Japan thought leadership events to return as more robust hybrids Until early 2020, change makers of Japanese society gathered yearly at thought leadership events in Tokyo to share their...
Ending Child Abuse in Japan Japan lags other countries in addressing child abuse. Its government only started to track the number of child abuse...
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 —...
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...