Posted December 16th, 2011 by Megumi Oyanagi
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Management This is about how Japanese companies started to strategically acquire, develop and retain/engage global talent, when they have been behind their western counterparts in this area. This is because they need to globalize their organization and business
Posted December 11th, 2011 by Megumi Oyanagi
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Politics This is about a new report that Japan, China and South Korea are to start FTA negotiation. The 3 countries plan to officially confirm the direction of the negotiation in spring and to start the negotiation in summer 2012. They also plan to reach a su
Posted December 11th, 2011 by Megumi Oyanagi
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Internet Business Google+ has been dominant only among real early adopters in Japan but with the recent announcement of strategic promotion, i.e. alliance with AK48, the most popular Japanese pop group today in Japan, it is likely that Google+ will spread among the gene
Posted November 26th, 2011 by Megumi Oyanagi
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Internet Business This is about the author's frank thoughts on how LinkedIn is perceived and whether it would become popular in the future in Japan after 1 month of the announcement of the start of Japanese service, based on the reaction of the participants of the Linke
Posted October 23rd, 2011 by Megumi Oyanagi
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Internet Business This is based on the LinkedIn group discussion about possible requirements for LinkedIn to be used more by Japanese people in Japan, which the author happened to start earlier this month before the announcement that LinkedIn is to enter Japan, starting
Posted October 2nd, 2011 by Megumi Oyanagi
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Internet Business This is about how social recruiting leveraging social media (Facebook in particular) is about to break out in Japan. The article outlines the background (change in environment for recruiting) and why companies are starting up Facebook Pages, concludin
Posted September 25th, 2011 by Megumi Oyanagi
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Marketing This is about a recent hot issue in Japan, which is about making application to make Mt. Fuji registered as a World Heritage after multiple attemps since 2003. Bottom line: the success depends on successful marketing and branding of Mt. Fuji, defining
Posted September 18th, 2011 by Megumi Oyanagi
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Internet Business This is last one of series of Web Equity blog posts, introducint which company websites are ranked high in Information Value, one of the 2 constituents of Web Equity, together with possible KFS, leading to online customer acquisition and retention, loy
Posted September 17th, 2011 by Megumi Oyanagi
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Internet Business This is succeeding article of Vol.65 - Web Equity Valuation in Japan - Model and Ranking. This outlines which corporate websites are top 10 in Sales Value, one of the two constituents of Web Equity, 4 KFS for high Sales Value, and introduction of All N
Posted September 11th, 2011 by Megumi Oyanagi
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Current Events This article outline the reality of the devastated area of the Japan Disaster that broke out on March 11 this year, introducing some key numbers and 2 cases (a victim without temporary housing, a town that lost 20% of the population including mayor and
