be introduced in the managment of the Osaka International Airport nd others.

from May 8 Nikkei

G7、混乱収拾へ協調　財務省が電話協議　ユーロ圏、支援了承へ　独仏は法案可決　ギリシャ発市場動揺

The finance ministers from the Group od Seven industrialized nations of Japan, the U.S.,the U.K. and other European countries made a conference talks on Friday on the matter of market turbulance triggered by Greece's worsening state finance.
They seemed to reach an agreement that they should exert a concerted action so that state finance difficulties in South European countries like Greece will not have a negative influence on the world economy and overall world financial market.

The euro zone countries had a summit meeting on the same day to decide endorsing Greece-bolstering measures. Germany and France already finished their necessarry domestic legislation procedure.

from May 9 Nikkei

ユーロ防衛へ基金創設　緊急素脳会議　ギリシャ支援承認　格付け会社の監督強化

Sixteen countries from the euro zone have a emergency summit meeting on May 7 for discussing how to support financially almost bankrupt Greece with a huge budget deficit. And the Greece-supporting measures were officially endorsed there. Another decision was establishing a fund to prevent the euro-currency countries from facing another financial crisis.

Strengthening the supervision of so-called securities and other financial goods-rating companies was also included in the decisions there.

from today's Nikkei

東レ、エアバスに納入　炭素繊維で航空機材料　１５年契約　２０００億～３０００億円見込む　軽量化で燃費向上

According to sources, Toray Industries,Inc. likely will supply a largest aircrfat maker in Europe Airbus S.A.S. with carbon fiber-made materials for its aircrafts over the period of 15 years from 2011 to 2025. The materials will be used for aircraft components,which weigh very light and then help aircraft mileage much increase.

Under the plan, estimated cumulative amount of value of the contract would be 200 billion yen to 300 billon yen.

Global warming-preventing measures serving as a tail wind, carbon fibers are likely to be spread in various industrial usage in place of alminum or iron matals.