TT-975 (New Year's Edition) -- Terrie's Predictions for 2019

Ghosn fundamentally gets off -- Trump reverberations for Japan -- Consumption tax increase passes, and is non-event -- Immigration policy loosens further -- Resurgence in bankruptcies.

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TT-974 -- Japan's Hidden Corporate Taxes, e-biz news from Japan

In reviewing the tax burden numbers we became curious about how Japan fares in comparison with other countries. In particular, how does Japan shape up not just for corporate tax, but the social taxes that come with employing people?

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TT-973 (Tourism Edition) -- Disaster Area Tours to Fukushima - Crass or Creative?

In 2015 I wrote about disaster tourism and when it might be appropriate. This was a musing prompted by the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, coupled with media coverage of yet another deadly earthquake in Nagano.

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TT-972 -- The Carlos Ghosn Affair - Fall-out for International Business in Japan, e-biz News from Japan

Firstly, we'd like to say that whether Ghosn is guilty of anything at all will come out in due course - it's not our role to decide as the internet jury and judge what he may or may not have done.

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TT-971 (Tourism Edition) -- Pointless Inbound Marketing Campaigns

About two years ago I spied a marketing technology trade show over in the Tokyo International Forum, and decided to check out the latest methods for pushing your stuff.

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TT-970 -- Imploding "One-Man-Shacho" Listed Companies, e-biz News from Japan

A listed Gym operator called Rizap announced that it faces a JPY7bn loss due to bad M&A deals. We started researching this company and found that it checks all the boxes for rampant spending byan out-of-control CEO.

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TT-969 (Tourism Edition) -- Is the Japanese Inbound Tourism Boom Coming to an End?

My take is that the levels of growth experienced over the last five years are indeed coming to an end. The market is maturing and our repeat visitors will continue coming and spending more strategically.

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TT-968 -- Off-shoring for Small Companies in Japan - What's Possible? Ebiz news from Japan

If you are a company owner or manager in Japan, what do you do to deal with the worker shortage? Options: Automate with robots and software, reorganize the business so that you need less workers, dabble in the gig economy.

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TT-967 (Tourism Edition) -- Ideas for New Startup Businesses Serving Japan's Hotel Industry

Many hotels are not receptive to doing business with foreigners - which is amazing when you consider we're already 5 years into the biggest travel boom Japan has seen in the last 30 years.

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TT-966 -- The Holy Grail of Fermentation - Koji and Cheese Making, ebiz news from Japan

We love the whole concept of fermenting so much that Japantravel.com is planning to start fermented food tours to artisanal factories (no automation and time worn facilities) around Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka.

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