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Takashi Kitazume
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2005
'Disruptive technology' key to creating growth, scholar tells Japan
If you want to beat the industry leaders, you shouldn't try to outperform them in an established market, but "disrupt" them by creating a situation where they want to flee from you.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2005
Germany and Japan: parallels in reform
Japan and Germany can learn from each other as two major industrialized economies that have faced similar structural problems since the 1990s and are now trying to overcome them with reforms, a leading German economic scholar told a recent symposium in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / U.S. BUSINESS SCHOOL SYMPOSIUM
Jun 16, 2005
Flexible labor policies raise worker loyalty, satisfaction
Ongoing moves for a greater flexibility in the labor market will increase effective labor supply -- a good news as Japan faces a declining population, said James Hosek, professor at Pardee RAND Graduate School.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / U.S. BUSINESS SCHOOL SYMPOSIUM
Jun 16, 2005
The unfinished business of recovery
Japan needs to keep up the momentum of economic reforms and accelerate them in the face of long-term challenges such as an aging population and increased global competition, scholars from U.S. business schools said at a recent symposium in Tokyo.
BUSINESS / U.S. BUSINESS SCHOOL SYMPOSIUM
Jun 16, 2005
Financial innovations should preserve market discipline and trust
The country's reforms in the financial sector have had mixed results so far, with progress on the domestic front lagging behind Japan's growing contribution to Asian financial stability, according to Charles Calomiris, a Columbia Business School professor.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2005
Japan must end silence on structural problems to escape stagnation, economist says
Japan's economy is trapped in a vicious circle caused by excessive corporate domestic investment and debt that leaves exports as its only option for avoiding another, more serious, recession, a British economist told a recent seminar in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Nov 22, 2004
Latest EU expansion poses more economic problems than benefits
Despite the political significance of completing the reunification of Cold War-divided Europe, this year's enlargement of the European Union creates few near-term economic benefits and poses major challenges for the region, an expert with a British institute told a recent symposium in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2004
Weak-dollar policy said needed by 2008
The U.S. administration to emerge from Tuesday's presidential election will have to shift to a weak-dollar policy at some point in the next four years, a U.S. expert on trade issues told a recent symposium in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2004
Kerry has potential to further ties, scholar says
If Democratic Sen. John Kerry is elected president of the United States in November, the first half of his administration will be extremely important for Japan-U.S. relations, a prominent U.S. scholar told a recent seminar in Tokyo.
Events
Mar 31, 2004
South Korean economy bedeviled by serious woes: writers
While Japan's economy may finally be bidding farewell to the "lost decade" of the stagnant 1990s, growth in South Korea, once noted for its rapid recovery after the 1997 Asian crisis, is slowing down amid serious problems like mounting household debts.
Japan Times
Events
Mar 31, 2004
Journalists cautious on FTA talks
Is Japan ready to become a leader of Asia by opening its market to the rest of the region in ways commensurate with its status?
Japan Times
Events
Mar 12, 2004
Diagnosing what really ails Japan, Germany
BERLIN -- Japan and Germany, once the powerful engines of the global economy together with the United States, have had stagnant years since the 1990s.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 24, 2003
East Asia needs a stable yuan: banker
Despite mounting international pressure for revaluating the yuan, a sharp fluctuation in the currency would only destabilize the Chinese economy, whose rapid expansion has aided not only Asian growth but global growth as well, a Chinese banker told a recent symposium in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2003
U.S. should restore corporate governance market: Niskanen
The collapses of Enron and other major U.S. companies in recent years are highlighting the need to amend corporate governance rules that overemphasize management protection so that an effective market for corporate control can be restored, said William Niskanen, head of the Cato Institute, a U.S. think...
BUSINESS
Aug 18, 2003
Japan missing out on Chinese legal advice: lawyer
Japanese firms should make better use of local legal services to control the risk of doing business in China as the country continues its progress toward the "rule of law," a Shanghai-based lawyer said at a recent seminar in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2003
Can markets defeat global uncertainty?
With the Saddam Hussein regime effectively ousted, the world is a lot less jittery than when the U.S.-led war in Iraq began, but that doesn't mean clear skies for the global economy, according to Edwin A. Finn Jr., editor and president of Barron's magazine.

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