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July 13, 2026: The heart of new governance codes
---Governance reform with a view to increased profits---
July 6, 2026: Major turning point for NEC Corporation, Salesforce Inc., SHIFT Inc.
---Bullet-proofing against AI---
June 29, 2026: A management approach drawing on foreign-national talent
---Japan’s foreign resident population projected to approach ten million---
June 22, 2026: Lessons learned from the Strait of Hormuz crisis
---Preparing for future sea lane closures---
June 15, 2026: The AI data center effect
---Latent business opportunities and risks of a 270 trillion yen market---
June 8, 2026: Legal competence in management now essential
---CLOs become a driving force of growth---
June 1, 2026: Effectively utilizing senior employees
---A personnel strategy to stop employees from retiring---
May 25, 2026: Lack of sufficient water resources: potential Achilles’ heel for expansion of the semiconductor sector and data centers
May 18, 2026: Charismatic leadership goes wrong
---Nidec Corporation’s lessons for other companies---
May 11, 2026: The core of Sanaenomics: focused investment in 17 strategic areas
---The goal: success by collaboration between the public and private sectors---
April 27, / May 4, 2026: Data analysis on battles over rare earth minerals
---Japan, U.S., and Australia mount counterattack against China---
April 20, 2026: India poised to impact future of Japanese automotive industry
---Strategies of Suzuki, Toyota, Motherson---
April 13, 2026: The AI era: do companies really need hires fresh out of college?
---40% said they are cutting hires---
April 6, 2026: The activist’s next goal
---Companies only vaguely aware of their real estate holdings risk precarious developments---
March 30, 2026: Softbank Group
---Research on the team led by Yoshimitsu Goto, CFO---
March 23, 2026: Securing energy sources amidst global turmoil
---JERA’s struggles with ongoing LNG procurement---
March 16, 2026: Technical school personnel in demand
---Government designates 17 work-ready strategic areas---
March 9, 2026: Sony to join stablecoin business
---Destruction and creation initiated by the new digital currency---
March 2, 2026: Preventing ransomware attacks proves impossible
---Strategies to minimize damage, learned from ASKUL Corporation’s mistakes---
February 23, 2026: The miracle of Fujikura, Ltd.: technology, strategy, capacity as an organization
---GAFAM’s pursuit of technology to revolutionize the optical fiber sector---
February 16, 2026: The front lines of sales in the AI era
Do we really not need people anymore?
February 9, 2026: The revenge of on-site workers
---A talent war over blue-collar workers---
February 2, 2026: Awards presented for human resource disclosures
---11 cutting-edge companies tell a story of the growth of humanity---
January 26, 2026: Expanding Japan’s content industry boosts nation’s power as a whole
---Pokemon, Sanrio, and Toho compete in global markets---
January 19, 2026: U.S. and China in heated competition to dominate AI sector
---Analysis of patents for semiconductor, quantum mechanics, space sectors---
January 12, 2026: Japan Innovative Mid-cap Incorporated—low key but competitive
---Small and medium-sized companies comprise the driving force of the future, become a focus for investors---
Dec. 29, 2025 / Jan. 5 2026: The AI-first business strategy
---Organizations grow with the right combination of personnel and AI---
December 22, 2025: Commonalities of 2025 scandals
---Risk of employee addiction has destabilizing effect on companies---
December 15, 2025: Conglomerates make a comeback
---Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, AEON, Ebara Corporation: 10 examples of diversified business management---
December 8, 2025: A comprehensive forecast for 2025
---Thriving in a world plagued by AI and divisiveness---
December 1, 2025: Fujitsu Limited implements large-scale reforms
---Challenges impacting Japan’s IT sector competitiveness---
November 24, 2025: Can companies achieve growth by accounting standard reform?
---Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and Resonac Holdings Corporation boast practical techniques---
November 17, 2025: Today’s business climate requires independent directors who make real contributions
---A turning point for corporate governance--
November 10, 2025: Corporate reform via design
---The power to change businesses and organizations---
November 3, 2025: World’s largest PE fund watches Japan closely
---The true intentions of the Blackstone Group---
October 27, 2025: The compass in the era of AI: no nautical charts required
---Training liberal arts leaders---
October 20, 2025: Panasonic, Mitsubishi Electric, Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company make tough decisions
---Despite surpluses, these companies proceed to cut personnel---
October 13, 2025: Survey of 100,000 people
---100 companies whose workers recommend their company to others---
Human capital management favored by employees
October 6, 2025: Ryohin Keikaku, owner of MUJI, fights back
---Benefiting its own employees, customers, and the local region, company achieves record profits---
September 29, 2025: Unexpected ideas offer growth opportunities
---A manual for dealing with activists---
September 22, 2025: Management designed to correct social disparity
---Division or inclusion: Japan at a crossroads---
September 15, 2025: Survival of the pharmaceutical industry
---Takeda Pharmaceutical Company bases strategy on the “America First” concept---
September 8, 2025: Catching up with world-class hiring practices
---Learning human resource acquisition techniques from Amazon, IBM, etc.---
September 1, 2025: Warren Buffet’s relationship with Japanese trading companies
---The “god of investment” acknowledges the conglomerate concept---
August 25, 2025: Learning from JFE Holdings, Idemitsu Kosan, Sekisui Chemical
---Japan revitalizes its version of the rust belt---
August 18, 2025: The ambition of INFRONEER Holdings Inc.
—Risk-taker Kazunari Kibe creates “super-charged” general contractors—
August 11, 2025: Significant reorganization of the supply chain
---Trump’s tariffs and the next “global factory”---
August 4, 2025: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., leading electronics parts maker
—The company’s decision to compete with ever-encroaching Chinese manufacturers—
July 28, 2025: Companies take the lead on economic security
---The reasons behind Suntory’s strategy of creating a special security team---
July 21, 2025: Surviving under Trump’s tariffs
---Decisions to be made on autos, energy, semiconductors, and more---
July 14, 2025: Companies ranked by excellence in IR
---Locking in individual investors as enthusiasm boils over---
July 7, 2025: ORIX diversifies management
Company boasts a continuous surplus for 60 years
---Smart-and-steady investment strategy---
June 30, 2025: The “AI wars” between the U.S. and China
---The new order of the sector in the wake of the dominance of DeepSeek, and a breakthrough strategy for Japan---
June 23, 2025: Gleaning decision-making methodology from Ajinomoto, Sumitomo, and Japan Tobacco
June 16, 2025: Remanufacturing
---The significant turning points in monozukuri manufacturing: iPhones, cars, materials---
June 9, 2025: Regional banks in a fight for their lives
---Steps they are taking in the current climate of high interest rates---
June 2, 2025: Business rankings with regard to patent value
---Tokyo Electron and Canon score high on rapid growth and overall value respectively---
May 26, 2025: Re-skilling in the era of AI
---Changing the current reality that 40% of employees lack learning goals---
May 19, 2025: AI data centers: how Japan can prevail
---The immediate need to cut six trillion yen in digital sector debts---
May 12, 2025: Retaining customers with new services despite rising prices
---Calbee, Marugame Udon USA, Resonac: Looking closely at costs and re-thinking value---
April 28 / May 5, 2025: World dominance rankings
---Data illustrates the capitalization wars between the U.S. and China---
April 21, 2025: The re-launch of Suntory
---Niinami’s reforms, designed to build a basis for global expansion---
April 14, 2025: SHIFT Inc. sees dramatic growth in the IT sector
---Company develops new markets with a management approach focused on human capital---
April 7, 2025: Ikujiro Nonaka: Bringing back knowledge-based management
---A shoutout to a more soulful approach---
March 31, 2025: Protecting your company from harassment issues
---A checklist to help avoid becoming a perpetrator---
March 24, 2025: Learning from Taiwan, world leader in the digital sector
---The island nation’s ability to overcome adversity as illustrated in TSMC and Foxconn---
March 17, 2025: Revival of the atomic power industry
The world’s---and Japan’s---choices in the AI era
March 10, 2025: Becoming a manager is now perceived as a “punishment game”
---Companies implement strategies to entice the 77% of reluctant employees to management positions---
March 3, 2025: Goodbye, China
---Plants and storefronts move elsewhere---
February 24, 2025: NPS (Net Promoter Score) Ranking 2025
---We asked 10,000 people for brands they recommend---
February 17, 2025: AEON, MS&AD, etc.
