The complexities of compliance.(IT solutions for J-SOX)(Cover
story)
Protecting the consumer
"It's not that I'm deliberately trying to shock
people all the time. I'm just doing things that are obvious to me.
It's because the public doesn't understand my way of . . .
Environmental-related stocks: opportunities and risks in the
Japanese stockmarket.(Stock report)
The Kyoto Protocol obliges governments to cut greenhouse gases.
With oil over US$70 a barrel, we are likely to see a replay of what
happened after the 1970s oil shocks. Market forces are likely to . . .
Mr Ozawa's poisoned chalice.(Politics)
On the night of the Upper House elections, Ichiro Ozawa, president
of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and architect of his party's
election strategy, was nowhere to be found. As the results . . .
High tension suspension.(Spring manufacturing)(Company
overview)
The coils of war
Although necessity may be the mother of invention, sadly, war is
often the catalyst for contraptions to grow from crude devices to
precise, efficient, mass produced instruments. . . .
Letters to the editor.(Letter to the editor)
Dear Editor,
Recently, Nova has been in the press yet again for all the wrong
reasons, and across the land schools have been closing, students have
been issued with documentation promising . . .
Message from the editor.(Editorial)
Dear Readers,
J@pan Inc started life as an IT magazine, Computing Japan. After a
couple of years it broadened focus to become the wider business
publication that it is today. This issue sees us . . .
Message from the Publisher.
An interesting new trend is emerging in the wealth management
sector in Japan. Not only are there around 7 million baby boomers
retiring on fat retirement bonuses between this year and 2010, . . .
Classic crossword.
J@pan Inc is offering a prize of two free tickets to see Tokyo
Sinfonia--Japan's finest chamber orchestra conducted by Robert
Ryker--for the first completed crossword sent to us at: Crossword, . . .
Back & Forward.
Back and Forward is a new column that takes (a slightly irreverent)
look back at some of Japan's largest business stories while
thinking forward about what they may mean for the future.
YouTube . . .
Women in the workplace in Japan: profiles of
professionals.(Company overview)
In Japan, the 'concrete ceiling' as it's commonly
known, is still a major stumbling block in the career trajectories of
many women. Still a predominantly male-dominated society, it's not
surprising . . .
Inside out: China is big, China is small: J@pan Inc's column
concerning investment outside of Japan takes a look at China's city
Rising costs and intensified competition in Beijing, Shanghai and
other coastal cities have caused many investors to shift their attention
to other parts of China. Though China is big, savvy . . .
Burger boom: Tokyo's oldest hamburger restaurant is set to
capitalize on the gourmet hamburger trend.
Fresh lobe foie gras, Brie de Meaux, sourdough bread, lashings of
black truffle and a thick slab of wagyu (Japanese beef from Kobe) steak:
the key components of the world's most expensive sandwich . . .
Females, fashion phones and fun.
On a Saturday afternoon earlier this year the biggest fashion show
ever staged in Japan, and quite possibly the world, took place in
Yokohama Arena. This was by far no ordinary fashion show, it was . . .
Expert interview: Yukio Nagasawa; J@pan Inc talks to a former
intellectual property judge about IP in China, the US and Japan.
Yukio Nagasawa has a phenomenal resume. Among his glittering array
of judicial appointments, professorships and qualifications from top
global institutions, two features stand out. Firstly, he has . . .
Arbitration in Japan.(Interview)
J@pan Inc interviewed Haig Oghigian, one of Japan's leading
arbitration lawyers from Baker & Mckenzie GJBJ Tokyo Aoyama Aoki
Koma Law Office, about the growing trend towards using arbitration . . .
The Asian Legal Business awards: a review.
J@pan Inc attended this impressive ceremony at the Ritz-Carlton in
Tokyo at the start of the summer. Asian Legal Business (ALB) is a well
respected legal business magazine based out of Hong Kong . . .
Global standards: how the Shobayashi International Patent &
Trademark Office has adapted to changes in the international IP
envi
Marking New Territories
Walking through even the quietest of Japanese towns after midnight,
it is normal to happen upon at least one brightly lit bar with a strange
wailing emanating from within. . . .
The new trend in realtime court reporting: out of the courtroom,
into the office.
In the US, with its fast-paced legal environment, law firms are
seeing the rise of a new trend: using realtime court reporters during
attorney-client meetings to cut associates' . . .
Legal service directory.(Directory)
Name Phone Email
Law Firm
Abe & Matsutome 03-3519-3711 info@abe-matsutome.co.jp
Access International 090-2314-4564 afujii@ailawgroup.com
Law . . .
Trademark law in Japan: Kazuko Fujita and lessons for trademark
registration in Japan.(Cover story)
The Balancing Act: Kazuko Fujita
Kazuko Fujita is founder and director of the LIL (Legal Interface
Liaison) International Patent & Trademark Firm, responsible for an
office of 30 staff, a fully . . .
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