The Asahi Shinbun reports today that electronics maker Sharp is investing in a joint venture to be set up with Daiwa Housing and Dainihon Printing, under the name of ‘Eli Power’ (hq: Tokyo) to produce Lithium Ion storage cells (batteries) to be used in housing solar heating systems; each company will be reportedly investing ¥600 [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Technology & Science’
February 26, 2008
Japan & Middle East Sovereign Wealth Funds
Yoshiki Hatanaka, a senior consultant with Japan’s International Development Centre specializing in Middle Eastern economics, international oil, etc., writes in Sekai about Sovereign Wealth Funds. After providing an explanation of what SWFs are, an overview of the effect of the sub-prime crisis on them, and a brief analysis of Russian and Chinese SWFs, the [...]
