Toachieve the goalofprovidingquality of life, arealllong-standingpolicyis tocontinuouslyimprovequalityandintroduce new production capacitytomeetchangingmarketneeds and trends.
Yet when Shinzo Abe, the new prime minister of an understandably anxious Japan, traveled to Washington in February, he didn't get the unambiguous White House backing of Japan's sovereignty that an ally of longstanding deserves and needs.
Certainly, many companies have had long-standing giving programs but I think people are just starting to understand that corporate social programs needs to be strategic to the business.