Companies must raise wages or risk going out of business
---Compensation strategies designed to secure personnel---
February 10, 2025: The logic of activism ---Predicting 40 target companies using data---
February 3, 2025: Sony says goodbye to electronics business, hits all-time-high earnings in entertainment sector instead
---Behind the scenes of Chairman Kenichiro Yoshida’s reforms---
January 27, 2025: Contracting an AI agent for everything from business negotiations to production management/management strategy
January 20, 2025: PayPay takes the lead in small transaction payments
Next area of expansion: banks and credit cards
---The changing landscape of the payment sector---
January 13, 2025: Crafting money-making International Standards
---Taking a leading role in rule-making---
Dec. 30, 2024 / Jan. 6, 2025: Lessons learned over 100 years since Year 1 of the Showa Period
---Thirty people give their opinions of both the achievements and impasses of this time in history---
December 23, 2024: he challenges taken up by companies seeking growth through personnel
---Second human resource information disclosure awards---
December 16, 2024: NVIDIA
Explosive growth through management led by Jensen Huang
December 9, 2024: Our predictions for 2025
---Ten big turnarounds in energy, M&A, etc.---
December 2, 2024: FUJIFILM Corporation
Reforms implemented by charismatic management, growth path continues
---The secret: all employees facilitate reform---
November 25, 2024: TSMC moves into Japanese market
---A new supply for the semiconductor sector---
November 18, 2024: A crisis of employees leaving their jobs to care for elderly relatives
---Current laws not enough for companies to retain workers---
November 11, 2024: Hackers warn: big “underworld industry” threatens Japanese companies
November 4, 2024: Harris vs. Trump
---The fate of Japan, the world, and industry---
October 28, 2024: Fast Retailing Co, Ltd.
Tadashi Yanai, Chairman and CEO, striving for the top
---Rapid growth in Europe and expectations of sales of 10 trillion yen---
October 21, 2024: Zen and philosophy
---The reasons behind NTT’s launch of a research facility---
October 14, 2024: Hiring more personnel with doctorates
---How TSMC, Fujitsu, and the Pokemon Company effectively utilize knowledge---
October 7, 2024: Intense SDV development in China
September 30, 2024: Building the strongest companies in the region, despite declining populations
---The domination strategy---
September 23, 2024: Target is 2,000 trillion yen in private assets
---Personal investment as the basis for corporate growth?---
September 16, 2024: How the future is impacted by Japan’s distribution issues
---The beginning of the physical Internet---
September 9, 2024: Crisis in the human resources department
---Rebuilding the core of personnel capital management---
September 2, 2024: The sports market expands to 130 trillion yen
---The reasons behind the incredible success of the B League---
August 26, 2024: Management style that builds on past failures
---Lessons learned by Toyota Motor Corporation, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Corporation, and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation---
August 12/19, 2024: IR communication rankings
---Using non-financial information to bring in “fans” of individual investment---
August 5, 2024: Softbank, Suntory, Fujikura
How the third biggest companies in their respective industries are winning out
July 29, 2024: Counterattacking with PBR management
---Companies transform into efficient profit-generators---
July 22, 2024: Fostering a new level of employee for the company
---Making even self-centered employees into company “fans”---
July 15, 2024: Japan, take a rest!
---A tired company is an unproductive company---
July 8, 2024: Rakuten’s final battle
---An all-out fight for the mobile phone and finance sectors---
July 1, 2024: The current era of acquisitions without consent
---The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Nidec Corporation, Brother Industries: offense and defense of the companies at the forefront---
June 24, 2024: 50 techniques for effective AI implementation for management purposes
---The struggles of 20 advanced companies and lessons learned---
June 17, 2024: 15 trillion yen in consumption offers opportunities for transformation
---Inbound tourism brings about a recovery---
June 10, 2024: Overcoming the barriers inherent to workers age 65 & up
---Strategies for utilizing senior personnel---
June 3, 2024: Competition over renewable energy
No future for companies late to join the sector
May 27, 2024: The Internet descends into dystopia
—AI abounds with lies and bad faith—
May 20, 2024: Lessons learned from Toshiba
De-listing proves a rough spot in company’s timeline
May 13, 2024: CFO position takes on greater importance
---Making the shift from financial watchdog to reformer---
April 29 / May 6, 2024: Research on high-powered families:
Households earning JPY15 million & up take on a new lead role in consumption
April 22, 2024: Toyota, Honda, Ajinomoto: defending their leading positions in ASEAN
April 15, 2024: The mental health crisis
---Four ways to protect both individuals and companies---
April 8, 2024: Myths and truths about ditching China
---Xi Jinping’s authoritarianism invites chaos---
April 1, 2024: Innovative hiring
---Aggressive corporate initiatives draw in personnel---
March 25, 2024: Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
The future of reforms initiated by former company president
---Beyond the existing business forms of the financial industry---
March 18, 2024: Daikin enjoys global dominance through bold business strategies
---A mid-size company boasts sales of four trillion yen---
March 11, 2024: Altering the supply chain from a management perspective
---Overcoming the crisis of land, sea, and air logistics issues---
March 4, 2024: Companies recommended by 10,000 people
Offense and defense: the fight over net promotor scores between Rakuten Group and SBI Securities
February 26, 2024: Labor unions begin to speak out
---The importance of working with employee stakeholders---
February 19, 2024: Moving forward toward a society that runs on hydrogen
---Overcoming Japan’s problem of being first rate on technology, third rate on strategy---
February 12, 2024: Accenture Japan Ltd. expands dramatically with an unconventional management style
---The power of comprehensive digital transformation---
February 5, 2024: Japanese leave the country to work in other Asian nations
---Navigating a world of personnel fluidity between countries---
January 29, 2024: The collapse of employee engagement in Japan
---Three concepts for drawing out employee strengths---
January 22, 2024: Analyzing data from Tesla
---The company’s innovation defies convention---
January 11, 2024: NTT: A massive company freed from old restrictions: what’s next?
