Although the high cost of doing business in Japan has eroded the competitiveness of many manufacturers, some high-tech firms have managed to retain their edge.
Nikon Corp. engineers inspect a product used to make semiconductors.Tokyo Electron Ltd. is one. With plants in Japan and the United States, this leading chip-making equipment manufacturer has ignored the trend among labor-intensive manufacturers to move production bases to low-cost Asian countries.
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