Let the refueling mission end

Addressing a question from the press regarding Japan's new government, Defense Department spokesman Geoff Morrell said Wednesday, "I think that with regards to the Indian Ocean refueling mission, we have greatly benefited from — as has the world, for that matter — from Japan's participation in those efforts, and we would very much encourage them to continue those efforts...."

Shanghai selloff overshadows DPJ, Nikkei

The DPJ’s rise (and the LDP’s fall) is no longer debate material, but a welcome reality. As expected, the yen exhibited strength, and looks poised to test 92 yen...

Yomiuri contemplates the British model

Following the discussion on Fuji TV's Shin Hodo 2001 that I referenced yesterday, Yomiuri today has three articles addressing the flaws in the Westminster model, suggesting that the conservative approach to attacking the DPJ's administrative reforms will be to warn of the dangers of too much power concentrated in the cabinet...

Will Hatoyama be first among equals?

After appointing Ichiro Ozawa as the DPJ's secretary-general and Hirofumi Hirano as chief cabinet secretary, Yukio Hatoyama has announced his intended choices for other senior posts, none of which comes as a surprise...

The LDP's first steps towards a new party

A week after the Liberal Democratic Party suffered its first ever electoral defeat, a new party is already taking shape from the ashes...

Corporate capex in Japan

Much pomp and circumstance was certainly made in relation to the fact that Japan actually grew in the second quarter at a full annualized 3.7 percent in the second quarter of 2009...

Building the inner cabinet

In the transition plan released by the DPJ's committee to prepare for government in September 2003, the party stressed that in the first five days after winning a general election, the victorious DPJ would convene a transition team that would quickly put into place the rudiments of a new system for governing...

Diversity in the workplace

If you want to go beyond the WHYs of implementing a Diversity & Inclusion program in your company, read this Editorial for some practical advise on HOW to get senior management on board with Diversity.

Salespeople! Fear not the vendor manager!

They make you nervous when you first enter their castle lair, subdue you with their charisma, bleed you dry when you doze off....

What are the implications of a lithium based economy?

If we do move from a carbon to a lithium based economy, what are the implications? Will we all become mellow?

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