January 8, 2024: Wage reform
Striving for better compensation to match employee achievement
Dec. 25, 2023 / Jan. 1, 2024: Big predictions for 2024
---A global breakdown if Trump returns to power---
December 18, 2023: A complete set of predictions for 2024
Japan faces devastating labor shortages
December 11, 2023: A new trend in damage control
---Learning from press briefings where fuel was added to the fire---
December 4, 2023: Tsuyoshi Morioka tells us the basics of how to win out
---The true face of Katana Inc., known for its superior marketing abilities---
November 27, 2023: Generative AI becomes a colleague: destroyer or trump card?
November 20, 2023: Overcoming future food crises: rising prices, labor shortages, and restrictions on exports to China
November 13, 2023: Collaboration with startup
---Learning from SONY about corporate venture capital---
November 6, 2023: Companies that shine under new management
---The “prescription” for re-launching a business---
October 30, 2023: Taking the right steps to disclose information on human capital
---The crucial need to learn from Marui Group, Eisai, Ajinomoto---
October 23, 2023: Surviving the EV era
---Suppliers fight back---
October 16, 2023: 10-trillion-yen investment in semiconductor industry
---How Japan can re-emerge as a leader in the sector---
October 9, 2023: The pressure on middle management
---Breaking out of the negative spiral to return to strong middle class---
October 2, 2023: Japanese companies winning out in Europe
---The company’s approach to mature markets---
September 25, 2023: Winning out in the digital sphere as a nation
---Understanding the need for change induced by problems with the “My Number” personal identification number system---
September 18, 2023: Don Quijote Co. Ltd. continues to beat the competition
---Company rapidly achieves no.4 in sales in retail sector---
September 11, 2023: EV battery market
The optimal path for Japan amidst China's dominance
September 4, 2023: Welcome to “techno Utopianism”
—A philosophy of happiness of the AI era—
August 28, 2023: India’s big role in the world
---1.4 billion consumers wake up---
August 21, 2023: Re-skilling initiatives unsuccessful
---Five examples of misunderstandings that fail to yield results---
August 14, 2023: Chinese company strives to be top EV manufacturer
---Dissecting BYD cars---
August 7, 2023: Trends move in favor of Japanese stocks
---Nikkei projected to surpass JPY40,000---
August 2, 2023: All-out fight in hotel industry
Foreign hotels grow more competitive
---Invisible competition over inbound tourists to Japan---
July 24, 2023: What’s the key to success in ethical business?
---Ethical perspective becoming popular among consumers---
July 17, 2023: Rankings of businesses using intellectual assets
Murata Manufacturing goes on the offensive with patents
July 10, 2023: DX on the battlefield
---The defense industry needs upgrading---
July 3, 2023: Making a break from the past, Nissan chooses a new way
Demonstrating the company’s technical prowess in the EV market
June 26, 2023: Projected work diagram for 2040
Who’ll be making money in the AI era?
