In March of this year, the economic magazine "Nikkei Business" (No. 1634, 2012.03.26, pp. 26-42) featured an article on deflation, which pointed out that if everything is made too cheap, it will destroy everything. In the past 15 years, Japan has lost 11% of its GDP, non-regular employment has increased …
Migration from Japan officially began more than 150 years ago, starting with Japanese arriving in Hawaii, the United States, and Canada, and later Peru and Brazil just over 100 years ago. During that time, Japan has faced several wars, notably with China (1894-95), Russia (1904-05), and several Asian countries as …
It has been more than 20 years since "Japanese migrant workers" from South American countries began coming to Japan. During that time, we have seen several economic crises (the collapse of the bubble economy, the recession at the end of the 1990s, the Lehman Shock in 2008, and the deflationary …
The Pan American Convention of Japanese Americans, COPANI, which is held every two years, was held this year in the Mexican resort city of Cancun.1 The venue was the Palace Hotel on the beautiful Caribbean beachfront, and this year, almost all of the convention, from planning to running, was handled …
From the end of July to the beginning of September 2011, I visited Peru (Lima), Argentina (Buenos Aires, La Plata, Rosario), northern Brazil (Belem, Manaos), and Mexico (Cancun) for about 40 days. Although it was also a trip back to Argentina, I participated in events and meetings related to the …
Although these figures are still provisional, the economic losses in Tohoku and northern Kanto (northeastern Ibaraki and the eastern coastal areas of Chiba) that were affected by the recent earthquake are estimated at at least 25 trillion yen (not including compensation for radiation damage). This is 2.5 times the gross …
Some have pointed out that this earthquake was a once-in-a-thousand-years disaster, and with a magnitude of 9.0, it is the fifth-largest earthquake in world history. The earthquake occurred at 2:46 p.m. on Friday, March 11th, and the following day many embassies and consulates in Tokyo set up telephone hotlines to …
Any Nikkei leader in the Americas either personally knows or has heard of Carlos Kasuga because of his achievements as a businessman in Mexico, or because of his role in the Nikkei Panamerican Association. Not many are familiar, however, with the story of his migration from Japan to Mexico. According …
>>Part 1 Mr. Aso, Director of the International Affairs Division of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, gave a detailed explanation of the " Emergency Support Project for the Attendance of Children of Permanent Resident Foreign Nationals" decided in March 2010. Although foreign children are not required …
The annual Japanese Overseas Convention, held every October, celebrated its 51st anniversary last year, with the conference proceeding in a theme-based subcommittee format.1 In recent years, there have been many participants from Europe and other places, and rather than traditional immigrants, the focus has shifted to issues faced by the …
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