Dead Gaijin Companies...

[TennoChinko]

http://www.japaninc.com/tt648_bicycles_back_in_popularity

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Don't know if you noticed that the long-established firm
Oak Associates has filed for bankruptcy? Apparently they
went under on January 11th, when they filed with the Tokyo
District Court to begin bankruptcy proceedings. The company
had over JPY200m in debt. If anyone is owed money by Oak
Associates, they can contact the trustee lawyer, Toshiaki
Nakata, at 03-6438-5511.[/INDENT]

http://www.oakassociates.co.jp/en/about_oak/corporate_information.php

[Yokohammer]

"first independent foreign-owned K.K. allowed by the Japanese government"

In 1981? Really?

I established my own company here in around 1985.
Didn't realize I was so close on the heels of the pioneers.

[Catoneinutica]

Great thread topic! The moron who runs the K.K. that owns this site hasn't bothered to update it since 2008. Embarrassing, really, but a haunted, cobwebby, weed-overgrown site is a suitable metaphor for a haunted, cobwebby, weed-overgrown country:

http://alamode-alamode.com/