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Japan’s Biggest Pop Star Is Not Human
Hatsune Miku, with her turquoise pigtails and schoolgirl demeanour, is the world’s first union of fabricated digital voice sporting a virtual character body.
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Selling Services in Japan
You can’t touch, hear, smell, see or taste it, but please buy it! This is often the dilemma with selling services.
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Governance By the Books?
The Japanese government recently participated in a corporate governance conference, and has updated its stewardship code to reflect global standards.
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Employer Branding Key to Success
How do you attract these qualified individuals? This is exactly where employer branding comes in.
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Charity, Food and Fun
In addition to entertainment and cuisine, the ISSH Family Festival provides a chance for students to promote charity organisations.
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How To Motivate Your Team
People judge firms based on their employees. Uninterested, demotivated, disengaged staff are brand assassins.
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Pension Pots Under Attack
The UK's new rules effectively mean you can save less for your retirement, may have to retire later and, if you save too much, you will be heavily taxed.
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Eco-friendly Palm Oil Gets a Boost
Large manufacturers are starting to recognise the importance of using sustainable palm oil sources.
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Feng Shui for 2014
Here are the leading predictions for this Year of the Wood Horse, including the strong presence of the Fire element.
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How to Build Trust, Credibility and Respect
A healthy level of trust comes from making good decisions and exercising good judgment, using a balance of head and heart, facts and instinct.
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First MBA Case Competition Held in Tokyo
The first annual Japan MBA Case Competition (JMBACC) took place on 17 November at Aoyama Gakuin University.
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Elemental Thinking for the New Year
Make some eco-resolutions by finding alternative ways to reuse, reduce and recycle natural resources.
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No slowing of hiring activity in 2014
Overall, Japan’s employment market continues to be one in which demand outstrips supply, and recruiting is expected to pick up in 2014.
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The Rise of Crisis Simulations in the Workplace
The ability to communicate information, ideas and positions clearly and concisely is a core skill needed by everyone.
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Special Zone for Asian Headquarters
Tokyo needs to invest in infrastructure and other means to lure more international firms, to better compete with Asian rival cities.
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The Nine-Step innovation Process
You would be surprised to know that many innovators seem to have the individual R&D components set up, but no overall guiding process.
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Leveraging 2020 Olympics opportunities
We believe the underlying economic dynamics in Japan, especially those related to demographics, will support a sustainable boost from hosting the Olympics.
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Meet autumn in japan
Autumn is a great time to get outdoors and enjoy nature. Tokyo has several prime viewing spots for enjoying the falling leaves.
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Welcome back, myanmar!
A group of McGill MBA students visited this fascinating country in summer, and were immediately struck by the people’s kindness and gentle nature, and the potential that the country possesses.
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What REALLY Makes International Schools Special?
During my more than 30 years of working in international schools, I have found that most students, including American teenagers, are closer to their families because of frequent moves…or the frequent moves of their friends.
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impact of the 2020 tokyo olympics
There is hope that, by restoring the pre-quake image of Japan with the upcoming Games, the positive trends previously seen in the moving industry will also be restored.
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Edo Examples of Sustainable Living
Long before the high-rises, paved roads and neon lights that today typify Tokyo, the city by the bay had a different name and a very different feel to it.
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The Self-Disciplined Leader
Leadership is about creating environments that influence others to achieve group goals. This works because people support a world they help create.
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Finding the Right Serviced Apartment
Katsumi Sugawara of Space Design Inc. provides expert advice on choosing a serviced apartment for employees or visiting family members.
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IT Offshoring: Another Look
Wikipedia describes offshoring as a process in which an organisation shifts its business process from one country—usually the parent firm’s country—to another. The online encyclopaedia also refers to a term Bangalored, a euphemism for one losing their IT job as a result of offshoring.
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Warning: Final Salary Schemes’ Deficit Grows
In March this year I wrote an article in BCCJ ACUMEN (“UK Firm Pensions: Is the End Nigh?”) in which I spoke about the problems facing UK corporate pension schemes and what individuals could do to protect their pension.
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Essentials for Motivating Salespeople
“Hey, it’s a jungle out there”. A brilliant meeting followed by a woeful meeting; the emotional roller-coaster world of sales.
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Managers Are An Unaffordable Luxury
Doing more, and doing it better, faster and with less is driving global business. A cadre of professional managers running organisations is going the same way as the typing pool.
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The Trend Is Your Friend
Talk to anyone who is in business in Japan and Abenomics usually will enter the conversation. Structural and financial reforms seem to be the topic of the day.
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