June 19, 2023: The indomitable Bridgestone
Ishibashi CEO takes the hard road on reform
June 12, 2023: Overcoming dementia
---Brain health field generates new markets---
June 5, 2023: The competition over Asian manpower
---Japan losing its edge over low wages---
May 29, 2023: Japan Health Insurance Association faces crisis
---Key points on human capital management---
May 22, 2023: A report on job prospects for Generation Z
—Reasons why graduates rule out certain companies—
May 15, 2023: Why DX is a frustrating process
—A battle of digital staffs—
May 1 / May 8, 2023: Consumers unable to purchase homes
—Behind the scenes of the asset-inflated economy of the new Reiwa era—
April 24, 2023: Japan remains underdeveloped in the field of communications
—Recovering from the 5G failure—
April 17, 2023: Universities on the precipice
—Businesspeople push for revitalization of the university institution—
April 10, 2023: The resolve of survivor companies
—How to go about selecting a successor—
April 3, 2023: Aggressive human rights management
—Forced labor, discrimination—and risk taken as strength—
March 27, 2023: Malice and the intent of corporations
—Positive view of human nature takes a hit, harassment by customers on the rise—
March 20, 2023: ChatGPT
—Destruction and creativity—
March 13, 2023: Raising women’s salaries
—Breaking down barriers to higher annual incomes, promotions, and entrepreneurship—
March 6, 2023: Going beyond disillusionment with the metaverse
February 27, 2023: Rankings of popular companies
—The reasons why consumers stick with certain companies despite higher prices—
February 20, 2023: Huge turning point for human resource strategy
—Companies strive to be the choice of superior personnel—
February 13, 2023: Manufacturing industry prepares to bring production back to Japan
—Reasons for the move include the lower yen and other economic risks—-
February 6, 2023: —The shortage economy—
Lack of both fuel and personnel
January 30, 2023: Surviving regulations
—Staying on top in an increasingly strict world—
January 23, 2023: Panasonic: breaking out of the shell
—Putting four decades of zero growth to an end—
January 16, 2023: Technological supremacy: Chinese innovation in 2023
January 9, 2023: A new Japanese style of management
Dec.26, 2022 / Jan. 2, 2023: Big predictions for 2023
—Preparing for emergency scenarios—
December 19, 2022: Ikea’s resolve
—The inner workings of an ultra-sustainable business approach—
December 12, 2022: Making the best use of employees with dual careers
—Companies benefit from staff with two different jobs—
December 5, 2022: Japan’s problems with drains on technology and information: how it happens
November 28, 2022: The true identity of Web3
—The digital independence movement begins—
November 21, 2022: Nippon Steel Corporation refuses to go down
—The truth behind the sharp recovery—
November 14, 2022: The war on the coronavirus
Did Japan fall short?
November 7, 2022: New trends in governance: Board 3.0
--A new era where investors become independent directors--
October 31, 2022: How to create productive work environments
—Companies solve the problem of population decline—
October 24, 2022: Visualization management
Ascertaining risk—including human capital
October 17, 2022: The energy crisis
—Making it through the winter—
October 10, 2022: Remote work takes hold—leading to rising feelings of isolation
Corporate initiatives to ease loneliness on part of employees
October 3, 2022: 35 years of privatization: JR put to the test
Breaking out of the mold of a railway corporation
September 26, 2022: Near-bankrupt companies on the rise
After-effects of financing during the coronavirus pandemic
September 19, 2022: Japan re-launches initiatives as a big tourism nation
The trap of setting the goal at 60 million visitors
September 12, 2022: Kazuo Inamori, founder of Kyocera Corporation, passes away
—The true face of this charismatic businessman and his management philosophy—
September 5, 2022: Honda Motor’s transformation
— Company sets goal of going gasoline-free by 2040—
August 29, 2022: The coming food crisis
—The impact of war and the falling yen on Japan—
August 22, 2022: The future of the post-pandemic restaurant industry
—The real crisis has arrived—
August 15, 2022: Inside Elon Musk’s head
August 8, 2022: Don’t slow down in your 50s!　
—What we do in our 50s determines the rest of our lives—
August 1, 2022: Hitachi, Ltd. launches a new chapter
Can the company lead the world with digital transformation?
July 25, 2022: Entrusting business to the mavericks
July 18, 2022: Why is the world choosing EV?
