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lifeline open to foreign profits is to stay ahead of the <br>competition by continuing to bring out new technology that <br>is hard to duplicate. Be it cars, electronics, plastics, <br>or more recently functional foods and pharmaceuticals, <br>
Japanese conglomerates are excellent at not only continuous<br>improvements (Kaizen) but also breakthrough technologies as<br>well.<br><br>This commitment to innovation is best captured by the race <br>for the company filing the top number of patents each year.<br>
According to the World Intellectual Property Organization <br>in Geneva, Panasonic submitted the most international <br>patent applications in 2009, with 1,891. Three other <br>Japanese firms scored in the top ten as well, being NEC, <br>
Toyota, and Sharp. <br><br>Of course readers who have actually worked in some of these<br>Japanese firms will be quick to point out that the quality <br>of the patents lodged may in fact be less than impressive. <br>Nonetheless, we can assume that the bosses of these firms <br>
are not funding patent submissions just for bragging <br>rights. Instead, Panasonic seems to believe that a tsunami <br>approach to research will mean that at least some of the <br>patents do have value and can be leveraged later if not <br>
immediately. <br><br>Another way to sum up commitment to R&D is to look at <br>absolute spending on new product development. Here again, <br>the Japanese feature high, with Toyota being acknowledged <br>by the European Commission in November last year as the <br>
world leader in R&D, with investment of approximately <br>JPY1.02trn. In achieving this, they pushed Microsoft back <br>into second place. Actually, in the EC survey, which <br>covered 2,000 major global firms, 13 Japanese companies <br>
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<br>One firm that doesn't come up much on the patent pusher <br>lists, and in fact doesn't really come up in the public eye<br> at all, is an Osaka chemicals firm called Kaneka. But on <br>doing some research we have discovered Kaneka to be<br>
an R&D powerhouse.<br><br>We originally got interested in Kaneka, a firm we have to <br>admit we'd barely heard of before, after tracking down the <br>latest developments in anti-aging products that might be <br>big sellers in the Japan market. Older people here are <br>
better heeled than the rest of the population and they want<br>to stay young and healthy -- so anyone pandering to this <br>market has a better than odds-on chance of doing well over <br>the next ten years. <br><br>This line of thought lead us to CoQ10, the antioxidant that<br>
has been found in various studies to improve heart health, <br>lower blood pressure, and when used with a diet rich in <br>polyunsaturated fatty acids can lead to longer life in lab <br>rats (and probably humans, too). <br>
<br>CoQ10 is really nothing new, having been discovered in the <br>U.S. in 1957 and it has been used to treat cardiac patients<br>here in Japan since the late 1960's. It is easily available<br>in the market and the world's largest supplier of the <br>
product is none other than Kaneka. <br><br>What is more interesting, however, is that in 2006 a <br>subsidiary of Kaneka found a way to make CoQ10 in a reduced<br>and far more bioavailable form, called Ubiquinol. Unlike <br>
CoQ10 which is considered to be steadily less effective the<br>larger the dose, Ubiquinol is highly effective even in <br>large doses -- which means that it can be used at a <br>clinical level. Indeed, a 2008 trial of cardiac patients <br>
with late stage congestive heart failure found that after <br>3 months of those patients taking therapeutic doses of <br>Ubiquinol, the patients on average experienced a 24% to <br>50% increase in heart blood flow. Further, of those <br>
patients with life expectations of less than 6 months, all <br>had survived beyond initial expectations.<br><br>In other words, Ubiquinol is an exciting supplement for <br>those societies dealing with rampant heart disease. Perhaps<br>
more exciting is the fact that Kaneka has a rock solid <br>patent for the compound and therefore is the only supplier <br>of the product globally. As a result, the firm has become a<br>standard that health firms are advertising, much the same <br>
as PC makers say there's an "Intel Inside".<br><br>We then checked out Kaneka, the parent company. This is a <br>JPY410bn company that almost no one outside of professional<br>investors has heard of. They really do keep a low profile <br>
and apart from the obvious market wrap-ups and quarterly <br>financial reports, they seldom show up in Japanese news <br>(much less foreign news) unless they are releasing a new <br>product or doing a joint venture. This is surprising, <br>
because the company is a world leader in a number of <br>different sectors ranging from Thin Film Solar Panels to <br>pharmaceuticals and medical products.<br><br>R&D and diversification are the key strategies of Kaneka <br>
