Japan - US Business News

Keizai Society Shinnenkai 2013

2013-01-21T16:16:07-05:00

Come celebrate Keizai Society's 23rd anniversary at our Shinnenkai on Friday, January 25th! Register Now! Friday, January 25th, 2013 Program: 6:00 - 10:00 PM Palo Alto Hills Golf and Country Club 3000 Alexis Drive Palo Alto, CA 94304 This year Keizai Society will be honoring Secretary Norman Y. Mineta, Hiroshi Inomata, the Consul General of Japan, will lead the tradition of Kagamiwari (sake barrel "breaking") ceremony; and Mike Inouye from NBC Bay Area is the master of ceremony. Keizai Society's 2013 theme, "Redesigning US-Japan Business for the Next Generation," underscores the new relationship structures and modes of commerce evolving today...

Keizai Society of Silicon Valley event: The Explosion of Japanese Internet Companies in Silicon Valley

2012-07-13T08:45:00-04:00

Date: Thursday, July 19th, 2012 from 6:00 PM - 8:15 PM New Location: Oshman Family JCC (Jewish Community Center) Taube Koret Campus, F-401, 4th Floor, Freidenrich Conference Center 3921 Fabian Way Palo Alto, CA 94303 Keizai Society's theme for 2012 is "Japan in Transformation" - It encompasses commercial entrepreneurship and new venture formation as well as social entrepreneurship, new patterns of employment, corporate reform and many other critical priorities that are already breathing new life into Japan's business community and its other institutions. _____________________________________________________________________ Keizai Society is a Silicon Valley based business and professional networking organization. Their primary purpose is...

The relaunch of Japan-US Business News has been pushed back to April of 2012

2012-02-26T11:58:51-05:00

Japan-US Business News to relaunch with new format in January 2012

2011-06-26T14:28:14-04:00

The Interpreter's Corner: My Breaking Point

2011-04-11T07:19:00-04:00

Amya Miller continues to chronicle the day to day struggles of the people and relief efforts in the earthquake and tsunami ravaged areas in Japan... I have been in Ofunato and Rikuzentakata for a week now and have found myself numb driving past and walking through the immense devastation. I have been told by the relief workers I am working with that shutting down my emotions is a necessary part of doing my job and while I have struggled with the idea of having to go “robotic” in order to function, I’ve done just that. Until yesterday. This, I believe,...

The Interpreter's Corner: A Whole New Kind of Interpreting

2011-04-02T15:54:47-04:00

I arrived in Tokyo last night. It’s changed. The streets are darker, lights are out all over the place (rolling blackouts). Food is available but on my morning walk to the local Lawson to pick up water and milk tea, I noticed maybe a third of the shelves were still empty. There are also significantly fewer gaijins. More on that some other day. I’m finding myself facing a whole new kind of interpreting experience. I’m heading up north to Ohfunato today for two months. What am I doing? I can’t honestly say. I have been told relief/disaster work is very...