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July/August 2008 Issue |
White Paper on International Economy & Trade 2008 |
- Cover Story :White Paper on International Economy & Trade 2008
- 1)Current State of World Economy & Strategies for Japanese Economy
- By Policy Planning Research Division, Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry
- Cover Story : White Paper on International Economy & Trade 2008
- <HEADLINE>2)Interview with Nobuyuki Idei, Founder & CEO, Quantum Leaps Corp. "Consolidated Business" with Rest of Asia
- Interviewer Hiroshi Okabe (Kyodo News)
- Cover Story : White Paper on International Economy & Trade 2008
- <HEADLINE>3)Foreign Human Resource Strategy
- By Osamu SHINOHARA (President, Daiichi Institution Industry Co.)
- Cover Story : White Paper on International Economy & Trade 2008
- <HEADLINE>4)Global Development of Small & Medium Companies:
- By Shigeru SUZUKI (Prof. Matsuyama Univ, Economics)
- Cover Story : White Paper on International Economy & Trade 2008
- 5)AEON's Path to Global Retail Operations
- By Akihito TANAKA (Chief Representative for China, AEON Co.)
- Cover Story : White Paper on International Economy & Trade 2008
- <HEADLINE>6)Pacific Island Nations Endangered by Climate Change How Can Japan Contribute to Saving Them?
- By Kazuyoshi OGAWA (Senior Researcher, Japan Institute of Pacific Studies)
- Cover Story : White Paper on International Economy & Trade 2008
- <HEADLINE>7)Japan's Contributions to Africa umitomo Chemical's Mosquito Net
- By Tatsuo MIZUNO (GM, Vector Control Dep., Environmental Health Division at Sumitomo Chemical Co.)
- Publisher's Note
- FDI & Technology Transfer
- By Noboru Hatakeyama
- TOPICS
- Japan, China to Pursue Strategic Ties Japan Set to Accept More Foreign Workers Japan, China Firms to Run Refinery Jointly
- By Hiroshi OKABE (Kyodo News)
- SPECIAL ARTICLES
- Japanese Restaurants Blossoming Around the World
- By Yukari PRATT (Food writer)
- SPECIAL ARTICLES
- Japan's Tax Treaties Present Situation & Significance
- By Satoshi WATANABE (Dean, the School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi Univ.)
- JAPAN'S FOOD CULTURE
- Is the Japanese Diet a Melting Pot? Japan as Seen in Food Culture
- By Nakako MATSUMOTO (Professor emeritus, Kagawa Nutrition Univ.)
- Viewpoint
- Hospitality-Omotenashi Comparing Apples to Oranges...
- By Lloyd S. Nakano (Managing director of Hotel Seiyo Ginza)
- Viewpoint
- Life in the Modern Tokyo Metropolis & Japan's Enduring Fascination with Cherry Blossoms
- By Anthony J. LUNA (Corporate lawyer at the Tokyo Office of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.)
- JAPANESE CRAFT & ART
- "Hanadome" Natural Color Provides Mental Comfort
- By Yoko KASAI (CEO, Treschic Interior Flowers)
- PROMENADE
- Meeting the Author of "Shutting Out the Sun" "Hikikomori" and Today's Japan
- By Natsuko TOYODA (Editor, JEF)
- KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES
- School Hours to Increase High Hopes Pinned on Return to Basics
- By Isao ADACHI (Jiji Press)
- ASIAN VIEW
- Rethinking China's Economic Development in 2008
- By Ke LONG (Senior Research Fellow, Economic Research Center, Fujitsu Research Institute)
- CHALLENGING REGION
- Sendai, Finland Pushing Well-being Project
- By Kazuo ENDO
- FINANCE
- Japan’s Official Reserves Top $1 Tril. Calls Grow for Creating SWF
- By Katsuhiko SAKAI
- ECONOMIC FOCUS
- Japanese Firms' New Corporate Governance After "Structural Reform"
- By Naoyuki HARAOKA (Editor-in Chief, JEF)
- Culture
- What Is a Good Boss?
- By Shinichi OGATA (Kyodo News)
- SPOTLIGHT
- The world as one village Thoughts on seeing the Refugee Film Festival
- by Natsuko TOYODA (Editor, JEF)
- ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR JAPAN
- Charts July/August 2008
- JEF
