www.japaninc.com July 28, 2009

[jin at mailman.japaninc.com]

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COST-CUTTING STRATEGIES FOR FOREIGN BUSINESS PEOPLE IN JAPAN

As Japan enters its tenth year of economic malaise, and with
the global economy also under strain, senior managers in Japan
are under pressure like never before to reduce costs and
increase efficiency.
Japan Inc Communications and Nomura Real Estate Development
are proud to announce a seminar designed to help foreign
business people find solutions that can be used in everyday
business planning and structuring.
The seminar will cover topics ranging from daily management
issues, IT structuring costs and office relocation to
distribution and other cost reduction.

Date: July 29th
Language: English
Key Presenter: Terrie Lloyd CEO Linc Media/Japan Inc Holdings
Venue: PMO Hatchobori, 3-22-13 Hatchobori, Chuo-ku,Tokyo
Time: 3pm - 6pm
Free registration. For more information or to register visit:
http://www.japaninc.com/seminar

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What's online this week at J at pan Inc magazine:

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Is something wrong with certain kinds of
trading?<http://www.japaninc.com/Certain_Kinds_of_Trading>

By Cassandra

Beautiful as France is, it's ski resorts are filled with pesky,
queue-barging
coquins with all their attendant bad manners, trampling upon one's skiis,
and mayhem creation. It cannot help royally tick one off after
civic-mindedly
and patiently waiting in a queue and/or letting others take their deserved
turn.
As disturbing is to meander down to the hotel swimming pool after breakfast
only to find that a contingent of Germans have staked out all of the pool
chairs
with their towels, never mind that they are off sightseeing on the tour bus,
or
being buffed and pedicured in the spa. Not dissimilar are the feats of the
notorious
Frigate Birds who routinely make their diets eponymously stealing the fish
caught
by pelicans, boobies or other more industrious birds.

What is their common thread? For one, they are reasonable analogies for a
flavour of low-latency, high-frequency, order-sniffing, front-running
strategies
that parasitically intermediate real buyers and sellers, but only after
excising
a requisite toll that CUNY's Donefer estimates to be in the range of USD$15
to 25 billion...

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The bigger picture <http://www.japaninc.com/a_problem_like_the_freeters>

How do you solve a problem like the freeters?

By Tobias Harris

One policy area that could see cooperation between a DPJ-led
government and the JCP (and the SDPJ) is the treatment of
non-regular workers.

The JCP's position on dispatch workers and other non-regular workers
is clear: the party wants to ban the employment of temporary workers
in manufacturing work, making an exception only for "specialized work."
The DPJ's position is a bit more vague...

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The Asian rush to lock up global food
sources<http://www.japaninc.com/The_Asian_Rush>

By the Mad Hedge Fund Trader

Fortune magazine ran an excellent article about the flood of institutional
money pouring into agricultural land, a sector I have been harping on for
some time.The amount of arable land per person has fallen precipitously
since 1960, from 1.1 acres to 0.6 acres, and that could halve again by 2050.

Water is about to become even more scarce than land. Productivity gains
from new seed types are hitting a wall. Rising incomes in emerging
markets is producing more meat eaters, another huge call on grain and
water supplies...

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Aso's strenuous life <http://www.japaninc.com/Aso%27s_strenuous_life>

As Japan debates another indiscreet remark by Prime Minister Taro Aso —
the chief cabinet secretary has already  dismissed it as evidence of the
prime
minister's "inadequate linguistic ability" — it is worth considering
precisely
what the prime minister intended to say, and what it reveals about his way
of
thinking. After all, as Michael Kinsley said , "A gaffe is when a politician
tells
the truth."


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------------------- ICA Event - July 30 -------------------

Event: Summer Networking Party! Open to all

Details: Complete event details at http://www.icajapan.jp/
(RSVP Required)

Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009

Time: 19:00 - 21:00 Open Bar and Finger Food Included
Cost: 1,000 yen (members), 2,500 yen (non-members)
Open to all - venue is Zest Iikura
http://www.zest-cantina.jp/en/iikura/home/location

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The iwine.jp Summer Wine Tasting Bonanza

-Taste over 100 different wines from around the world
-Assorted finger foods
-Stunning venue: The Sanctuary at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel
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-Special discounts on wine orders
Date: Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm
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