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Bubbles for Brunch

Bubbles for Brunch

The economic bubble may have burst long ago in Japan, but bubbles of a different kind still persist in many venues across Tokyo.

Personnel Perspectives -- Bad Headhunters

Personnel Perspectives -- Bad Headhunters

Sneaky things that bad headhunters do:

The Top Five

By Anna Kitanaka

Investment: Market Turbulence and the Emotional Conundrum -- SPX

Investment: Market Turbulence and the Emotional Conundrum -- SPX

The graph of the S&P 500 at the current time of writing—I am using stocks as a proxy for ‘markets’ in general and the S&P 500 as a proxy for stocks—displays three sharp falls in the last half

Knotted Beauty -- President Sanzo Okada speaks about the cedar tree’s potential

Knotted Beauty -- President Sanzo Okada speaks about the cedar tree’s potential

When Sanzo Okada entered Hida Sangyo, one of the most historic woodwork furniture manufacturers in Japan, as President in 2000, he had thought that surrounded by such abundant forests, of course the t

Back And Forward -- ...and tougher translators

Back And Forward -- ...and tougher translators

In response to the Minister of Economics and Fiscal Policy, Hiroko Ota’s assertion that Japan may no longer be considered a “first class economy,” Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda was quoted by the N

Terrie Lloyd

Terrie Lloyd

Message from the Publisher

Is the Customer a False God? -- An organized war room, decorated with chaos

Is the Customer a False God? -- An organized war room, decorated with chaos

Take the example of an ERP implementation project at a Japanese automotive parts supplier.

The Father of Invention -- The Quick-Strap solution

The Father of Invention -- The Quick-Strap solution

Kawakita’s own invention is a simple device that he created as a result of his own observations.

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