Japan News

by No Author on 20 January, 2019 at 8:44 am

The French government has demanded Japan accept a possible merger between Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co. following the arrest of Carlos Ghosn, who had ... […]

by No Author on 20 January, 2019 at 8:08 am

Toyota Motor Corp. and Panasonic Corp. are set to launch a joint venture in 2020 to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles, expecting growing demand in ... […]

by No Author on 20 January, 2019 at 7:55 am

With the government trying to raise the working age, 30.7 percent of the respondents to a Cabinet Office survey said they are willing to work ... […]

by Ken Y-N on 14 January, 2019 at 2:48 pm

This interesting survey from @Nifty looked at international relations, focusing on the most important coutries of China, the two Koreas and the USA. I share the pessimistic view of Trump and his “successes” with his personal brand, with the China […]

by Ken Y-N on 16 December, 2018 at 4:39 pm

This survey from goo Ranking was a look at which famous Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) game best represented the last 30 years in the eyes of the respondents. I’m a bit surprised to see that Donkey Kong was relatively low; Pacman I understand as it […]

by Ken Y-N on 2 December, 2018 at 3:09 pm

Today’s entertainment from goo Ranking is this survey into what truths about sloppy women people did not want to know. When I was single, if we skip the makeup questions, I hit about 50% of these items! However, thanks to training by the spousal unit, I […]

by Pernille Rudlin on 19 December, 2018 at 2:38 pm

Japanese investment in Israel has shot up the past five years.  According to JETRO there are 66 Japanese companies based in Israel as of 2017, 16% up on the previous year.  Nikkei Business estimates the total of investment asY130bn (around … […]

by Pernille Rudlin on 30 November, 2018 at 10:02 am

And what does this mean for any other foreigner leading or looking to reach the top of a Japanese company? Obviously the Nissan story is evolving hour by hour, so what follows is based on my current understanding as of … Continued […]

by Pernille Rudlin on 28 November, 2018 at 8:43 pm

In an article for the Teikoku Databank News in October 2016, I wrote about how Japanese business people in the UK were surprised that many British people’s reaction to Brexit was to try to be positive and seek out new … Continued […]

by Motoko Hunt on 31 December, 2018 at 11:48 pm

It’s hard to believe that another year has gone, and it’s time to make my New Year’s Eve soba noodle dishes and prepare for the Japanese New Year’s dishes. But before I shut down my computer for 2018, let’s have a quick review of […]

by Motoko Hunt on 30 October, 2018 at 7:29 pm

When I started providing the SEO services to the businesses in the 90s, the SEO was not a popular concept, and not many business owners who have a website even knew what it was. I usually needed to start explaining what the SEO was, and how the businesses […]

by Motoko Hunt on 21 September, 2018 at 3:19 pm

On September 18th, Kotozna Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) released a new service, Kotozna Chat. Unlike any other messaging applications, this service lets you communicate with people using different messaging apps such as Facebook Messenger, LINE, WhatsApp*, and […]

by Joanne Wallis on 19 January, 2019 at 11:00 pm

Author: Joanne Wallis, ANU Two narratives dominated geopolitical discussions of the Pacific islands in 2018 — that of the Blue Pacific and the Indo-Pacific. The former was first articulated at the 2017 Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting. It seeks to […]

by Edward K Y Chen on 19 January, 2019 at 11:00 am

Author: Edward K Y Chen, The University of Hong Kong The coming year will be a challenging one for developed and emerging economies alike. Negotiating geopolitics is proving difficult for economies across the world, with the impacts of the US–China […]

by Steven Vogel on 18 January, 2019 at 11:00 pm

Authors: Steven Vogel, University of California, Berkeley and Takashi Asano, Tokyo Metropolitan University Japanese corporate governance is back in the news — and not in a good way — with the dramatic arrest of Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn for […]