The trend toward EV with a view to decarbonization
July 11, 2022: Rebooting Tokyo
Decline or move forward
July 4, 2022: The significance of economic security
Knowledge for survival in a divided world
June 27, 2022: The century of quantum computing
—Changes in business and daily life engendered by quantum computing technologies—
June 20, 2022: Five rules to save our corporations—and us as individuals
—Remedying fraud—
June 13, 2022: Current survey of the “lost generation” of the post-“bubble” economy
Japan’s employment structure and issues
June 6, 2022: Japanese bureaucrats moving toward a comeback
—Issues with the “brain” of Japan—
May 30, 2022: Three generations of Nissin Food Products
The spirit of creativity and breaking with the norm
May 23, 2022: Psychology designed to lead consumers to purchase
—The development of instinctive marketing—
May 16, 2022: Relentlessly rising prices
A downward spiral begins
May 2 / May 9, 2022: The sauna method
Finding balance between physical and mental health—for people and companies
April 25, 2022: Itochu’s formidable comeback
—A digital approach to business on par with Mitsubishi and Mitsui—
April 18, 2022: Moving ahead in an era of intense obstacles to the supermarket business
—The ingenuity needed to survive intense reorganization—
April 11, 2022: The end of the Japanese employment system
—No more employee transfers—
April 4, 2022: The Cold War revisited
How will 2/24/22 change the world?
March 29, 2022: Adaptable management is key to survival
KAO, GE, and IBM make their choices
March 21, 2022: Japan plagued by power harassment trends
March 14, 2022: Battle over the electronic brain of the vehicle
Toyota, Google close in on Tesla
March 7, 2022: Pay raises not happening
—Why wages are not raised—
February 28, 2022: Rankings of companies focused on decarbonization
Toyota, Hitachi, Kao: who wins out?
February 21, 2022: Dissecting the success of Keyence Corporation
—Management to unlock maximum employee potential—
February 14, 2022: Can Seven & i Holdings get its convenience store business back on track after the past leadership?
February 7, 2022: Surviving on a low pension
Seniors face standard-of-living discrepancies
January 31, 2022: The secret to making fans
A survey of 10,000 people on their favorite brands
January 24, 2022: Ranking the business leaders who led their companies to success during Japan’s “lost 30 years”
January 17, 2022: The U.S. and China: rumors of a breakdown
Xi Jinping and the new Cultural Revolution
January 10, 2022: Masayoshi Son’s capital theory
—The inner workings of Softbank, prodigious funds—
Dec. 27, 2021 / Jan. 3, 2022: A restart in 2022: Getting a sense of the pandemic outcome
December 20, 2021: Scrimpy Japan
Shaking the deflationary cycle
December 13, 2021: My Internet persona—unknown even to myself!
November 29, 2021: How to train digital transformation personnel
Re-starting growth by re-skilling
November 22, 2021: Toshiba to split into three separate businesses
November 15, 2021: No-growth companies
The unfortunate end to improving workstyles
November 8, 2021: Air travel demand falls precipitously due to coronavirus pandemic
ANA and JAL: 600 days of struggle
November 1, 2021: Lost battle for the green market?
—Taking back a ¥450 trillion market—
October 25, 2021: Defense industry must not be allowed to fall into decline
The seeds of technical innovation: can they be protected?
October 18, 2021: The best marketers, chosen by CMOs of winning companies
October 11, 2021: Breaking down the DX 10 barriers
October 4, 2021: What does it mean to be a stock market listed company?
Tokyo Stock Exchange restructuring: 300 companies in potential danger
September 27, 2021: Game changers
September 20, 2021: Carbon neutral society
Achievable?
September 13, 2021: Cities of the future?
September 6, 2021: Revolutionary marketing
August 30, 2021: The next Silicon Valley
August 23, 2021: Gender Equality
Everyone can shine
August 16, 2021: Remaking Corporate Culture
August 9, 2021: Non-Traditional Recruitment
August 2, 2021: The fight for EV dominance
July 19 / July 26, 2021: Tokyo 2020
Divided by emotion
July 12, 2021: A vaccine for healthcare
July 5, 2021: Smaller can be stronger
June 28, 2021: It’s not a Sony
June 21, 2021: Digital asset
A spring night’s dream?
June 14, 2021: EX
Energy Transformation
June 7, 2021: Supply chain challenges
May 31, 2021: Neo-Japan Technology
May 24, 2021: No kids around
May 17, 2021: The newly independent worker
May 10, 2021: Restaurants’ survival
May 3, 2021: Where will we work?
April 26, 2021: Health care crisis
April 19, 2021: A Persistent Divide
April 12, 2021: Politically incorrect
April 5, 2021: Alibaba has the magic cone?
March 29, 2021: A Win for Everyone
March 22, 2021: The Red Ocean
March 15, 2021: Space Wars
March 8, 2021: Getting to Zero
March 1, 2021: 3.11
Has anything changed?
February 22, 2021: Working to 70
The New Social Contract
February 15, 2021: SMALL is BEAUTIFUL
February 8, 2021: WHO WINS?
