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March/April 2008 Issue

March/April 2008 Issue

Education Vital to Encourage Innovation

Cover Story :Education Vital to Encourage Innovation
Opening the Door of Japanese National Universities
By Yuko HARAYAMA (Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University)
Cover Story :Education Vital to Encourage Innovation
Innovating the Innovation System: Changes in Japanese Universities
By Richard B. DASHER (Director and Consulting Prof., US-Asia Technology Management Center, Stanford Univ.)
Cover Story :Education Vital to Encourage Innovation
Japan Responding to Globalism: Innovation & Entrepreneurship
By William F. MILLER (Herbert Hoover Professor of Public and Private Management Emeritus)
Cover Story :Education Vital to Encourage Innovation
Innovating Japan through Globalization of Human Capital
By Sakie T. FUKUSHIMA (Regional Managing Director - Japan, Korn/Ferry International)
Cover Story :Education Vital to Encourage Innovation
Nurturing Reform-Leading Staff
By Hiroshi OKABE (Business news editor, Kyodo News)
Cover Story :Education Vital to Encourage Innovation
Spreading the "Toyota Way" Worldwide
By Naoe KAIDA (Staff Writer, Business News Desk, Jiji Press)
Cover Story :Education Vital to Encourage Innovation
Universities Playing a Critical Role in Globalization & Innovation
By Yoko ISHIKURA (Prof., the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi Univ.)
Cover Story :Education Vital to Encourage Innovation
Human Resource Development & Innovation
By Kazuhiro MORIMOTO (Human Resource Policy Division, the Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
SPECIAL ARTICLES 1
Japan's Employment Reform
By Risaburo NEZU (Senior Managing Director, Fujitsu Research Institute)
SPECIAL ARTICLES 2
ASEAN FTAs & Prospects of Broader Regional Cooperation in Asia
By Nagesh KUMAR (Director-General, the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS))
BUSINESS PROFILE
Interview with Hiroaki Kurokawa, President, Fujitsu Fujitsu Aims to Enhance Overseas Footholds Expanding Services via Aggressive M&As
Interviewer: Daisuke ONISHI (Economic News Section, Kyodo News)
Culture
What Is a Professional?
By Shinichi OGATA (Chief editor, the Cultural News Section, Kyodo News)
Viewpoint
The Iron Lady of Downtown Tokyo
By Chris HOGG (BBC Tokyo correspondent)
ASIAN VIEW
Japan: a Maze of Perceptions
By Sanjeev SINHA (Founder/president, the IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Alumni Association Japan)
CHALLENGING REGION
World-class Research at Provincial Universities Contributing to Innovation, Human Resource Development
By Satoru MATSUDA (Science Section, Jiji Press)
JAPAN'S FOOD CULTURE
Tofu: Healthful & Fresh Japanese Favorite
By Nakako MATSUMOTO (Professor emeritus, Kagawa Nutrition University)
JAPANESE CRAFT & ART
"Hanadome" A New Flower Arrangement Coexisting with Nature
By Yoko KASAI (CEO of Treschic Interior Flowers)
GALLERY
Landscape Art Retracing The Past
By Kyoji TAKUBO (Artist)
FINANCE
Growing More Market-oriented in Raising Funds Japanese Local Governments
By Katsuhiko SAKAI (senior staff writer and deputy editor at the Economic News Division, Jiji Press)
KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES
Will People's Judiciary Participation Succeed? Citizen Judge System to Start Next Year
By Isao ADACHI (Editor, City News Desk, Jiji Press)
TOPICS
Domestic Demand-led Firms Looking Overseas Pressed by Shrinking Home Markets
By Hiroshi Okabe (Business news editor, Kyodo News)
TOPICS
Will a "Media Big Bang" Happen?-Broadcast/Telecom Regulations to Be Unified Shakeup over Flat TV Panels
By Hiroshi OKABE (Business news editor, Kyodo News)
Publisher's Note
How Should We Deal with 3 FTA Proposals in Asia?
By Noboru Hatakeyama
SPOTLIGHT
We learn from our mistakes
Editor
ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR JAPAN
Charts March/April 2008
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