On any given project, what gives you more problems, people or technology? Dragos Bratasanu, Lightman Consulting Modern Tokyo Times 10 Strategic Paradigms for Advanced Corporate Efficiency and Success Intelligence (Part 2) Part 2: On any given project, what gives you more problems, people or technology? Is it possible to enhance (www.lightman-consulting.com) performance of a corporation, [...]
The Challenge From Within – How Pressure and Stress Can Make Companies Meet Disaster Dragos Bratasanu, Lightman Consulting Modern Tokyo Times 10 Strategic Paradigms for Advanced Corporate Efficiency and Success Intelligence (Part 1) Part 1: The Challenge From Within – How Pressure and Stress Can Make Companies Meet Disaster Today’s corporate environments (www.lightman-consulting.com) around the [...]
Seibu Department Store in Tokyo Hosts ‘NY Style Fair’ (e-commerce in Japan) Horace C. White Modern Tokyo Times The growth of internet retailing in the Japanese market has grown from 8.6 trillion yen (106 billion USD) in 1998 to 77.4 trillion yen (954 billion USD) in 2003. According to research by Euromonitor and McKinsey, revenues [...]
2012 is an important year for LinkedIn in Japan Pierre Leblanc and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times LinkedIn Corp. is hoping to further expand in Asia and after first entering this continent in 2009 by focusing on English speaking areas. However, this began to change in Japan because since late 2011 the service is [...]
Panasonic, Sony and Sharp hit by huge losses Pierre Leblanc and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Panasonic, Sony, and Sharp, are bracing up to a very difficult year after heavy losses have been forecasted based on recent figures. The figures involved are indeed huge because Panasonic has forecast a loss of 780 billion yen [...]
The Rise of E-learning Eli Lester and Horace C. White Modern Tokyo Times The rise of technology is quickly gaining acceptance into nearly every facet of human life. From the phones that people use every day to devices that calculate blood sugar for diabetics, it seems that the many advantages of technology are accelerating the overall [...]
Online Piracy and SOPA: Beware of Unintended Consequences By James Gattuso The Heritage Foundation It is one of the most contentious but least understood issues now before Congress—one that does not align neatly along party lines and has split the business community. The issue is online piracy, the illegal sale of copyrighted and trademarked products [...]
The Twitter War: A New Battleground for Kenya and al-Shabaab Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 9 Issue: 47 By: Muhyadin Ahmed Roble The Jamestown Foundation Two months after Kenya launched a military intervention into Somalia in an effort to seize the al-Shabaab stronghold of Kismayu, the Kenyan military and the Somali militants have entered into [...]
Sendai Pageant of Starlight from Ari TV: images since the Tsunami of March 11 Michel Le Bon and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Ari TV is at the heart of Sendai and the “Sendai Pageant of Starlight” which is currently on show, is creating a lovely atmosphere and the event finishes late on [...]
Voice of Sendai: Ari-TV and huge fighting spirit after the Tsunami James Jomo and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times http://www.ari-tv.jp Ari-TV began operations before the devastating March 11 tsunami which killed so many people and destroyed much of the infrastructure of the Tohoku region along the coast. However, the thinking of Ari-TV before this [...]
Ten Alternative Web Browsers to Internet Explorer 9 Marcella Glenn and Horace C. White Modern Tokyo Times Internet Explorer is a staple of Windows computers. Everyone knows what Internet Explorer is; it is a staple of all computers with the Windows OS. When people buy a new computer, Internet Explorer is already loaded and available [...]
Mobile phone companies in Japan looking to expand globally Pierre Leblanc and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese mobile sector internally is very dynamic and latest features are added frequently in order to suit consumers in Japan. However, in the global arena it is not so easy for Japanese mobile companies therefore [...]
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