in a changing world. Although nominally Japan's second <br>largest chemicals firm, its greatest sales in fact come <br>from food stuffs such as margarine, shortening, [Ed: <br>Perhaps appropriate that it is also the supplier of heart <br>
health supplements!] and fermentation products. Following <br>from there are its chemicals and plastics businesses, then <br>life science products, and electronics. <br><br>Kaneka is one of those companies that represent the <br>
backbone of Japanese industry. Lots of patents, market <br>leadership (it was the first major Japanese chemical firm <br>to go overseas in the 1970's), and decades of steady growth<br>and profits. In fact, this 71-year old company suffered its<br>
first net loss in more than 30 years in FY2009 (ending <br>March 31st, 2009). In case you're wondering, it announced <br>in February that it expects to be back in the black again <br>this year. <br><br>So where is Kaneka going in 2011 and beyond? We go back to <br>
the R&D theme starting this article. The company itself <br>says that it has some very interesting new technologies <br>coming up. Three highlighted in their latest Annual Report <br>are: <br><br>1. Photovoltaics<br>As mentioned, Kaneka is a leader in Thin Film (TF) solar <br>
panels. It makes the world's most efficient TF panels, <br>offering 12% conversion efficiency, not far short of <br>convention crystalline silicon PV panels, yet at a <br>substantially reduced cost. Not only are TF panels cheaper,<br>
they are also popular because they operate in shade and <br>under high heat conditions. <br><br>Kaneka established in March last year (2009) a lab to focus<br>on next generation tandem modules, looking to increase <br>conversion efficiency even more. It is also going into <br>
partnership with Osaka University on organic TF panels that<br>use organic electroluminescent technologies. It will be <br>interesting to see what comes out of that.<br><br>2. Functional Plastics<br>The company has developed a number of plastics compounds <br>
that provide high thermal conductivity without compromising<br>electrical insulation. One such compound, a graphite-based <br>sheet, can conduct heat 300% better than copper. This <br>allows the company to supply plastics for the casings of <br>
high power mobile devices such as smart phones and games <br>consoles, where heat dissipation and subsequent plastics <br>degradation is a major headache for product designers. <br><br>3. Life Science<br>The company is making head roads in the medical devices <br>
sector, and has two core product lines: intravascular <br>catheters and extracorporeal blood purification filters. <br>The filters are particularly interesting. Kaneka has <br>managed to create a filter with researchers from Kyoto <br>
University, that allows hospitals to isolate mesenchymal <br>stem cells (MSCs) from bone marrow fluid for transfers from<br>donors, without having to use time-consuming and <br>potentially contaminating centrifuges to do the job. <br>
Instead, the Kaneka team has come up with a non-woven <br>fabric filter that separates out the MSCs in just 20 <br>minutes, compared to 3-4 hours for the centrifuges.<br><br>On a financial level, the dividends paid by Kaneka <br>
are modest, but we suspect this is one company that <br>will be a "keeper." Furthermore, if they ever get broken <br>up, then the sum of the parts and their many patents <br>could well be worth much more than the whole. In fact<br>
we wonder why they don't get an intellectual property<br>audit done and start declaring that latent value in their<br>balance sheet -- it might do wonders for the stock <br>price.<br><br><br>...The information janitors/<br>
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<br>- Japan to fall behind South Korea in productivity<br>- Livedoor is for sale<br>- Whale chef may be convicted<br>- Why thalidomide causes birth defects<br>- Full body scanners for Narita?<br><br><br><br>-> Japan to fall behind South Korea in productivity<br>
<br>As testament to the fact that Japan is a nation falling <br>behind in international competitiveness due to various <br>factors such as the aging society, moribund regulatory <br>environment, and lack of immigration, the Japan <br>
Productivity Center has just announced that South Korea may<br>move ahead of Japan in terms of Labor Productivity within <br>the next 3 years. Out of 30 OECD countries in 2008, Japan <br>was ranked 20th in 2008 and Korea 22nd. But Korea managed a<br>
2.96% rise in the five years through to 2008, while Japan <br>could only manage 1.9%. This means that if Korea maintains <br>the growth trend, it will surpass Japan sometime before <br>2013. ***Ed: This clearly is very upsetting to the <br>
Japanese. Unfortunately robots and more taxes don't do much<br>to improve Labor Productivity if there's no workers to <br>operate or pay them.** (Source: TT commentary from <br><a href="http://nikkei.co.jp">nikkei.co.jp</a>, Mar 11, 2010)<br>
