CSR Report 2008

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

CSR Report 2008 Nomura Group● About Nomura Group● Editorial Policy● Message from CEO 2 Group Companies WEB Headquarters “Enriching the nation through the securities business” Nomura Holdings, Inc. is a corporate social responsibility that Nomura 1-9-1 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku Tokyo Group strives to fulfill. It is also a conviction that has Nomura Holdings, Inc. 103-8645 Special Feature 1 World Class 6 been passed down through the generations since Tel: 03-5255-1000 (switchboard) Total Business 1 Nomura’s founding over eighty years ago. Established: Major Subsidiaries NOMURA NEDERLAND N.V. This Report is intended to communicate information December 25, 1925 Contents Japan NOMURA BANK (LUXEMBOURG) S.A. to our stakeholders. This communication is important Special Feature 2 World Class 8 NOMURA SECURITIES CO., LTD. NOMURA BANK (DEUTSCHLAND) GmbH Capital: in highlighting the continuing necessary role that we JPY 182,800 million Total Business 2 NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. MAINTRUST.KAG (as of March 31, 2008) hold in society, and in establishing our place in soci- THE NOMURA TRUST & BANKING CO., LTD. NOMURA BANK (SWITZERLAND) LTD. ety through the various activities that we undertake. Type of business: NOMURA CAPITAL INVESTMENT CO., LTD. Geneva Office In this year’s Report, after analyzing and organizing Special Feature 3 Improving Financial 10 Investment and financial services NOMURA INVESTOR RELATIONS CO., LTD. NOMURA ITALIA S.I.M. p.A. the importance of the contents of our activities under and Economics Literacy 1 NOMURA PRINCIPAL FINANCE CO., LTD. NOMURA CORPORATE ADVISORY Period covered: the three keywords that indicate our new manage- April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008 ment vision, “create change,” “world class,” and NOMURA FUNDS RESEARCH AND (CENTRAL EUROPE) PRIVATE COMPANY LTD. (includes some additional “speed”, we tried to clearly outline future issues that Special Feature 4 Improving Financial 12 TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. NOMURA CORPORATE ADVISORY information outside this period) need to be stated. and Economics Literacy 2 NOMURA PENSION SUPPORT & (CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE) Sp.z.o.o. Month issued: This Report forms a basis for an active dialogue with August 2008 SERVICE CO., LTD. NOMURA (CIS) LIMITED our stakeholders, and we hope that such dialogue will Moscow Branch 14 NOMURA BABCOCK & BROWN CO., LTD. Last report due: contribute to the sustainable development of society Nomura Group CSR NOMURA RESEARCH & ADVISORY CO., LTD. NOMURA INVESTMENT BANKING July 2007 and our activities as well as Nomura Group’s growth. NOMURA BUSINESS SERVICES CO., LTD. (MIDDLE EAST) B.S.C. (c) Next report due: Regaining Trust 16 NOMURA FACILITIES, INC. NOMURA FUNDING FACILITY CORPORATION July 2009 NOMURA INSTITUTE OF CAPITAL MARKETS LIMITED Entities covered Corporate Governance and 18 RESEARCH NOMURA GLOBAL FUNDING PLC Nomura Holdings, Inc. and The information in this Report is also available online JOINVEST SECURITIES CO., LTD. Nomura Europe Finance N.V. subsidiaries Management System However, information about some on Nomura Holdings’ website. Any information that NOMURA HEALTHCARE CO., LTD. NOMURA STRUCTURED HOLDINGS PLC group companies is listed separately we could not include here for lack of space has been in the relevant sections of this report. PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS RESEARCH AND NOMURA PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT PLC made available online. The WEB mark indicates an Relationship with Customers 24 INVESTMENTS CO., LTD. NOMURA EUROPEAN INVESTMENT LIMITED Reference Guidelines article available online. Annual Report information is ‘Sustainability Reporting Guidelines’ indicated by the mark AR . (2006) Global Reporting Initiative 28 America Asia & Oceania ・Nomura Holdings, Inc. CSR website: Relationship with Society ‘Environment Report’ (FY2007) http://www.nomuraholdings.com/ NOMURA HOLDING AMERICA INC. NOMURA ASIA HOLDING N.V. Environment Agency ・Nomura Holdings, Inc. Annual