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End of Japan <http://www.japaninc.com/END_OF_JAPAN>

By The Mad Hedge Fund Trader

During the eighties, Japanese suddenly became the world’s most
valuable language, as the stock market soared from ¥6,000 to ¥39,000,
and PE multiples ballooned from 10 to 100, landing me a job at Morgan
Stanley. A friend who delivered sandwiches for a living was even able
to land a job at a special bracket firm because he had a reasonable
fluency in this impossible to learn, 5,000-year-old language. But
languages rise and fall, as do civilizations, and I’m afraid that my
language skills are getting downgraded to the relevance of Vulgar
Latin...

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A hope and a prayer <http://www.japaninc.com/a_hope_and_a_prayer>

By Cassandra

Bernie Comes Out of The Closet was early in mulling over some of the
unanswered questions brought to the fore by his out-ing...

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When Life Hands You Lemons<http://www.japaninc.com/When_life_hands_you_lemons>
Recognizing Opportunity in a Downturn

By David Price

Although the job situation in Japan has improved slightly and there
are signs of an improvement in the economy overall, it’s no surprise
to anyone reading this blog that uncertainty remains. If you are lucky
enough to be an employer in this market, now is the time to make sure
you hold on to the people that you need in order to take advantage of
the recovery and build your business as things improve...

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The IMF on Asia's recovery and
sustainability<http://www.japaninc.com/The_IMF_on_Asia%27s_Recovery_and_its_Sustainability>

By Claus Vistesen

In case you had not noticed,  the IMF is blogging and it is not
"merely" the garden variety IMF staffers they are rolling out to fill
the pages; nope. Here we are treated to the likes of Blanchard,
Atkinson, Lipsky, Cottarelli and a host of other of the Fund's
A-listers. Consequently, it would seem that in an already
(over)crowded world of econ blogging, the IMFdirect blog merits more
than a little bit attention...

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en.iwine.jp presents the Nov 19th Beaujolais Nouveau Party!

Celebrate this year's Beaujolais Nouveau by joining us to
taste 10 kinds at Shinagawa's TY Harbor Waterline!
Overlook the waterfront with a glass of fresh Beaujolais
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Finger foods will be provided alongside unlimited wine.
Limited space for 80 guests only so reserve early!

Date: November 19th, 2009 (Thurs)
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Tickets: 5,500 yen per person (including tax)
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Location: TY Harbor Waterline
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------------------- ICA Event - Nov 19 --------------------

Speaker: David Sweet, Ph.D., Senior Manager
- Specialized Group K.K.
Topic: Secrets of Headhunters: Best Practices in Recruitment
for Finding a Job in a Tough Market

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

Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009
Time: 6:30pm doors open, buffet dinner included and cash bar
Cost: 4,000 yen (members), 6,000 yen (non-members)
Open to all-venue is The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan
http://www.fccj.or.jp/aboutus/map

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Entrepreneur Association of Tokyo-Seminar:Tuesday, November 17th

Speaker: Takashi Sakamoto, Founder and former CEO of BOOKOFF
Corporation and President of New Value Corporation

In 1991, Sakamoto-san left his career in selling used pianos
to establish BOOKOFF Corporation Limited., which has grown
into Japan's largest used bookstore with over 1000 locations.
Like most great business ideas, Sakamoto-san's idea for BOOKOFF
was extremely simple; sell used books in a clean, organized,
well-lit environment with well-trained and friendly employees.
The revenue model was equally simple but highly profitable;
buy used books at 10% of the list price and sell them for 50%
of the list price and if for some reason the book does not
sell for 3 months the book is sold for 100 yen.

With over 60 billion yen in annual sales, 4000+ staff,
and over 1000 BOOKOFF locations in Japan and abroad that
simple model seems to have worked very well.
BOOKOFF also diversified into several sub-brands such as used
sporting goods (B-Sports), used clothing (G-Mode), used
electronic (HARDOFF) and Tsutaya franchises.

Seating will be limited to 300 so please sign up early
while seats are available.

Date/Time: Tuesday, November 17th
-Doors open at 6:15, Seminar starts at 7:00
Location: GRIPS (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
http://www.grips.ac.jp/about/access.html
Language: Japanese (with Simultaneous Interpretation to English)

Website: http://www.ea-tokyo.com

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-------- One-Day Conference on Translation on Nov 28 ------

Venue: Osaka Umeda Sky Bldg., Tower West, 22F
Date: Nov 28, 2009 9:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. (plus reception)

PROJECT Osaka is a one-day conference on translation organized
by the Japan Association of Translators (日本翻訳者協会) at which
experienced translators will share their knowledge about the
profession of translation with aspiring translators or those
at the beginning stages of their careers.

http://jat-project.org/osaka/
Admission: Students: 4000 Yen, JAT Members: 5000 Yen,
Non-Members: 6000 Yen

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