News and opinion about Japan

Osaka - Monday, January 9, 2012 Nikkei, Japanese leading newspaper specialized in business and economy, reported on January 8 that Japanese general construction companies are to heavily invest resources (human resources, leading-edge technologies) in Tohoku region to meet the needs of ...

Osaka - Wednesday, January 4, 2012 Nikkei, Japanese leading newspaper specialized in business and economy, reported on January 3 that Samsung decided to re-enter Japan flat panel TV market in 2013.  They plan to launch high visual quality TVs with organic ...

Sendai Girls Lead Post-Disaster Reconstruction Initiative – Japan Disaster Osaka – Sunday, December 18, 2011 It is over 9 months since the Japan disaster of earthquake and tsunami hit Tohoku district on March 11 this year.  There are yet so many wreckages ...

Osaka - Sunday, December 11, 2011 Nikkei, Japanese leading newspaper specialized in business and economy, reported today that Japan, China and South Korea are to start negotiation to conclude a FTA (Free Trade Agreement) in summer 2012.  The three countries plan ...

Osaka – Sunday, December 11, 2011 This is the succeeding article of the previous article Japanese Companies Joining War for Global Talent (Part 1) in which how Japanese companies started in earnest acquiring, developing and retaining global talent. In this article, the ...

Osaka – Sunday, December 4, 2011 As explained in the previous articles How Japanese Companies Started Acquiring and Retaining Global Talent and Japanese Companies Are Changing Global Talent Development Strategy, globalization of their human to globalize their organization and business is ...

Osaka - Sunday, September 25, 2011 Recent hot topic in Japan that has been discussed in TV news and other programmes is the fact the Mt. Fuji and City of Kamakura are to be applied to be registered as World Heritage. City ...

Osaka - Monday, September 19, 2011 Nikkei, Japan’s leading newspaper specialized in business and economy reported today that Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has set up a policy of giving obligations to real estate and construction companies to ...

Osaka - Sunday, September 11, 2011 It is 6 months since 3.11, the Japan Disaster of the earthquake and tsunami followed by the Fukushima Nuclear Plant Accident broke out on March 11 this year.  It is also 10 year anniversary of ...

Osaka - Saturday, September 3, 2011 Nikkei, the leading Japanese newspaper specialized in economy and business, reported on September 1 that Sendai City and some 20 companies started studying to develop an eco-town in the devastated area of the Japan disaster.  This ...