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Growing Delicious Vegetables in Japan

How to grow delicious Japanese vegetables? Strengthening Produce with Unfavorable Conditions An old man sits alone by the open French windows on the south side of his room. Before him is a view of a garden bathed in bountiful sunlight. Hearing this, you may well think that this is a man who is whiling away […]

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Japan's Aquaculture Technology

Kinki University Fisheries Laboratory’s Attempt to Solve a Food Issue of the 21st Century The Kinki University Fisheries Laboratory is both a pioneer and leader in the field of aquaculture. The research into aquaculture methods undertaken by the laboratory over the past 43 years has prompted a great turnaround in the fishing industry from a […]

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What Do You Do If Your Boss Asks to Be Friends on Facebook?

Source: Sanno University (Conducted among 421 newly hired men and women in April, 2018) When newly hired company employees who utilize social media were asked how they would feel if their boss requested to become a friend, 42.5% replied they would be unhappy. With females in particular that response reached nearly 60%. In a separate […]

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John Manjiro (John Mung): Connecting Japan to the US

Manjiro was born in 1827 in the village of Nakanohama, near the cape of Ashizurimisaki, Kochi Prefecture. He was the second son of five siblings. His father, a fisherman, passed away when Manjiro was just nine years old. As his older brother was in poor health, Manjiro worked for the local village headman in order […]

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Why Do Japanese Firms Favor Japanese Suppliers?

The capital of Japan is Tokyo, but before that it was in Kyoto for over 1000 years. The people of Kyoto value history very highly. It is the same in business, and they take good care of their customers and business partners that they have known for a long time. There are still many stores […]

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Japan as the World’s Most Rapidly Aging Society (3) Elderly Care Business

By Ryoji Shimada, staff writer Japan's New Day Care Service Makes Elderly Feel at Home It looks just like a private home, but is actually a day care center (a non-residential facility) for elderly people where they can relax on the sofa or enjoy chatting around a dining table. Small-scale day care centers dubbed Sawa […]

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Japan as the World’s Most Rapidly Aging Society (2) Employment

Part 2: Balancing out the Supply and Demand in Elderly Job Market By Florian Kohlbacher & Hendrik Mollenhauer According to the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, the Japan’s population will decrease to around 87 millions in 2060 from the current 128 millions. But working population is more dramatic. It will halve from […]

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Rediscovering Japan’s Technology

Experience Japan's Technology By Ryoji Shimada, staff writer JR Osaka Station is the largest rail terminal in this prefecture of 9 million people. Following years of redevelopment, the multi-use Umekita Grand Front Osaka complex, on the station’s north side has been buzzing since its opening, which took place on April 26. In its first month […]

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Japan as the World’s Most Rapidly Aging Society (1) Elderly Business

Japan, the country with the most aged population The Japanese economy averaged a 9.1% increase in real GDP from FY 1956 to FY 1973. In 1968, it overtook West Germany to become the world’s second largest economy in terms of GDP, and while it maintained an average growth rate of about 5% through the 1980s, […]

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Special Interview with Roland Berger on Japanese Companies

Quantitative Easing only Good for a Short Term Q: What’s your take on the quantitative easing by the Bank of Japan and resulting depreciation of Japanese yen? I think it will help Japanese industry and Japanese business, especially Japanese exports. But it helps only for the short-term, because the real issue in the end becomes […]

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