Marketplace Features

December 27, 1999
Marketplace's Jocelyn Ford has been profiling the owner of a social club in Tokyo's Ginza district. Now, after suffering through months of hard times, the proprietor is calling it quits and becoming a Buddhist nun.   RealAudio

October 26, 1999
Marketplace's Tokyo Bureau Chief Jocelyn Ford has been spending time with the owner of a club in Tokyo's exclusive Ginza district. In this installment of her occasional series, she talks with the club's owner about her attempts to collect debts from deadbeat customers.   RealAudio

July 30, 1999
In her latest snapshot of the Japanese economy from a Ginza barstool, Marketplace's Jocelyn Ford witnesses a bar room squabble that reflects the country's changing business climate. With the recession in Japan, many young executives are breaking taboo and being promoted over older, more senior executives.   RealAudio

June 3, 1999
In a continuing series of snapshots on Japan's economy, Marketplace reporter Jocelyn Ford meets a man shunned by Japanese society because of his refusal to conform to the country's corporate culture.   RealAudio

April 14, 1999
In the latest in our series of economic snapshots from a Japanese bar, Marketplace's Jocelyn Ford profiles a patron, who is one of many Japanese men in their 50s facing early retirement.   RealAudio

February 23, 1999
Part three in a series of snapshots of the way Japan's economy looks from the barstool of a tiny hole-in-the-wall club in Tokyo's Ginza district. Marketplace's Jocelyn Ford reports.  RealAudio

February 4, 1999
In the second part of our occasional series of visits to a Ginza night spot, Marketplace's Jocelyn Ford meets a man who's seen the rise and fall of the Japanese economy first hand.   RealAudio

January 18, 1999
Marketplace's Jocelyn Ford looks at the ups and downs of the Japanese economy from a bar stool on the Ginza, Tokyo's premier shopping and entertainment street.   RealAudio

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