<a href="http://www.japaninc.com/" target="_blank">From www.japaninc.com</a><br><br>Weekly blogs from leading experts on Japanese business, technology and politics. <br>This week on J@pan Inc online we lead with Tobias Harris' take on the return of <br>
Shinzo Abe and the continued prominence of outspoken former finance minister <br>Shoichi Nakagawa as he calls for nuclear armament.<br><br><br><a href="http://www.japaninc.com/conservative_undaunted">The conservatives undaunted</a><br>
<br>Shinzo Abe prepares for a comeback<br><br>By Tobias Harris<br><br>Abe Shinzo, former prime minister and favorite of many alliance
managers in <br>Washington, was in Washington, D.C. this past week, meeting
with Vice <br>President Joe Biden and delivering addresses at the Brookings
Institution and <br>the Ocean Policy Research Foundation's US-Japan
Seapower Dialogue.<br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><a href="http://www.japaninc.com/forex_bulls">Keeping the bull happy</a><br>
<br>Contributed by the Société Générale<br><br>The bull in currency markets must be a happy one, for it has kept up a
relentless<br> run despite the upheavals in other parts of the financial
landscape. Growth in <br>foreign exchange (FX) activity – average daily
turnover rose to $3.2 trillion in April <br>2007, a 69 percent rise from
2004 levels based on current exchange rates, according <br>to the Bank for
International Settlements (BIS) – continues unabated in Asia, <br>driven by
trade flows and the need of companies and banks to hedge their currency
<br>exposures...<br><br>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><a href="http://www.japaninc.com/job_in_jeopardy">Feeling left out?</a><br>
<br>What to do when your job is in jeopardy<br><br>By David Price<br><br>The hard realities of the economic downturn are changing the face of
employment <br>in Japan and, for many, downsizing and potential job losses
are a real threat. The <br>question is, how best to weather the storm.
Below are six clear and easily <br>identifiable signals that a job may be
at risk...<br><br>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><a href="http://www.japaninc.com/sales_questions">When you are the only one to blame</a><br>
<br>Outta luck? Don't take it personally, your sales questions sucked<br><br>By Jason de Luca<br><br>We’ve all been there, Friday night, 6:08PM before a 3-day weekend, shiny new-pen <br>in one hand, empty tin-cup in the other… <br>
<br>Deal gone, and with it, three weeks of hard work and the prospect of
three more hitting <br>the bricks, hoping to get something going before the
quarter, and your meal-ticket, ends. <br>Strong numbers and steady growth is like trying to nail Jello to the wall… <br><br>Don't take it personally, don't blame the economy, your client's procurement process, <br>
their APAC Director, The Illuminati, the CIA, bad genes, or your boss...
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