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5 Japanese Business Dinner Mistakes to Avoid — and What They Taught Me About Business in Japan
When I first started doing business in Japan in 2016, the initial cultural lesson was the meishi ...
December 1, 2025
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U.S. Ambassador Glass: Seizing the Momentum of President Trump’s Visit
U.S. President Donald Trump was in Japan last week. U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass talks a...
November 7, 2025
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TICAD Should Keep Focus on Japan Investing in Africa, Not Merely Offering Aid
For more than 30 years, the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) has sto...
August 20, 2025
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Is Japanese Really Needed for Doing Business in Japan? / Startups Often Deal with Big Corporations in English
Late in 2023, a Japanese executive of a major Japanese corporation took me out to a sushi dinner ...
May 14, 2025
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Trump’s Victim Narrative Makes America Less Great; But Playing on People’s Grudges Does Win Him Votes
Among the characteristics of U.S. President Donald Trump, what particularly perplexes me is his o...
May 9, 2025
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Japan a Positive Counterexample in Age of Revisionism; Changes to World Order Should be Peaceful, Not Forced
Sergiy Korsunsky, the Ukrainian ambassador to Japan 2020-2025, has worked tirelessly since the st...
April 12, 2025
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Kansai Pavilion Showcases Diverse Attractions of Host Region
Even before the Osaka-Kansai Expo formally opens on April 13, the host region will open its own K...
April 3, 2025
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U.S. Startups Can Help Support Japanese AI Applications; Synthetic Data One Way to Boost Learning by AI
My guest and I raised our first beers with a “kampai” toast at Andy’s Shin Hinomoto in November 2...
March 26, 2025
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Bleak Outlook for Trump’s Effect on World; Visible Symptoms Mar Global Condition
U.S. President Donald Trump’s return to office in January struck the world like the relapse of an...
March 22, 2025
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EU Stands with Ukraine Shoulder to Shoulder
On Feb. 24, 2022, Russia began its aggression against Ukraine. Three years on, EU Ambassador to J...
February 24, 2025
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French FM Jean-Noel Barrot Says No Such Thing as Global South; G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Ongoing in South Africa
The Group of 20 foreign ministers’ meeting is being held in South Africa from Feb. 20-21. On this...
February 21, 2025
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Peace Enabled Cultural Flowering in Kyoto’s Kan-ei Era; Nijo Castle, Ninnaji Temple Reflect an Age of Beauty
Kyoto first became Japan’s capital in the eighth century. With its beautiful temples, philosophic...
February 8, 2025
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Overlooking China’s Tyranny Endangers Japan’s Security; Suppression of Hong Kong Democracy Leaves No One Safe
Hong Kong legal scholar Benny Tai was sentenced to 10 years in prison by Hong Kong’s High Court l...
December 26, 2024
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Japanese Corporations, AI Startups Can Build Synergy; Both Have Qualities To Mutually Enhance Innovation
In February this year, I helped my client ClimateAI host a climate change wine tasting event at t...
November 16, 2024
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Polish Ambassador To Japan Reflects On Independence; In 1918 Poland Became Free From Russia, Other Empires
As silence fell over Europe’s trenches and battlefields on the 11th of November in 1918, World Wa...
November 13, 2024
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