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Japanese companies will survive by means of “inner globalization”
May 14, 2018
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 ...
Business
Mitigation of disparities between regular and non-regular employees and “Equal Pay for Equal Work” principle
May 8, 2018
Recently, the mass media has widely reported about court cases in which fixed-term employees seek mitigation of disparities between the work ...
Business
Tips on increasing the satisfaction of older working people
March 16, 2018
Revision of the Law Concerning Stabilization of Employment of Older Persons in 2013 introduced a continuous employment system where people c ...
Business
“The distribution crisis is a new business opportunity” from a logistics perspective
August 24, 2017
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 ...
Business
Regional companies are making great advances by burnishing their self-awareness and power to innovate
May 30, 2017
The trend towards the hollowing-out of Japan’s manufacturing industry has dealt a major blow to local regions. As such, regional companies a ...
Business
“Black companies” don’t recognize that they don’t regard their employees as fully human
May 15, 2017
Incidents in which employees die from overwork or commit suicide due to illegal overtime work are continuing to occur. In recent years, the ...
Business
Thinking about the merits and demerits of sports business makes the future of a society visible
December 5, 2016
Some feared that the Rio 2016 Olympics couldn’t be held without any problems, since various issues were pointed out prior to the opening. Ho ...
Business
Panama Papers: Breaking the Veil of Secrecy Surrounding Tax Havens
August 18, 2016
In April of this year (2016), a report came out that confidential documents listing corporate and transaction information of tax havens were ...
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Taking another look at governance in light of Toshiba accounting scandal
March 25, 2016
At a general meeting of its stockholders in June 2015, Toshiba Corporation admitted “accounting improprieties.” Thereafter, it became clear ...