Report NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. NOMURA INTERNATIONAL (HONG KONG) LTD. 36 Inquiries should be directed to: Relationship with Employees San Francisco Office/Sao Paulo Representative Office Seoul Branch/Taipei Branch/Hanoi Representation Office Corporate Citizenship Department, NOMURA CORPORATE RESEARCH AND NOMURA FUTURES (HONG KONG) LTD. Nomura Group Headquarters Otemachi Nomura Building, Our Commitment to the Environment 42 ASSET MANAGEMENT INC. NOMURA SECURITIES (HONG KONG) LTD. 2-1-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo NOMURA DERIVATIVE PRODUCTS, INC. NOMURA ASIA LTD. Tel: 03-5255-1000 (switchboard) Fax: 03-3278-0687 NOMURA GLOBAL FINANCIAL PRODUCTS, INC. NOMURA SINGAPORE LTD. Nomura Group 48 e-mail:[email protected] NOMURA FUNDS RESEARCH AND NOMURA SECURITIES SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. ●CSR Processes & Approach ●Membership TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA, INC. NOMURA FUTURES (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. Nomura Group is an active member NOMURA INTERNATIONAL TRUST COMPANY NOMURA MALAYSIA Sdn. Bhd. of economic and industry GRI Guidelines Index 54 NOMURA SECURITIES (BERMUDA) LTD. NOMURA AUSTRALIA LIMITED associations including: Nippon Keidanren Annual Report 2008 NOMURA CANADA INC. NOMURA SECURITIES PHILIPPINES INC. Japan Securities Dealers Association NOMURA REALTY ADVISOR INC. P.T. NOMURA INDONESIA The Investment Trusts Association, Independent Review・Editor’s Postscript 56 Japan CAPITAL NOMURA SECURITIES PUBLIC Japan Securities Investment Advisors Europe & Middle East COMPANY LTD. Association NOMURA EUROPE HOLDINGS PLC NOMURA CORPORATE ADVISORY (SHANGHAI) The Financial Futures Association of Japan NOMURA INTERNATIONAL PLC CO., LTD. ● Madrid Branch Office/Vienna Representative Office NOMURA FINANCIAL ADVISORY AND Nomura Group and Our Stakeholders NOMURA CODE SECURITIES LTD. SECURITIES (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED Nomura Group stakeholders include all parties, both private NOMURA BANK INTERNATIONAL PLC Shareholders individuals and corporations, with whom we engage in Italy Office INSTINET economic activity. Stated plainly, this means everyone with Local BANQUE NOMURA FRANCE INSTINET Inc. Clients community whom we have a relationship through the financial markets, in particular our shareholders and clients. Given that all modern societies are affected by the movements of the global Nomura Group: Environment Employees markets, we believe that all members of society must be Nomura Group is a financial services group comprising Nomura Holdings Inc. and its domestic and overseas subsidiaries licensed under each different jurisdiction and operating under local laws. considered stakeholders. NOMURA CSR REPORT 2008 1 Nomura Group● About Nomura Group● Editorial Policy● Message from CEO 2 Group Companies WEB Headquarters “Enriching the nation through the securities business” Nomura Holdings, Inc. is a corporate social responsibility that Nomura 1-9-1 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku Tokyo Group strives to fulfill. It is also a conviction that has Nomura Holdings, Inc. 103-8645 Special Feature 1 World Class 6 been passed down through the generations since Tel: 03-5255-1000 (switchboard) Total Business 1 Nomura’s founding over eighty years ago. Established: Major Subsidiaries NOMURA NEDERLAND N.V. This Report is intended to communicate information December 25, 1925 Contents Japan NOMURA BANK (LUXEMBOURG) S.A. to our stakeholders. This communication is important Special Feature 2 World Class 8 NOMURA SECURITIES CO., LTD. NOMURA BANK (DEUTSCHLAND) GmbH Capital: in highlighting the continuing necessary role that we JPY 182,800 million Total Business 2 NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. MAINTRUST.KAG (as of March 31, 2008) hold in society, and in establishing our place in soci- THE NOMURA TRUST & BANKING CO., LTD. NOMURA BANK (SWITZERLAND) LTD. ety through the various activities that we undertake. Type of business: NOMURA CAPITAL INVESTMENT CO., LTD. Geneva Office In this year’s Report, after analyzing and organizing Special Feature 3 Improving Financial 10 