Judging thy neighbour: an exploration of how the lay judge system
to be implemented in 2009 will affect Japanese society.
Mr Murase is a section chief in a medium-sized Japanese company. He
is married and has two children. Like many Japanese workers in his
position, he is often required to stay late at the office or . . .
Perspectives on Tokyo living & real estate.
Kenneth Arbour, President of Century 21 SKY Realty, has spent over
20 years in the real estate and relocation business in Tokyo. This is
the second of four articles, in which Ken covers trends in . . .
Investment: regular savings; How would you like to invest into
the crash of '29?
Investing in hindsight is easy, a maxim most investors assent
to--except when applied to their own recent hard-won successes, which
are the rewards of foresight, and the willingness to embrace . . .
The 20th term business report.(Company overview)
April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007
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Japan Third Party Co., Ltd.
Message from Top Management
JTP was founded 20 years ago as a company specializing in . . .
Exit strategy: the value of responsible Withdrawal from the
market.(Company overview)
Leaving the market as an issue of Corporate Social Responsibility
In a speech at the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan in August,
Brackett Denniston III, General Counsel for GE spoke about . . .
Failed businesses in Japan: a study of how different companies
have failed, and tips on how to succeed, in the Japanese
market.(
With the Japanese government's push to encourage foreign firms
to set up in Japan, along with the enormous success of foreign companies
from Goldman Sachs in financial services to LVMH in luxury . . .
Correction.(Correction notice)
In our last issue we stated that J@pan Inc is distributed to all
members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ). We have
since been informed that ACCJ members may in fact opt out of . . .
Letters to the editor.(Letter to the editor)
Dear Editor,
I found your article about CBRE and real estate in Tokyo to be
highly interesting. Tokyo is obviously a prime market for such real
estate services, and I would be very interested to . . .
Message from the editor.(Editorial)
Dear Readers,
Last issue J@pan Inc ran an article on intellectual property in
Japan by our writer Willhemina Wahlin. This was a small taster for this
editon, our legal special and I'm pleased to . . .
Message from the Publisher.
As I write this, the temperature outside is 36[degrees]C, the air
conditioner in my bedroom is on the fritz and the kids are irritable. In
mid-August, Japan suffered its highest air temperature . . .
Business Directory.(Directory)
Business Concierge Service
Landmark Tower Business Concierge
www.businessconcierge.jp
Japan Concierge Service
www.japanconcierge.com
Consulting
LINC Media, Inc.
Minami-Aoyama First . . .
Educating to meet the demands of the 21st century: education must
meet the needs of today and the demands of tomorrow.
Technology, media and globalization contribute to our world
changing at an alarming pace and in ways it never has done before. When
our current elementary school children enter the workforce, . . .
Lonely at the top? A review of Shinzo Abe's premiership so
far: where it's been and where it might be going.
Despite his poor position in recent polls, Japan's premier
seems to be enjoying his position six months into the job, even if he
can't always manage a smile. In his chatty newsletter on . . .
Can Google make it in Japan? In a Yahoo! dominated marketplace
Google has its work cut out.
According to whatis.com, a search engine is a coordinated set of
programs that uses a spider, or 'a bot', to search and read
every page on a website, creates a huge index, or database, . . .
New carrier: mobile broadband access with inexpensive flat
rates.
EMOBILE, a new carrier, unfolded its service plans and terminal
line up for the domestic market. The company will offer flat rate mobile
broadband services and voice. EMOBILE is member of the . . .
Hisashi Misawa's "Germ Heat": heating everything
at half the cost.
Traveling northeast from Naka-Meguro (a Tokyo station) on the
Hibiya Line you reach a sartorial watershed. The yonder side of Higashi
Ginza the men in Burberry suits and women in Prada have . . .
TILEFILE: a creative avenue for the maverick Japanese.
There are plenty of reasons why some Japanese might wish to escape
the grind of their more traditional corporate workforce. Long hours and
extreme dedication to the company are the norm, not the . . .
"Economics 101" for job seekers: 2007 recruiting for
managers and IT specialists in foreign companies.
Japan Inc's Terrie Lloyd provides a primer on how the economy
connects to job hunting, offering tips on getting the timing right and
advice on how trends in the market can help you improve the . . .
Buying residential property in Japan: why would you want
to?
I was told when requested to write this article that 'property
is a hot topic in Japan'. Hmm. I am not sure that emerging from
dormancy qualifies as 'hot', but yes in the last couple of
years there . . .
The Temple's fourth burning: Yuca Ishizuka's
'Golden Pavilion'.
More than fifty years ago, an incident took place. The Rokuon
Temple (also known as the Temple of the Golden Pavilion), in Kitayama,
Kyoto, was burnt down to the ground by a young monk who was . . .
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