To understand how Japan's once-mighty electronics industry has grown so flabby, consider the story of NEC.
Asia in 2013 may not be sliding towards war and China and Japan understand how mutually beneficial relations have been, and how much they risk losing, but we also know the folly of assuming risk away.
The Japanese bathing ritual is so complex it takes years of living in Japan to understand.
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The Bank of Japan would rather understand that it would be forced to act unilaterally.
The NRC is examining all available information as part of the effort to analyze the event and understand its implications both for Japan and the United States.
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It is relatively easy to understand what will happen in Japan: deflation will quickly turn into hyperinflation as government is forced to print money to service its debt and social obligations.
To try to make up for the time lag, the two European companies have set up research offices in Japan and routinely conduct market surveys to understand what makes i-mode tick and, by extension, how consumers might react to high-speed Net access from their phones.
Coming into Tuesday morning, the market seemed simple enough to understand as stocks were being pummeled globally on fears of a nuclear disaster in Japan.
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In order to understand the nature of this search--and to grasp its implications for modern Japan--it is necessary to look at some recent trends in Japanese historiography.
Gerhard Fasol of Eurotechnology Japan said that these gains "really need to be subtracted from the results, to understand the regular operating results".
Ichiro Murata, a director at the Academy of Management Development, which lists many of Japan's corporate giants among its clients, says it is hard to find good teachers who understand both technology and business.
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Key to creating a successful hybrid will be whether Japan's leaders allow certain parts of the system to be unmanaged -- whether they fully understand that detailed planning and close interfirm cooperation have limitations when exploring the technological frontier, especially in software and biotechnology.
" Policing this kind of thing is a full-time job: In Japan, where separate collections are overseen closely by Howell, the designers, she says, "understand, but the merchandisers can push your look off-course, like with color or something that's very pretty-pretty.
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