The EV Battery Wars
February 1, 2021: Beacon in the Dark Time
January 25, 2021: CHINA DOMINANT
January 18, 2021: BEING GOOD
Fast Retailing's Challenge
January 11, 2021: Company operations post-corona
Understanding the issues: individuals and organizations
Dec. 25, 2020 / Jan. 1, 2021: Complete projections 2021
Have we reached bottom, or is the worst yet to come?
December 21, 2020: How apologies look in 2020
Addressing renewed pressure to conform under the coronavirus
December 14, 2020: Hitachi and Toshiba
General electronics manufacturers: after hitting rock-bottom, where do they go from here?
December 7, 2020: Emergency on-site report
Coronavirus epidemic explodes again
Today’s world, tomorrow’s world
November 30, 2020: Local areas in decline
Home town realities
November 23, 2020: Taking the idea of overcoming food shortages as a business opportunity
—Japan can potentially save 10 billion people—
November 16, 2020: The GAFA the general public doesn’t know about
—Giants get bigger under the coronavirus—
November 9, 2020: Post-corona new employees
Lacking the traditional training, are they a source of hope, or a liability?
November 2, 2020: The U.S. and China semiconductor competition
Which side will Japan choose?
October 26, 2020: The technique to turn difficult circumstances into opportunities
—The tough companies—
October 19, 2020: America’s choice
—The dark money behind public opinion—
October 12, 2020: Four secrets to selling
The new rules for hit products during the pandemic
October 5, 2020: Metropolitan residents limit themselves to smaller areas of Tokyo
—The future of a society where people move less—
September 28, 2020: The coronavirus and Japan’s debt
Excessive assistance leads to overtaxed systems
September 21, 2020: Escaping the label of “digitally underdeveloped country”
—Eliminating the four reasons for the current lag—
September 14, 2020: Can Japanese-style employment change?
—The new normal at work—
September 7, 2020: A revival for Japan
—What we can do at this moment—
August 31, 2020: Businesses close at an accelerated rate
—Managers’ best efforts fall short—
August 24, 2020: Is the department store finished?
The future of the “king of retail”
August 17, 2020: Adapting manufacturing plants that can come out ahead in the corona crisis
—Supply chain develops—
August 10, 2020: Will quotas soon be abolished?
—The new normal for sales in the time of coronavirus—
August 3, 2020: Is the Chinese post-corona recovery real?
July 20, 2020: The type of company designed to withstand crisis
July 13, 2020: Post-corona capitalism
July 6, 2020: Corona crisis highlights differences between solid and not-so-solid companies
June 29, 2020: Where is Nissan headed?
June 22, 2020: Limits on real estate
Differences exposed under the “new normal”
June 15, 2020: Major restructuring caused by the coronavirus
What’s next after Renown Incorporated?
June 8, 2020: The power of Tokyo University
Can it come to Japan’s rescue?
June 1, 2020: Collapse of the bubble
—Startups capable of overcoming the coronavirus—
May 25, 2020: The “New Normal”
What will happen from this point onward
May 18, 2020: Collapse of income
Annual revenues could fall 20%
May 4 / May 11, 2020: Shops go out of business
—Anguish over the corona effect—
April 27, 2020: Unemployment crisis
Preparing for the “corona effect”
April 20, 2020: Rakuten at a crossroads as it joins cell phone market
—Chances of turning huge profits—
April 13, 2020: Society changed by a virus
—The Corona Effect—
April 6, 2020: New approaches to innovation
—The seeds lie within the company—
March 30, 2020: The ultimate big guns in business reform
So what was that about digital transformation?
March 23, 2020: Risky research around the world
Eccentric people giving rise to true innovation
March 16, 2020: Middle-aged male employees who don’t work: what do we do about them?
Surviving post-lifetime employment
March 9, 2020: Why aren’t we able to train employees successfully?
Fostering leaders capable of overcoming crisis
March 2, 2020: The Corona shock
Existing order crumbles
February 24, 2020: Creating vehicles
Sony works toward EV, Toyota toward city-building
February 17, 2020: The melancholy of living long
—A correct “aging design” for the era of centenarians—
February 10, 2020: A company that helps you become a better you!
February 3, 2020: Where will the plants move next?
Surviving in a supply chain world split by the U.S. and China
January 27, 2020: Panasonic
What’s happening with company reforms?