<br><a href="http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/e/ac/tnks/Nni20100312D11HH981.htm">http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/e/ac/tnks/Nni20100312D11HH981.htm</a><br><br>-> Livedoor is for sale<br><br>Completing its monetization and divestment of all the <br>
former Livedoor assets, LDH Corporation, formerly known as <br>Livedoor Holdings, is accepting bids to sell its final <br>major asset -- being that of the Livedoor Company portal <br>and data center business. Five bidders are expected to <br>
compete to buy the business and the selling price may reach<br>JPY10bn according to the Nikkei. ***Ed: All in all, the <br>final investors into Livedoor after former-CEO Horie got <br>thrown in the slammer and just before it was delisted, <br>
should do very well from this last divestment. They have <br>managed to extract at least JPY70bn in sales of assets -- <br>substantially more than the few billion yen that the <br>company was valued at when they bought in. Minus maybe<br>
JPY40bn for lawsuits, that leaves a handy JPY30bn in <br>spare change.** (Source: TT commentary from <a href="http://nikkei.co.jp">nikkei.co.jp</a>, <br>Mar 12, 2010)<br><br><a href="http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/e/ac/tnks/Nni20100311D11JFN04.htm">http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/e/ac/tnks/Nni20100311D11JFN04.htm</a><br>
<br>-> Whale chef may be convicted<br><br>It's a strange world when you can be a whale chef in the <br>middle of Shibuya and make a pile, but do it in the U.S. <br>and you wind up busting a pile of rocks. That's what Santa <br>
Monica sushi chef Kiyoshiro Yamamoto has found out to his <br>dismay when he was arrested for serving up Sei whale meat <br>to diners at his restaurant, which is suitably named "The <br>Hump." Yamamoto may be fined up to US$100K and face a year <br>
in prison, while his restaurant could be fined up to <br>US$200K. (Source: TT commentary from <a href="http://japantimes.co.jp">japantimes.co.jp</a>, Mar <br>12, 2010)<br><br><a href="http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100312b2.html">http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100312b2.html</a><br>
<br>-> Why thalidomide causes birth defects<br><br>It's been a long trail, but scientists at the Tokyo <br>Institute of Technology have finally found out why taking <br>thalidomide led to deformities of more than 10,000 children<br>
born around the world between 1957 and 1961. The <br>researchers say that the drug, originally prescribed to <br>reduce nausea in pregnant women, inhibits the production of<br>a protein called cereblon, which in turn produces a vital <br>
enzyme needed for limb development in fetuses. (Source: TT<br>commentary from <a href="http://google.com">google.com</a>, Mar 13, 2010)<br><br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ydd3z4v">http://tinyurl.com/ydd3z4v</a><br><br>-> Full body scanners for Narita?<br>
<br>The Nikkei has reported that the government may be <br>considering installing full body scanners at its airports <br>in a bid to reduce terrorist threats [Ed: And also to <br>lamely follow the U.S. in all things intrusive in <br>
international travel]. ***Ed: So, how do you feel about <br>airport operators (who are often just rent-a-cops) of these<br>scanners being able to see right through your clothing and <br>get a good view of your breasts and genitals? This is not <br>
going to be a random check, but a scan of every single <br>individual passing through immigration, kids included. In <br>the U.K. journalists have shown that by reversing and <br>coloring the scanner images, an easy thing to do with any <br>
paint software, you can see in detail what the person would<br>look like -- in the nude...! Do we really think operators <br>can be trusted not to snap a photo of those images and <br>share them around the office?** (Source: TT commentary from<br>
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<br>*** In TT556 we ran a news item on record low bank lending <br>rates, and a reader came back with this comment:<br><br>=> Reader: The comments about bank lending rates are <br>interesting. I think it should be very clear by now that <br>
companies have done the math. While they can borrow at <br>1.8% in Japan and expand their operations, unfortunately <br>demand and prices are shrinking, and to top it off any <br>profits they make are then taxed at 40% (even higher for <br>
individuals). In contrast, they can go over to HK, <br>Singapore, etc., and borrow at 5% but then be taxed at a <br>maximum rate of 17%! Further, these governments have tax <br>incentive programs to attract capital. For example, the <br>
first 10 years are tax free, etc. <br><br>What is wrong with Japan's politicians and citizens that <br>they have to wonder why tax revenues continue to fall while<br>they continue to raise tax rates...!? Hello? <br><br>
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