Word: kawasaki
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...imported cameras and audio equipment. Convinced that sales could be much higher, BMW made the bold decision to buy the dealerships and start a full-scale Japanese subsidiary. The company chose Yoji Hamawaki to direct its new offensive. He is a marketing whiz who spent 14 years selling Kawasaki motorcycles in the U.S. before moving to BMW Japan as president...
...major Japanese banking concerns, it belongs to a keiretsu, an industrial group made up of dozens of interconnected companies. The bank owns stock in the companies and extends them much of the credit they need. The Dai-Ichi Kangyo keiretsu includes such well-known firms as Hitachi, Isuzu and Kawasaki. As part of his duties, Hagura meets once a month with the heads of client companies to discuss, among other things, ways of increasing foreign business...
...imposing the tariff, Reagan was following the recommendation of the U.S. International Trade Commission. In January, the I.T.C. agreed with Harley that the company needed temporary relief from the big wheels of Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki and Honda. Since 1978, H-D has lost more than a third of the big-bike market (engines of more than 700-cc displacement) to the Japanese. According to Harley-Davidson Chairman Vaughn L. Beals, 1982 sales of about $200 million were down 20% from the preceding year. One reason for the Japanese success is pricing: Harley's top-of-the-line touring model...
...pleaded with the U.S. International Trade Commission hi Washington for import protection against Japanese-made bikes. Since 1978, argued H-D Chairman Vaughn Beals, Harley has lost more than a third of the so-called big-bike market (engines of more than 700 cc displacement), chiefly to Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki and Honda...
...read about those Crusades. The first Kawasaki I hear, I'm diving for cover behind Linus O'Donnell...