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Japan Industry News is partnering with an attractive panel of experts to bring you regular insights on topics that are relevant to anyone doing business with Japan’s industries.
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Harold Archer
Harold Archer is a Project Manager at Toyota Motor Corporation. He is currently responsible for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing 5 Continents Drive Project from the 2014 Australia start and driving to the Olympics, Paralympics Tokyo 2020 goal. He calls himself a “bike and car guy” and likes anything that moves.
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Stefan Borst
Stefan Borst is one of the co-founders and Partners at IDA Group, and a seasoned expert in strategic communication. A lawyer by training, he has accumulated over a decade of experience as a professional journalist for several renowned magazines in Germany and abroad.
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Ulf Dressler
As the founder of Bonuterra Inc., the operating company of Japan Industry News, Ulf Dressler writes about a variety of topics relevant to explaining Japan’s industrial landscape to a foreign audience.
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William Echikson
William Echikson runs the Digital Forum at the Center for European Policy Studies. He worked at Google for six years. He also consults for various Internet companies, including Rakuten.
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Dr. Lorenz Granrath
The results of Japanese innovative capabilities are world famous. Industrial R&D in Japan certainly is a topic no one can ignore in our innovation-driven world, yet seen from the outside, there are many questions. Dr. Lorenz Granrath advises the executive board of the Japanese National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). As a renowned expert at the crossroads between industry and research, he writes to give answers to these questions.
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Martin Koelling
As a long-term resident of Japan and East Asia Correspondent of Handelsblatt, Germany’s leading business newspaper, Martin Koelling writes with a sharp eye about current trends in Japanese manufacturing, innovation and industry-focused technology.
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Hans-Peter Musahl
Getting taxation and accounting right when operating in a foreign country can be of existential importance for your business. This is especially true if the country is Japan and information in English is comparatively scarce. Hans-Peter Musahl, tax partner at Ernst & Young in Tokyo, writes to help make this important topic more accessible.
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Caylon Neely
Calyon Neely is a marketing professional with an automotive background based in Japan.
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Robert E. Peterson
A global marketing & communications, client management and strategic planning executive for over 40 years, Robert Peterson (Bob-san) has lived and worked in Tokyo off and on since 1982.
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Thomas Richter
Thomas Richter is a Senior Advisor at IDA Group with more than five years of helping business to influence decisions, shift majorities and improve their narrative at the EU level. He currently advises numerous international companies from the IT, manufacturing and chemicals sector on EU legislation, regulatory challenges and trade policy.
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Frank Schulz
People can make or break the success of a business. A long-term resident and owner of his own Executive Search firm, Frank Schulz knows the ins-and-outs in the War on Talent in Japan. He shares his insights on how to find, manage and retain the right people in this specific market.
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Daniel Schwarz
Daniel Schwarz is head of Global Business Solutions at IT-Deutschland GmbH and a certified Data Protection Officer (GDPR).
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Dr. Reinhold O. Stapf
Japan is famous for its great service in shops and restaurants. But in B2B it is much more complex. Efficient service operations can save money and help drive sales at the same time. And like any country, Japan has its quirks. Building on his expertise, Dr. Reinhold O. Stapf, founder and president of the service institute japan k.k., will give insights how to be successful in this demanding market.
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Dr. Daichi Sugimoto
Efficiently managing supply is an often-underestimated driver of profitability. In Japan, procurement processes are often different, and sometimes puzzling so. Dr. Daichi Sugimoto owns a consulting firm providing advice to foreign companies in this important area.
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TÜV Rheinland Japan
Without understanding a country’s regulatory environment it is not possible to conduct business activities. And in many countries regulations can be complex. Japan is no exception. Experts of TÜV Rheinland, a leading global technical service provider and certification company, write to provide you with insights into this crucial topic.
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Daisuke Watanabe
When doing business in a foreign country, one needs to understand her laws. Running his own practice in Tokyo, Daisuke Watanabe writes to provide information that helps putting Japan’s legal system into context.
