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CLEARING THE AIR

CLEARING THE AIR

Surviving Japan’s smoking addiction

PHOTOGRAPH BY 37 FRAMES PHOTOGRAPHY

TAKING CHARGE

FEMALE EXECUTIVES SHOW THE WAY IN JAPAN

Photo by Benjamin Parks

GO THE DISTANCE

HOW TO DEVELOP A “MARATHON MINDSET”

GOTCHA!

GOTCHA!

ARE YOU READY TO DEAL WITH THE MEDIA?

GETTING CARDED

GETTING CARDED

NEW ID SYSTEM TO TRACK FOREIGN RESIDENTS

TEAM CONCEPT

TEAM CONCEPT

KUMI SATO STRESSES DIVERSITY AT COSMO

Photo by Benjamin Parks

PRIVACY WATCH

How much would you reveal for online convenience?

Photo by Lorenzo Barassi

GREENING JAPAN

Is environmentally sustainable architecture the next big thing?

WESTERN EDUCATION IN JAPAN

WESTERN EDUCATION IN JAPAN

Foreign universities provide alternatives for Tokyo students

REBEL WITH A CAUSE

REBEL WITH A CAUSE

Under Hiroshi Mikitani, Rakuten leads Japan into a bold future

Photograph by Irwin Wong

Addressing Employee Morale

Notes from the October 3 ACCJ HR Roundtable

Illustration of Steve Jobs, Co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc., 1955-2011

The Art of Technology

How Steve Jobs used Apple to elevate technology into a unified philosophy of design, business and innovation

Photography by Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert

DARE TO ERR

The following essay is an excerpt from the new book “Reimagining Japan: The Quest for a Future That Works”

Pushing The Envelope

Pushing The Envelope

How Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani uses Japanese e-commerce experience to conquer the international market

Global Health

Global Health

How Eli Lilly Japan is leveraging its local operations to become an Asia success story

Fact From Fiction

Assessing the real-world environmental and preparedness concerns surrounding the Fukushima incident and its possible impacts on the Tokyo business community

From Disaster To A New Japan

From Disaster To A New Japan

Detailing the economic path to recovery for post-Tohoku Earthquake Japan

Small Stories & Big Pictures

Sparking communication between Japanese & Westerners at work

The Architecture of Progress

How the ACCJ’s APEC Task Force helped to shape the discourse of APEC 2010

Prescription for Change

In recognition of his role as a facilitator of stronger economic ties between the U.S. and Japan, the ACCJ has named Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa as its 2010 Person of the Year