Prophet of the Way wrote:
> Yohan Inc., the leading foreign book and magazine wholesales merchant of
> Japan declared bankruptcy on July 31th 2008.
[...]
> Yohan was the prominent provider of foreign books and magazines in
> Japan.  Many bookstores, small and large, were totally dependent on
> Yohan, from title selection to shelf management.  For books, it seems 
> bookstores can find other agents, but for magazines, it will take time 
> for a new channel to get set up.
[...]
> Debito writes of his experience with bookstores:
> http://www.debito.org/?p=1856

As Debito's blog makes clear, it's not altogether a bad thing, and has
a fair amount of "getting just desserts" attached to it.

Practices like Yohan's are illegal in Australia. A pity Japan doesn't
have real trade-practices/restraint of trade laws.

-- 
Jim Breen        http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/
Clayton School of Information Technology,
Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
ジム・ブリーン@モナシュ大学