E-Journal

September/October 2008 Issue

September/October 2008 Issue

Future of Digital Economy

Publisher's Note
On Concern over Inflation
By Noboru Hatakeyama
TOPICS
G-8 Leaders Specify Goal of 50% Emission Cut Consumer Agency to Debut Next Year Japan Still under Deflation?
By Hiroshi OKABE (senior business news editor, Kyodo)
Cover Story : Future of Digital Economy
1)Interview with Etsuhiko Shoyama, Chairman, JEITA Boosting Efforts to Promote "Green IT" Japan Needs Greater Int'l Contribution with Environment-Related Technology
Interviewer: Hiroshi OKABE (senior business news editor, Kyodo)
Cover Story : Future of Digital Economy
2)From Digital Economy to "Digital GreenEarth"
By Yasuhiko ARAKAWA (Director, Institute for Nano Quantum Information Electronics)
Cover Story : Future of Digital Economy
3)Distress & Prospects for Japan's Electronics Industry
By Yaichi AOSHIMA (Associate Professor of innovation management , Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi Univ.)
Cover Story : Future of Digital Economy
4)Evolution of Digital Economy & Implications for Government Policy
By Katsuhiko KAJI (Director, the Information Policy Division, Commerce & Information Policy Bureau, METI)
Cover Story : Future of Digital Economy
5)Competitive Power of Japanese Digital Consumer Electronics
By Norio GOMI (Special Guest Professor, the School of Business Administration of Meiji Univ.)
Cover Story : Future of Digital Economy
6)IPTV Standard & Network Service for Digital TV in Japan
By Takamichi MITSUHASHI (GM, Technological Strategy Dept., TV Business Group, SONY)
Cover Story : Future of Digital Economy
7)Milestones in Microelectronics
By George SCALISE(President, US Semiconductor Industry Association(SIA))
KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES
Declining Traffic Deaths & Young People's Alienation from Cars
By Isao ADACHI (City News Desk, Jiji Press)
BUSINESS PROFILE
Interview with Hiroki Ohwada, Founder/Producer, Dream Kid Breathing Fresh Air into Film Industry New Business Model Based on IT Ventures
Interviewer: Kanji TAKAMASU (Senior advisor to the foreign news editor of The New York Times)
SPECIAL ARTICLE
Food Safety & Trade BSE & Sanitary/Phytosanitary Measures
By Kazuhito YAMASHITA (Senior Fellow, the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI))
Culture
Tidbits of Translation Culture
By Masakazu HOSODA (Chief Editor, the Culturel News Section, Kyodo News)
PROMENADE
Farmer Philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka:Humans Must Strive to Know the Unknown (1)
By Natsuko TOYODA (Editor, Japan Spotlight)
JAPANESE CRAFT & ART: Flower Arrangement (last of 4 installments)
"Hanadome" Fusion of Principles of Design & Japanese Spirit on Flowers
By Yoko KASAI (CEO of Treschic Interior Flowers)
JAPANESE CRAFT & ART
Charms of Japanese Lacquer
By Noriko KASUYA (Managing Director, the Association for the Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries)
Viewpoint
Raising Children in Japan
By Eric MARCKS (lawyer, White & Case LLP in Tokyo)
Viewpoint
University Education in Japan: Some Suggestions for Reform
By Ruth M. GRUBEL (Professor, the Chancellor of Kwansei Gakuin Univ.( Sociology)
ASIAN VIEW
Chinese FTA Strategy & Regionalism Promotion
By Ke LONG (Senior Research Fellow, Economic Research Center, Fujitsu Research Institute)
CHALLENGING REGION
FUKUOKA: Japan’ s Best Value
By International Business & Tourism Promotion Division, Fukuoka Prefectural Government
FINANCE
Emerging Stock Markets in Shakeup Prompted by Overcrowding, Prolonged Slump
By Katsuhiko SAKAI (senior staff writer and deputy editor at the Economic News Division, Jiji Press)
ECONOMIC FOCUS
A Numerical Probe into Japanese Business Management
By Naoyuki HARAOKA (Editor-in-Chief, Japan SPOTLIGHT)
SPOTLIGHT
My Gourmet Experience
By Masako WATANABE(Editor, JEF)
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