January 20, 2020: Countering the Amazon effect
—The front lines of Walmart’s (U.S.) digital transformation—
January 13, 2020: Business models around the world emerge against adverse winds
New trends to fix 20 different strains
January 6, 2020: The end of the GAFA era
—The future of companies and nations—
December 23/30, 2019: 2020: a year of huge turnaround
14 projections post-Olympics
December 16, 2019: How apologies are made in Reiwa Year 1
—Way of saying sorry through the Heisei Period no longer applies—
December 9, 2019: Companies that will be going strong 100 years from now
New ways of ensuring extended corporate life based on future predictions
December 2, 2019: Go for it, Honda!
Don’t go the way of the ordinary company!
November 25, 2019: So we really don’t need small and medium-sized companies?
What happens after this period of large numbers of closing businesses?
November 18, 2019: Which payment systems benefit whom?
—The negatives of going cashless—
November 11, 2019: Uneasiness at Samsung in the midst of change
November 4, 2019: China impacts the world
—China Innovation Vol. 2—
October 28, 2019: Personnel that score lower than AI
Signs of a lower-standard Japanese education system?
October 21, 2019: Problems with declining on-site capability
Japanese styles remain highly effective—with just a little fine-tuning
October 14, 2019: Toyota also effected by the new 50s generation
—Problems can’t be solved by restructuring—
October 7, 2019: Japan about to wake up
50 peoples’ recommendations on re-starting growth
September 30, 2019: The Libra impact
— “Theory of evolution” on money and the development of nations —
September 23, 2019: Not just a problem of mistaking the brake and accelerator
—Reflexes on the decline in society at large—
September 16, 2019: A logistics revolution
—The physical Internet—
September 10, 2019: —Huawei—
The truth behind the most effective management
September 2, 2019: Will real estate prices continue to climb?
Rising prices due to monetary easing, as seen around the nation
August 26, 2019: Why do capable young employees quit their jobs?
—Effective techniques for retaining valuable personnel—
August 19, 2019: Making work in Japan more appealing to foreign nationals
August 12, 2019: Changing the Japanese practice of making determinations by academic record
August 5, 2019: One dose for 200,000,000 yen
Why are pharmaceuticals so expensive?
July 29, 2019: Current realities in the U.S.
Some Japanese companies also surviving by protectionism
July 22, 2019: The secret to delicious potato chips: it’s in the salt!
—Making the regular product—
July 15, 2019: Open innovation: no more room for failure
July 8, 2019: Rethinking “zero inventory”
Concept that inventory is undesirable now out-of-date
July 2, 2019: BAT: Friend or foe?
Standard-bearer of the China-originated digital revolution
June 24, 2019: The “illness” of new business
June 17, 2019: The right way to get the company president to resign
June 10, 2019: The hidden truth behind family management
June 3, 2019: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Why is Murata doing the best of all?
May 27, 2019: The secrets behind European company restructuring
—The giants make a comeback—
May 20, 2019: Will the AI bubble burst?
—The Law of Failure—
May 13, 2019: The fates of 20 “sold off” employees
—The current situation for pre-M&A employees of Sharp and Toshiba—
April 29 / May 6, 2019: The MaaS transport revolution
—New markets targeted the world over—
April 22, 2019: Boosting salaries for a stronger corporate structure
Hitachi, Uniqlo, and more follow the trend
April 15, 2019: The impact of 5G: everything’s about to change
April 8, 2019: Starting new companies, incurring failures: what happens next?
—The dividing line between obliteration and comeback—
April 1, 2019: The true state of Nissan
March 25, 2019: Seven secrets of companies that do not suffer personnel shortages
—Incredible ability to secure talented people—
March 18, 2019: Dynamic Pricing
The price consumers are forced to pay—and the price they want to pay for a given product
March 11, 2019: South Korea: What’s happening now?
March 4, 2019: Innovation to surpass Japan
—The paradox of Africa—
February 25, 2019: Accounting fraud
Before you know it, you may be involved!
February 18, 2019: Finding your best possible life
February 11, 2019: 50 years of being the loser
—The extreme management lessons to be found in the “post-failure wasteland”—
February 4, 2019: 50 Japanese who’ve moved the world
January 28, 2019: Bringing manufacturing back to Japan
Counterattack by super-efficient plants to rival emerging economies
January 21, 2019: Big predictions for M&As in 2019
What’s next after Takeda Pharmaceutical and Hitachi?
January 14, 2019: The search for Google a decade from now
—100 companies out to change the world—
January 7, 2019: The changing concept of the company
—The future of the organization and work styles—