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J@pan Inc Newsletter<br>
The 'JIN' J@pan Inc Newsletter<br>
A weekly opinion piece on social, economic and political trends<br>
in Japan.<br>
Issue No. 504 Wednesday March 18, 2009, Tokyo<br>
<br>
In keeping with the whole spring theme of renewal this week, the<br>
new-look <a href="http://www.japaninc.com" target="_blank">www.japaninc.com</a> has been launched today. The new site<br>
features a network of expert bloggers covering the gamut of topics<br>
that we cover here at J@pan Inc magazine, from entrepreneurism to<br>
politics to finance and macro economics. We're going to be expanding<br>
our web presence from this point on with our bloggers at the<br>
forefront. The print version will continue in its current quarterly<br>
journal-style format with the online opinion pieces and articles<br>
complementing it.<br>
<br>
Some of the exciting names we have in our new network are:<br>
<br><b>
Steven Towns</b> - A finance expert, senior development research analyst<br>
at Yale, and former editor of SeekingAlpha.com.<br>
<br><b>
Tobias Harris</b> - A prolific political commentator who has worked for a<br>
member of the DPJ and is now completing his PhD at Yale. He is also a<br>
commentator on CNBC.<br>
<br><b>
Takafumi Horie</b> - The web entrepreneur who founded Livedoor, attempted<br>
a hostile takeover of Fuji TV and whose court time gave the nation's<br>
newspapers plenty of headlines in 2007. He's now working on the<br>
development of a space travel project.<br>
<br>
We have a number of other great experts and writers who you can check<br>
out <a href="http://www.japaninc.com/taxonomy/term/560">here</a>. This is our core group who we have gathered together for the<br>
launch. We will be building the network as we continue. Watch out for<br>
our weekly updates of all the best analysis of the Japanese business<br>
world.<br>
<br><b>
Social media hub</b><br>
<br>
Another important feature of the site is the social media hub which<br>
you can see to the top right of the site. Updates and messages will be<br>
sent from myself and our network of bloggers to anyone who starts<br>
following J@pan Inc. We want you the readers to connect more with us<br>
and we want the Japanese and international business communities to<br>
connect with each other more directly via J@pan Inc. Thanks to our<br>
contributing tech writer Robert Sanzalone at <a href="http://www.pacificit.ca/">Pacific IT</a> for<br>
coordinating that. If you want to sign up to any of them here they are<br>
(You only need to sign up to one by the way):<br>
<br>
Twitter<br>
<a href="http://twitter.com/JapanInc" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/JapanInc</a><br>
<br>
Friendfeed<br>
<a href="http://friendfeed.com/japaninc" target="_blank">http://friendfeed.com/japaninc</a><br>
<br>
Brightkite<br>
<a href="http://brightkite.com/people/JapanInc" target="_blank">http://brightkite.com/people/JapanInc</a><br>
<br>
Plurk<br>
<a href="http://www.plurk.com/japaninc" target="_blank">http://www.plurk.com/japaninc</a><br>
<br>
Identi.ca<br>
<a href="http://identi.ca/japaninc" target="_blank">http://identi.ca/japaninc</a><br>
<br>
Jaiku<br>
<a href="http://japaninc.jaiku.com/" target="_blank">http://japaninc.jaiku.com/</a><br>
<br>
And if you haven't already, sign up to the J@pan Inc Linked In page<br>
for all the latest updates, news and discussion:<br>
<br>
Linked In<br>
<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=146300&trk=anet_ug_hm" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=146300&trk=anet_ug_hm</a><br>
<br>
Michael Condon<br>
Editor-in-chief<br>
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Our Entrepreneur Handbook Seminar is obviously filling a<br>
need in the community right now, as many people look at<br>
their employers and see the writing on the wall. We had a<br>
sell-out audience of 35, and still more people wanting to<br>
attend.<br>
So, we have decided to re-run the seminar this<br>
month for those people unable to make it last month.<br>
The new date will be Saturday March 21.<br>
<br>
Details will be posted on the website shortly, at:<br>
<a href="http://www.japaninc.com/entrepreneur_handbook_seminar" target="_blank">http://www.japaninc.com/entrepreneur_handbook_seminar</a><br>
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Speaker: Hiroshi Alley, President and Representative Director,<br>
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Details: Complete event details at <a href="http://www.icajapan.jp/" target="_blank">http://www.icajapan.jp/</a><br>
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Date: Thursday, Mar 19, 2009<br>
Time: 6:30 Doors open, Buffet Dinner included, cash bar<br>
Cost: 4,000 yen (members), 6,000 yen (non-members)<br>
Venue: The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan<br>
-Open to all<br>
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Entrepreneur Association of Tokyo Seminar-Tuesday, April 7th<br>
<br>
Speaker: Martin van der Linden-Founder and Principal<br>
of van der Architects<br>
Seminar Title: 'Design, Business and Creativity'<br>
<br>
Martin established van der Architects in 2000 and focuses<br>
on corporate interior design using a unique methodology he<br>
created called WorkVitamins. This methodology helps his clients<br>
leverage the work environment to motivate the staff and improve<br>
productivity. His clients include Fortune 500 companies such as<br>
Ernst & Young, ING Group, Societe Generale and WPP Group.<br>
Join us on April 7th to hear Martin's insights into the<br>
relationship between design, creativity, and business.<br>
<br>
Please sign up early while seats are available.<br>
<br>
Date/Time: Tuesday, April 7th - Doors open at 6:30,<br>
Seminar starts at 7:00<br>
Location: The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan<br>
Language: English<br>
Website: <a href="http://www.ea-tokyo.com" target="_blank">http://www.ea-tokyo.com</a><br>
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