Roppongi Hills Club- PROTEUS Room

Every leader should have a vision or work to be more of a visionary in their organization.  Building and selling a product or service is important in business, but you also have to know where you will stay for the long run. The most successful companies are those who build something and have a clear […]

Following the war, Japan rose to the second largest economy in the world.  That economic power translated into buying power that brought some of the worlds best brands to the marketplace.  As China has arisen and Japan is one of the first countries to experience an aging populace things may have changed.  Retailers in the […]

Many CEOs have extensive legal experience. As the representative of a major business, however, it is not easy to know everything. Knowing how things work legally in advance can save a lot of pain later on. In this CI lunch, we will have a Legal Round Robin. There will be no slide decks. CI welcomes […]

SPECIAL JOINT CEO INSIGHTS MEETING Social media storms, investigative bloggers and fake news campaigns: With the advancement of technology and new communication channels, top management is facing a truly challenging environment – Japan is no exception to that. Does the classic crisis manual work in the digital age? Is traditional, paper-and-pencil-based crisis training still sufficient? […]

The first full revision of the Japanese privacy law should have been adopted in 2015 but the June leak at the Japan Pension Service aborted the whole process. The law should have another chance this year. In 2015, a EU court struck down the safe harbor rule that had governed data transfers between the US […]

Getting right people on the team is absolutely critical for business success anywhere and Japan is without doubt one of the most difficult places to hire in the world. With 1.27 open jobs per job seeker nationwide there is currently a huge shortage of suitably qualified professionals to do a wide range of jobs across […]