E-Journal
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May/June 2009 Issue |
Foreign Direct Investment in Japan |
- ECONOMIC FOCUS
- Basic Strategy for Post-Crisis Growth More Stress on Domestic Demand Needed
- By Naoyuki HARAOKA (Editor-in-Chief, Japan SPOTLIGHT)
- Culture
- Jerusalem Prize & "Departures"
- By Masakazu HOSODA (Chief editor, Cultural News Section, Kyodo News)
- SPOTLIGHT Editor's postscript
- JEF's Recent Event
- By Masako Watanabe (JEF)
- ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR JAPAN
- Charts May/June 2009
- JEF
- Publisher's Note
- Ban Weapon Exports to Africa
- By Noboru Hatakeyama
- READERS' COLUMN
- Japan in Spain through Mutual Literature: Novels, Essays & Travel Books
- By Fernando Cid LUCAS (Spain)
- KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES
- Reactor Decommissioning Plan in Spotlight
- Isao ADACHI (Eitor, City News Desk, Jiji Press)
- Topics
- Green Industrial Revolution Stirring/Debate Heats Up over Tighter Curbs on Temps /Kyoto, Nara among Spots Given 3-Star Rating
- By Hiroshi OKABE (Senior business news editor at Kyodo News)
- Cover Story : Foreign Direct Investment in Japan
- 1 Interview with Haruo Shimada, president, Chiba University of Commerce Sustained Efforts Vital to Spur FDI in Japan Fresh Stimulus Aids Economic Recovery
- Interviewer: Hiroshi OKABE
- Cover Story : Foreign Direct Investment in Japan
- 2 Investing in Japan: Why Now? Japanese Economy Today, Its Strengths, New Investment Trend
- By Yasuhito NII (Director, Trade & Investment Facilitation Division, Trade & Economic Cooperation Bureau, METI)
- Cover Story : Foreign Direct Investment in Japan
- 3 Importance of Japanese Market in Global Strategy
- By Tadayuki NAGASHIMA (Director General, Invest Japan Department, JETRO)
- Cover Story : Foreign Direct Investment in Japan
- 4 Interview with Thomas Guedron, president, MCDecaux Inc. Search for Quality + Innovation + Timing = Business Success MCDecaux's "Street Furniture" Business
- By Antonio A. KAMIYA (Asian news editor with the English-language wire service of Kyodo News)
- Cover Story : Foreign Direct Investment in Japan
- 5 Interview with Hidechika Kawai, president, Evryx Japan K.K. "ShaLink" Cuts Opportunity Losses Evryx to Boost Mobile Visual Search Service in Japan
- Interviewer: Kanji TAKAMASU (Senior advisor to the foreign news editor of The New York Times)
- Cover Story : Foreign Direct Investment in Japan
- 6 Japan's M&A Deals in 2008 & Prospects
- By Yutaka TAKAHASHI (President, Recof Data Corp.)
- Cover Story : Foreign Direct Investment in Japan
- 7 Increasing Overseas Investors & Corporate Governance in Japan
- By Hideaki MIYAJIMA (Professor, Graduate School of Commerce, Waseda Univ.)
- Cover Story : Foreign Direct Investment in Japan
- 8 Entering the Japanese Market: Opportunities for US High-tech Ventures
- By Masa ISHII (Founder and Managing Director of AZCA, Inc.)
- Cover Story : Foreign Direct Investment in Japan
- 9 Trends of FDI in Japan for 2009
- By Robert GRONDINE (Partner at White & Case LLP in Tokyo)
- SPECIAL ARTICLES
- 1 The Crisis of Economics
- By Barry Eichengreen (George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the Univ. of California, Berkeley)
- SPECIAL ARTICLES
- 2 Mexico-Japan Relations: A Future-Oriented Strategic Partnership
- By Miguel RUIZ-CABANAS (Ambassador of Mexico to Japan)
- Viewpoint
- Facing Change Some Issues for Japan & Women in Japanese Workplace
- By Annie CHANG (CEO and fonder of IT Consulting Japan Ltd.)
- PROMENADE (1st of 2 installments)
- Special article for promotion of Japan-US student exchange My Memories as Exchange Student in U.S.
- By Natsuko TOYODA (JEF)
- ASIAN VIEW (1st of 4 installments)
- Global Crisis & Asia: Finance, Stimulus & Free Trade
- By Simon TAY (Chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs)
- JAPANESE CRAFT & ART
- 1 Urushi in Japanese Culture (4th & last) Present of Urushi & Myself
- By Kazumi MUROSE (holder of the title of an "important intangible cultural asset")
- JAPANESE CRAFT & ART
- 2 Traditional Craft Industries: Present Status & Moves to Activate Them
- By Yoshifumi TAKAHASHI (Acting director, Association for the Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries)
- CHALLENGING REGION
- "Japanese Carpets" Evolving through Tradition
- By Shuichi OYA (Chief, Yamagata Bureau, Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Ltd.)
- FINANCE
- Bank-held Shares Shaking Financial System Gov't, BOJ Resume Share Purchases
- By Katsuhiko SAKAI (Senior staff writer & deputy editor, Economic News Division, Jiji Press)
