Eastern Promise Reports from British exhibitors at the Tokyo International Boat Show indicate the leisure marine market in Japan is ready for the invasion of British products.

It was Japan than - now we're all trying to get into China Leading boatbuilder axes more jobs Marine Projects, builder of the Moody and Sigma ranges of sailboats and the Princess range of motor yachts, has announced further staff redundancies of 300 to its 1000-plus workforce.

Many other builders were also cutting staff as the recession hit. Many blamed the Gulf War?