Media collaborators threaten press freedom in Japan
First published by The Japan Times The British journalist Claud Cockburn once wrote: “All stories are written backwards —...
Category: Education
Womenomics: Mend the gender gap
First published by The Japan Times Shortly after becoming minister in charge of promoting “dynamic engagement of all citizens”...
Using Education to Make Japan Great Again?
First published by The Diplomat Professor Yuki Honda, a sociologist at University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Education, is...
Awakenings! How to shine in business and life
Steve Jobs and Walt Disney were great leaders who had clear ideas of what they wanted to achieve in...
Slush’s unsung heroes
Now in its third year, tech-centered Slush attracted a star-studded lineup of entrepreneurial business leaders to its Tokyo event...
Follow Japan’s thought leaders
Isolated from the West in 1635 by the Tokugawa shogunate, the culture of modern-day Japan remains in part a...
Tokyo Bay at risk to tsunami
On December 31st, 1703 an 8.2 magnitude earthquake along the Sagami Trough triggered a tsunami that rippled towards Japan’s...
The dawn of turbocharged language learning
For decades marketing firms have promised speedy if not effortless ways to learn a second language. None have worked...
Adaptive language learning at the starting gate
Cooori is not the only rally car competing in the race to personalize language learning. Notable other firms include Duolingo, Babbel,...
On ‘Target’: Godiva’s Jerome Chouchan takes aim with new book on change leadership
Lifting his bow in ancient Japanese tradition, Jerome Chouchan takes a deep breath. He quiets his mind to be in...