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For Takashi Kitazume's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
BUSINESS / U.S. BUSINESS SCHOOL SYMPOSIUM
Jun 23, 2007
Educators school Japan in global management
Japanese executives should look at the introduction of new U.S.-modeled rules on corporate governance as an opportunity to increase the value of their companies, rather than fret over the negative costs of compliance, an American accounting professor told a recent symposium in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2007
Governance rules often spun by managers: expert
It is company managers, not politicians or institutional investors, who call the shots on corporate governance, an American scholar said at a recent seminar in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / U.K. JOURNALIST SYMPOSIUM
Jun 9, 2007
Sustained growth needs more access, ambition
Despite its demographic problems, Japan has room to aim at higher growth by pushing harder on reforms, opening up more to foreign capital and making better use of unused female labor, visiting journalists from Britain told a recent symposium in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / EAST ASIA SYMPOSIUM
Jun 4, 2007
Take your partners for economic integration
See related stories: U.S. presidential election casts long shadow Sustained economic growth is a question of balance for China
Japan Times
BUSINESS / EAST ASIA SYMPOSIUM
Jun 4, 2007
U.S. presidential election casts long shadow
See related stories: Take your partners for economic integration Sustained economic growth is a question of balance for China
Japan Times
BUSINESS / EAST ASIA SYMPOSIUM
Jun 4, 2007
Sustained economic growth is a question of balance for China
See related stories: Take your partners for economic integration U.S. presidential election casts long shadow
JAPAN
May 28, 2007
Media, NGOs help China become environmentally aware
The media and nongovernmental organizations are beginning to play a role in shaping China's environment protection policies as awareness of the costs of its rapid growth spreads among policymakers as well as the public, a group of Chinese journalists told a recent symposium in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2007
Improving consumer lifestyle choices key to meeting CO2 goals
Consumer behavior holds the key to Japan's ability to fulfill its commitments under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to fight global warming, as rising greenhouse gas emissions in the household and transport sectors make it increasingly hard to achieve the nation's goals, said participants in a recent symposium...
BUSINESS / SOUTH KOREAN JOURNALIST SYMPOSIUM
Feb 22, 2007
Rules change, but Japan, S. Korea game the same
See related stories: Japan, South Korea can pull Asia together China's rise may force Tokyo, Seoul to reassess business tie-ups
Japan Times
BUSINESS / SOUTH KOREAN JOURNALIST SYMPOSIUM
Feb 22, 2007
Japan, South Korea can pull Asia together
See related stories: China's rise may force Tokyo, Seoul to reassess business tie-ups Rules change, but Japan, S. Korea game the same
Japan Times
BUSINESS / SOUTH KOREAN JOURNALIST SYMPOSIUM
Feb 22, 2007
China's rise may force Tokyo, Seoul to reassess business tie-ups
See related stories: Japan, South Korea can pull Asia together Rules change, but Japan, S. Korea game the same
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2007
China's growth outlook largely immune from outside turmoil
China is headed for continued growth of about 8 percent a year on average over the next 10 to 20 years -- backed by abundant domestic savings that support investments, and an almost unlimited supply of labor that will keep wage costs low, a Hong Kong-based scholar told a recent seminar in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / POPULATION SYMPOSIUM
Nov 9, 2006
Low birthrate threatens Japan's future
See related stories: French values and child-care policies put family before work Environment, not career major hurdle to big families
Japan Times
BUSINESS / POPULATION SYMPOSIUM
Nov 9, 2006
Environment, not career major hurdle to big families
See the main story: Low birthrate threatens Japan's future See related story: French values and child-care policies put family before work
Japan Times
BUSINESS / POPULATION SYMPOSIUM
Nov 9, 2006
French values and child-care policies put family before work
See the main story: Low birthrate threatens Japan's future See related story: Environment, not career major hurdle to big families
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 4, 2006
Japan's future task: a balancing act on U.S., China ties
T he question of how to maintain balanced relations with China and the United States will be Japan's major diplomatic challenge in the coming decades, and the recent nuclear test by North Korea may in fact provide a good chance for Tokyo and Beijing to cement their ties.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2006
Being an insider is best way to sway Europe's shifting rules
Japanese companies need to act as insiders -- not outsiders -- in Europe as they try to cope with the increasingly tough environmental, safety and other laws of the European Union, whose regulatory power extends beyond the region, experts told a recent symposium in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2006
Young and tech-savvy, India's market remains largely untapped
Japanese companies increasingly look to India for business opportunities, but they have yet to fully tap the potential of one of the world's fastest-growing economies with its vast pool of skilled human resources, said participants in a recent symposium in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2006
Is bigger better for European Union?
See related story EU membership sharpens Central, East Europe's competitive edge
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2006
EU membership sharpens Central, East Europe's competitive edge
See related story Is bigger better for European Union?
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Human bone-like objects found at Nippon Steel plant’s molten iron pot, with one worker missing
Police believe it’s highly possible that human bones found in a molten iron pot at Nippon Steel's Oita factory belong to a missing male employee.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Japan to review romanization system for first time in 70 years
An advisory panel to the education ministry will consider how the Japanese language should be transcribed into the Latin alphabet, including unifying different romanization styles currently in use.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound.
Who’s toughest on China? Biden’s tariff tactic ups ante as election looms.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about new actions to protect American workers and businesses from China's "unfair" trade practices, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.
In Japan, 68,000 people over 65 projected to die alone at home this year
As Japan grapples with its population's rapid aging, supporting people who live and age alone is looming larger on the policy agenda.

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