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Saori’s Kale Business: A Story of Female Entrepreneur
November 14, 2024 Chisato Nakatsugawa and Sora Matsuo The frequency of seeing kale in Japan is perhaps less than in other countries. If...
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Individuality and Diversity: Making Socio-Political Change
July 7, 2021 Misato Sasaki and Miyabi Oyamada “Women are at the top of the list of diversity in Japan, but it feels strange,” says...
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Why Don't Companies Go Bankrupt at the Time of Emergency?
June 10, 2021 Arisa Nokuo & Rena Katsumata Do you know what the word “BCP” means? It stands for Business Continuity Plan, meaning to...
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Significance of Masks: Comparing Japan and the United States
During the Meiji era [1968-1912] in Japan, masks were made out of wire mesh as the core and used cloth as the filter. At that time, the...
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Are You Still Living in Your Hometown?
January 14, 2021 AKARI ODAGIRI In Japan, overcrowding in cities and rural depopulation are serious long term social problems. These...
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Protecting the Learning Environment of University Students
Due to the spread of COVID-19, many university students have become dissatisfied with two issues: The prohibition of face-to-face classes...
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Japanese Travel Industry in the Era of COVID-19
October , 2020 Nao Kazuma The spread of COVID-19 has had a major impact on the demand for tourism worldwide. On July 22nd, the Japanese...
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The Open Door To Get Well
“The world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.” Helen Keller wrote it on her book published in 1902. Because of the...
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Naito Started To Produce the Baby Shield in April
Naito, an amusement machine company, has begun to manufacture and sell the face guards for newborn babies to prevent the spread of...
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Toyota’s Response To The Spread of COVID-19
August 1, 2020 Ayano Hata With the spread of new coronavirus, the Toyota Corp, the biggest automarker, is providing medical support to...
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Vol. 2 Overall Trends of Japanese Women in Business
Palette Editorial Team December 23, 2018 Palette editors overview the basic facts and figures about Japanese women in workforce....
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Tapping the New Businesses To Counter Shortage of Nursery Schools in Japan
Yoshika Maeshiro July 26, 2018 The Present Situation About Japanese Nursery Schools Now Japanese government promotes women empowerment to...
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A Mother Entrepreneur Opens A New Horizon of Working Style
July 20, 2017 Yui Kubota, Yoshika Maeshiro, Misa Ogura, Megumi Kitazawa On May 25 in 2017, special lecture named "Women and Technology"...
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