Commentary / Japan Dec 2, 2019
What can we learn from 'Made in Japan'?
by He Jun
Japanese manufacturing has shifted from making brand-name products to cornering specific segments of the global supply chain.
What can we learn from 'Made in Japan'?
Japanese manufacturing has shifted from making brand-name products to cornering specific segments of the global supply chain.
Questions over raising minimum wages
The adoption of a social security policy for the purpose of a competition policy must be avoided.
The roles of women in influential positions
Sociologist Chizuko Ueno continues to be a driving force for gender equality in Japan.
Can telework ease peer pressure in Japan?
Giving employees greater choices through remote work will make their jobs more fulfilling and be a plus for Japan's economy as a whole.
A Japanese trailblazer who wore stilettos
Businesswoman Yoshida Haruno dedicated her life to promoting leadership roles for women in the public and private sectors.
What it takes to foster innovation in Japan
The key concepts behind innovation are diversity and excellent higher education.
'Omotenashi' underlies Japan's low economic productivity
An idiosyncrasy unique to corporate Japan prevents the reduction of unessential workers to improve productivity.
Japan's coming productivity miracle
There are solid indications that Japanese service-sector firms are finally beginning to invest in the future.
Japanese firms don't cower among trade gloom
Capital expenditures are set to rise, while the rest of the world is increasingly wary.
What Darwin and the Model T can teach Toyota
Automakers are engaged in an evolutionary struggle, and only the fittest will survive.
Japan's toothless FANG trio don't deserve a nibble
Line, Yahoo Japan and Rakuten are out of favor for a reason.
Greater efforts must be made to reduce the pay gap between regular and irregular workers.