Contents (2010 Sep/Oct) PUBLISHER'S NOTE Past & Future of APEC By Noboru HATAKEYAMA (Chairman/CEO, Japan Economic Foundation)   TOPICS 5 Million New Jobs in 10 Years/ Rushing to Hire Asian People/ Asian Economic Integration: Tug of War By Hiroshi OKABE (Chief editor, Economic News Section, Kyodo News)   KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES 6 Billion-km Space Odyssey Asteroid Probe Hayabusa Returns to Earth By Isao ADACHI(Commentator, Jiji Press)   COVER STORY APEC JAPAN 2010 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 1)Toward Fruitful Achievements of APEC Japan 2010 By Hidehiko NISHIYAMA (Director general for international trade policy, Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (METI)) 2)Beyond Bogor: Reflections on APEC's Future By Vinod AGGARWAL(Director of the Berkeley APEC Study Center) & Peter VOLBERDING(Graduate, University of California at Berkeley) 3)APEC at Yokohama: What Should We Expect? By Gary HAWKE (Emeritus professor, Victoria University of Wellington) 4)APEC: Yokohama & Beyond By Chulsu KIM (Chairman, Institute for Trade & Investment, Korea) 5)What Do We Expect from APEC? By ZHANG Yunling (Pofessor & director of international studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) 6)APEC Yokohama: Beyond Traditional Trade By Djisman SIMANDJUNTAK (Chairman, Executive Board, Prasetiya Mulya Foundation, Indonesia) 7)Outlook for APEC & Japanese Economy Analysis from Perspective of Next Generation By Shoichi HISA (Associate professor of international business & economics, International College of Arts & Sciences, Yokohama City University) 8)Toward an Asian Oil & Gas Community By Mani Shankar AIYAR (Former Indian oil and gas minister) 9)The APEC-ization of Europe APEC's Political Nothingness: Reminder of What Looms for Ever-enlarging EU By Regis ARNAUD (Editor in chief, France Japon Eco)   SPECIAL ARTICLES Ethiopia: An Appealing Investment Destination in Africa By ABDIRASHID Dulane (Ethiopian ambassador to Japan) The Challenge of Global Growth "What's It For?" By Jean-Pierre LEHMANN (Professor of international political economy & founding director, the Evian Group at IMD) Israel's Intellectual Capital: Key Factor for Its Competitive Edge in World Market By Eitan KUPERSTOCH(Minister for economy and trade in the Embassy of Israel in Tokyo)   PERSONAL PROFILE "Kawaii" Saves the World? Girls' Fashion from Harajuku, Tokyo Interviewer: Yoshihiro KATAOKA (Writer)   VIEWPOINT Playing in No Man's Land ? By Jean-Gabriel DUPUY (French teacher at French Institute of Tokyo, and announcer and translator)   JAPANESE CRAFT &ART Boasting 340 Years of History Ohiyaki Ceramics: a World of Poetic Zeal By Toshimasa YOKOZAWA(Professor, Faculty of Business Management, Asia University)   ASIAN VIEW Food Security & Global Agenda By Mignonne CHAN (Assistant professor at the Graduate Institute of the Americas, Tamkang University, Taiwan) ASEAN & Japan: Overview of Bilateral Relationship By Rodolfo C. SEVERINO (Former ASEAN secretary general)   FINANCE Where Are Lenders of Last Resort? Tougher Moneylending Curbs: By-effects? By Katsuhiko SAKAI (Senior staff writer and deputy editor at Economic News Desk, Jiji Press)   ECONOMIC FOCUS How Does Economics Deal with Income Inequality? By Naoyuki HARAOKA (Editor-in-chief, Japan SPOTLIGHT)   CULTURE Japan's Openness: Multilayered & Flexible By Naofumi KANEKO (Chief editor, Cultural News Section, Kyodo News)   SPOTLIGHT At a Funeral By Natsuko TOYODA (JEF)   ECONOMIC INDICATORS Charts September/October 2010 JEF (C)Copyright 2000-2009 JAPAN ECONOMIC FOUNDATION. All Rights Reserved