E-Journal

March/April 2007 Issue

March/April 2007 Issue

Japan's Burgeoning Fashion Industry - The Next Big Wave

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Japan's Fashion Industry: Its Potentials & Policy Initiatives
By Fashion Policy Office, Textile & Clothing Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade & Ind
Cover Story : Japan's Burgeoning Fashion Industry-T
Interview with Ota Nobuyuki, President, Issey Miyake Inc. Making Japanese Fashion a World Standard
Interviewer: Kokubo Tamaki
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Japanese Fashion Business: Tradition & Innovation
By Ohara Yoko
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Fashion as Cultural Policy - The Path to Be a Brand -
By Fukai Akiko
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Internet Potentials for Fashion Business - A Uniqlo Story -
By Kobayashi Minao
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How Foreign Journalists View Japanese Fashion (1) Tokyo: A Laboratory for New Ideas
By Andrew Tucker
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How Foreign Journalists View Japanese Fashion (2) Is Fashion Still A Status Symbol?
By Micaela Fila
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Japanese Textiles Support World Fashion Industry
By Hirai Katsuhiko
BUSINESS PROFILES
Interview with Nakagaki Yoshihiko, President, J-POWER Growth by Business Diversification
Interviewer: Okabe Hiroshi
Viewpoint
Orderliness in Japanese Society
By Gang Ye
ASIAN VIEW
Part 2 (Last): Up to Present History of Thought & Religion in Japan
By Kurozumi Makoto
WHAT'S UP IN JAPAN
Nippon Ham Fighters: The Stars of Hope
By Matsuda Tetsunori
BUSINESS PROFILES
Interview with Nakamura Yoshikazu, Founder/Chairman, Mitaka Kohki Co.Tiny Company Stuns the World with Unique Technology
Interviewer: Takamasu Kanji
FEATURE
Part 4 (Last)Japan’s LDP: Shaping & Adapting to 3 Distinctive Political Systems: Military Occupation, Fast Economic Deve
By Inoguchi Takashi
FINANCE
Japan’s Budget at 7-Year High- Record Drop in New Bond Issues -
By Aoki Masaru
KEEPING UP WITH TIMES
Manic-Depression in Japanese Businessmen- Betting Their All on China -
By Matsunaga Tsutomu
JAPANESE MIND
Invitation to Gagaku -Japan’s Ancient Court Music –
By Shiba Sukeyasu
GALLERY
Opera Culture in Japan: Part 2 (Last)1st Opera Performance in Japan & Its Consequences
By Marumoto Takashi
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Charts March/April 2007
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TOPICS
Japanese Carmakers Turn Overseas, Aid Quality Getting More Important, Rebuilding Education, Stress on Patriotism
By Okabe Hiroshi
Publisher's Note
Indulgence in?
By Noboru Hatakeyama
SPOTLIGHT
Spring is sakura season in Japan
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Culture
Enjoy Good Food While Dieting
By Ogata Shinichi
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
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