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...
Why Japan lacks a Donald Trump Populism is on the rise in advanced economies, but not in Japan. Here, the ruling coalition party won by...
Low cost foreign currency exchange comes to Japan Peer-to-Peer foreign currency exchange TransferWise is rolling out in Japan in September. The firm, which recently became a $1.1bn...
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...
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...