What the world can learn from Japan
First published by The Japan Times Japan’s history of rapid growth, bubble economy, followed by economic slowdown and deflation will...
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Womenomics: Mend the gender gap
First published by The Japan Times Shortly after becoming minister in charge of promoting “dynamic engagement of all citizens”...
Are Japan’s private investigators public enemy number one?
Two years ago, a US-based couple hired Tokyo private detective Goro Koyama to help them gain custody over their 5-year...
A son echoes his father’s questions about identity
In his 1971 song “Imagine,” John Lennon asks listeners to imagine living in a world where all mankind can...
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...
Tokyo professor forecasts labor pool skills drought
As lifetime employment ceases, Japanese firms are less willing to train employees. Employers seek to hire the already skilled,...
The Judoka (Judo Fighter)
Most Westerners come to Japan on short-term assignment. They stay two or three years, then leave. Few make Japan...
Outgoing chairman credited for Mitsubishi Fuso turnaround
On arrival at Narita airport in 2009, the incoming chief executive of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp., Dr. Albert...
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...