The research focus was on management differences between United States- and Japanese-owned companies.

Given Sony's global reach, it seemed natural to experts here that it would be the first Japanese-owned company to hire a foreigner as its chief executive.

The three Japanese-owned domestic companies have a supply of less than 50 days.

But why should German- or Japanese-owned companies be interested in taking over?

The Japanese-owned company, now the fourth-largest auto maker in the United States, said it will make 65,000 cars at the new plant next year.

It is the oldest Japanese-owned company in Conyers, arriving 10 years ago and initially employing 50 people.

When a young woman is killed in the office of a Japanese-owned company in Los Angeles, two detectives investigate.

The transplants, or Japanese-owned companies that make vehicles in the United States, sold a total of 22,549 light vehicles, up 31.7 percent.

The financing is unusual because this is the first time a Japanese-owned company has tapped the American corporate bond market with a straight debt issue.

Several Japanese-owned companies own seats on American exchanges.