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BUSINESS / Economy / GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS SYMPOSIUM
Jun 28, 2013
Massive data can aid competitiveness if properly harnessed
Big data can be a new tool of corporate competitiveness that offers vast business opportunities, but proper use and analysis of the massive volume of data will require new sets of skills and mind-sets on the part of management, said Phillip Leslie, an associate professor at UCLA Anderson School of Management....
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / JAPAN-CHINA SYMPOSIUM
Apr 30, 2013
Japan, China at risk of losing sight of true interests
As Japan deals with China, the nation needs to get an accurate picture of what the giant neighbor is and where it is headed, rather than be swayed by what could be a larger-than-life image of the new economic and military power in East Asia, China watchers said at a recent symposium in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / JAPAN-CHINA SYMPOSIUM
Apr 30, 2013
Siting for renewables needs bottom-up approach
If post-Fukushima nuclear disaster crisis Japan chooses to fill its energy needs with renewable energy sources, the nation will still face the same NIMBY (not-in-my-backyard) resistance to building large numbers of new facilities in the densely-populated country, an American expert said at a recent energy...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / JAPAN-CHINA SYMPOSIUM
Apr 30, 2013
Eurozone fiscal union will only exacerbate political crisis: critic
Any moves toward a fiscal union among the eurozone countries as a solution to the region's ongoing debt crisis will only create an even worse political crisis, a veteran British journalist said at a recent seminar in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 18, 2013
Holes in industrial ecosystems threaten manufacturing
Even in a globalized economy, nations need to have strong local production capabilities in order to bring innovation to the market, American and Japanese scholars said in a recent symposium held in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS SYMPOSIUM
Mar 26, 2013
Private sector urged to do more to help rebuild Japan-China relations
The private sector has a key role in the efforts to rebuild mutual trust between Japan and China as political disputes begin to affect economic relations, experts from the two countries said at a recent symposium in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS SYMPOSIUM
Mar 26, 2013
Myanmar seeks Japan FDI to aid agriculture, economic reforms
Myanmar needs Japanese investments as well as capacity-building support as the Southeast Asian nation faces the massive challenge of rapid economic reforms, leading figures in the country's business community said at a recent symposium in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2013
South Korea faces Japan-like obstacles to growth
Even as leading South Korean firms outperform many of their Japanese rivals in the global market, the nation's economy faces mounting challenges, including slowing growth, an aging population and widening rich-poor gap — problems that the country shares with Japan, researchers from South Korean think...
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JAPAN
Feb 14, 2013
Protecting rights as a means to enhance development
Japanese manufacturers are generally shying away from applying for patents in ASEAN countries for reasons such as the "immatureness" of the judicial system in intellectual property (IP) trials and the low level of technology assessment by local IP authorities, said a representative of the Japan Intellectual...
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BUSINESS
Dec 16, 2012
Japanese investments in Mexico steady
Japanese investments in Mexico remains steady, mainly in the auto and auto parts sectors, reflecting the growing vehicle production in the country and popularity of Japanese brand cars, said a researcher from the Japan External Trade Organization.
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BUSINESS
Dec 12, 2012
ASEAN jittery over major power rivalry in Asia
Despite the continuing growth of East Asia as a new engine driving the world economy, the prospect of a U.S.-China rivalry and the troubled relations between Japan and China pose challenges for the region's future stability, experts from Southeast Asia said at a recent symposium in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2012
EU challenges require fundamental solutions with fiscal, energy unity
The ultimate solution to the debt crisis in the European Union will not only need a banking union but also have to involve some element of a fiscal union and a major shift of power from the national level to the European level. On the other hand, the EU budget to finance the union's key common needs...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / U.K. JOURNALIST SYMPOSIUM
Oct 18, 2012
Japan urged to deal with debt, demographics
Japan may be "the canary in the coal mine" for other industrialized economies as many of them try to grapple with mounting debt problems and face demographic challenges ahead.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / JAPAN-CHINA SYMPOSIUM
Sep 28, 2012
Media in Japan and China urged to help close perception gap
Just as Japan and China mark the 40th anniversary of the 1972 normalization of diplomatic ties amid ever-deepening economic relations, public sentiments toward each country appear to have fallen to the lowest point in decades. News over the past several weeks have been awash with reports of massive daily...
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BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2012
Changes afoot as Beijing seeks new economic models to sustain growth
China needs to shift to a new growth model as its cost advantages begin to erode and overseas demand staggers, while cooperation with Japan in future-growth sectors will benefit both countries, Chinese officials and scholars said during a recent symposium in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / INDIA-JAPAN SYMPOSIUM
Jul 17, 2012
Japanese investments to rise despite India's recent slowdown
Japan's business ties with India look set to expand further as the pace of investments by Japanese firms continues to accelerate, despite a recent slowdown of the Indian economy and the country's twin deficits, experts and people involved in bilateral relations said at recent events in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 17, 2012
Global demand for nuclear power remains high
Despite the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster that hit Japan last year, the global appetite for nuclear energy remains largely unchanged as emerging economic powers are set to account for much of the growth in worldwide electricity demand in the coming decades, a U.S. think tank expert said at a...
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BUSINESS
Jul 1, 2012
Innovation, marketing by the book doesn't hold in globalized world
Creativity and innovation hold the key to being competitive in a global environment, but what does it really take for a company to recruit or build innovative talent?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 20, 2012
Economic woes, political volatility may creep into U.S. foreign affairs
No matter who wins the presidential election in November, the United States appears headed for a prolonged period of political volatility as leaders do not seem to have good answers to voters' anxieties about their economic future. This threatens to spill over into U.S. relations with the rest of the...
BUSINESS / ASEAN-JAPAN SYMPOSIUM
Apr 7, 2012
ASEAN members see mixed future; ties with Japan entering new phase
Southeast Asia has emerged from the 2008-2009 global financial crisis with a robust economic expansion that, along with China and India, makes up a new growth center of the world economy. Still, major countries in the region foresee a mixed picture in the years ahead.

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