Commentary / Japan Aug 5, 2019
Can telework ease peer pressure in Japan?
by Noriyuki Yanagawa
Giving employees greater choices through remote work will make their jobs more fulfilling and be a plus for Japan's economy as a whole.
Commentary / Japan Jul 30, 2019
A Japanese trailblazer who wore stilettos
by Yumiko Murakami
Businesswoman Yoshida Haruno dedicated her life to promoting leadership roles for women in the public and private sectors.
Commentary / Japan May 28, 2019
What it takes to foster innovation in Japan
by Haruaki Deguchi
The key concepts behind innovation are diversity and excellent higher education.
Commentary / Japan Sep 11, 2018
'Omotenashi' underlies Japan's low economic productivity
by Xiaochen Su
An idiosyncrasy unique to corporate Japan prevents the reduction of unessential workers to improve productivity.
Commentary / Japan Aug 3, 2018
Japan's coming productivity miracle
by Jesper Koll
There are solid indications that Japanese service-sector firms are finally beginning to invest in the future.
Commentary / Japan Jul 3, 2018
Japanese firms don't cower among trade gloom
by Daniel Moss
Capital expenditures are set to rise, while the rest of the world is increasingly wary.
Commentary / Japan Jun 18, 2018
What Darwin and the Model T can teach Toyota
by Anjani Trivedi
Automakers are engaged in an evolutionary struggle, and only the fittest will survive.
Commentary / Japan Jun 12, 2018
Japan's toothless FANG trio don't deserve a nibble
by Shuli Ren
Line, Yahoo Japan and Rakuten are out of favor for a reason.
Editorials Jun 5, 2018
Greater efforts must be made to reduce the pay gap between regular and irregular workers.
Commentary / Japan Jun 4, 2018
Japan's past should be its future
by Nobuko Kobayashi
An obsession with service offers Japanese companies a competitive advantage.
Commentary / Japan May 22, 2018
by Toko Shirakawa
Progress is being made in Japan, but legislation is needed to give anti-harassment efforts real teeth.
Commentary / Japan Apr 2, 2018
Corporate Japan could do with more of Masayoshi Son's "swing for the fences" approach to business.