Business

The SDGs question the significance of the corporation’s existence in society

In recent years, with the increasing recognition of the value of sustainable development goals (SDGs), more and more corporations have been ...

Learning from Shibusawa Eichi: His way of life that leveraged various positions and experiences

Shibusawa Eiichi, Tsuda Umeko, and Kitasato Shibasaburo have been chosen as the faces of three new bank notes that will go into circulation ...

Stock Investment is Becoming “Finance with Love”

There is an image of stock investment as transactions in which investors, with the goal of making profits, buy and sell stocks on a fairly r ...

The authenticity of the “top brands” as shown at Paris Fashion Week

From September 24th to October 2nd, Paris Fashion Week took place, where new collections for spring/summer 2019 were presented. It is an eve ...

Japanese companies will survive by means of “inner globalization”

Some people contend that as the birthrate continues to fall and the population continues to age in Japan, a contraction of its market will b ...

Mitigation of disparities between regular and non-regular employees and “Equal Pay for Equal Work” principle

Recently, the mass media has widely reported about court cases in which fixed-term employees seek mitigation of disparities between the work ...

Tips on increasing the satisfaction of older working people

Revision of the Law Concerning Stabilization of Employment of Older Persons in 2013 introduced a continuous employment system where people c ...

“The distribution crisis is a new business opportunity” from a logistics perspective

The distribution crisis has now become a social problem. The number of packages for home delivery in FY2015 was approx. 3.7 billion and that ...

Regional companies are making great advances by burnishing their self-awareness and power to innovate

The trend towards the hollowing-out of Japan’s manufacturing industry has dealt a major blow to local regions. As such, regional companies a ...