Investment and financial services NOMURA INVESTOR RELATIONS CO., LTD. NOMURA ITALIA S.I.M. p.A. the importance of the contents of our activities under and Economics Literacy 1 NOMURA PRINCIPAL FINANCE CO., LTD. NOMURA CORPORATE ADVISORY Period covered: the three keywords that indicate our new manage- April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008 ment vision, “create change,” “world class,” and NOMURA FUNDS RESEARCH AND (CENTRAL EUROPE) PRIVATE COMPANY LTD. (includes some additional “speed”, we tried to clearly outline future issues that Special Feature 4 Improving Financial 12 TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. NOMURA CORPORATE ADVISORY information outside this period) need to be stated. and Economics Literacy 2 NOMURA PENSION SUPPORT & (CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE) Sp.z.o.o. Month issued: This Report forms a basis for an active dialogue with August 2008 SERVICE CO., LTD. NOMURA (CIS) LIMITED our stakeholders, and we hope that such dialogue will Moscow Branch 14 NOMURA BABCOCK & BROWN CO., LTD. Last report due: contribute to the sustainable development of society Nomura Group CSR NOMURA RESEARCH & ADVISORY CO., LTD. NOMURA INVESTMENT BANKING July 2007 and our activities as well as Nomura Group’s growth. NOMURA BUSINESS SERVICES CO., LTD. (MIDDLE EAST) B.S.C. (c) Next report due: Regaining Trust 16 NOMURA FACILITIES, INC. NOMURA FUNDING FACILITY CORPORATION July 2009 NOMURA INSTITUTE OF CAPITAL MARKETS LIMITED Entities covered Corporate Governance and 18 RESEARCH NOMURA GLOBAL FUNDING PLC Nomura Holdings, Inc. and The information in this Report is also available online JOINVEST SECURITIES CO., LTD. Nomura Europe Finance N.V. subsidiaries Management System However, information about some on Nomura Holdings’ website. Any information
Recommended publications
  • Hong Kong Observations on BEPS 2.0 Developments
    Hong Kong Observations on BEPS 2.0 Developments July 2021 Executive Summary On 9-10 July 2021, the G201 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors met in Venice. At the conclusion of the meeting, a joint communiqué (the communiqué) on key topics discussed at the meeting was issued. With respect to the ongoing G20/OECD2 project on addressing the tax challenges arising from the digitalization of the economy (the BEPS 2.0 project), the Finance Ministers endorsed the key components of the two pillars on reallocation of profits and a global minimum tax as set out in the Statement released by the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) on 1 July 2021. They also called on the Inclusive Framework to swiftly address the remaining issues, finalize the design elements within the agreed framework and provide an implementation plan for the two pillars by the October G20 Finance Ministers meeting. In addition, they invited the Inclusive Framework member jurisdictions that have not yet joined the agreement to do so. Detailed Discussion ► Under a special purpose nexus rule that will apply for these Background purposes, the new rules for allocation to a market jurisdiction would be applicable if the in-scope MNE derives at least €1 ► On 12 October 2020, the OECD released a series of major million in revenue from that jurisdiction. A lower threshold of documents in connection with the BEPS 2.0 project. These €250,000 would apply in the case of smaller jurisdictions documents included Blueprints on Pillar One (on new nexus that have a gross domestic product lower than €40 billion.
    [Show full text]
  • Volume 25, Number 1, Fall 2012
    Fall 2012 Volume 25, Issue 1 Biannual Newsletter Canadian Association for the History of Nursing Association canadienne pour l’histoire du nursing President’s Message – Dr. Beverley Hicks The CAHN conference and meeting in Medicine Hat is now a happy recollection and I am sure the 25th anniversary conference is recalled with good memories. This year’s Hannah lecturer, Carol Helmstadter, spoke on “Military Nursing in Four Different Contexts”. Carol’s meticulous research was evident as she explored different nursing responses to the Crimean war. It was a privilege that one of our long standing members and supporters gave this 25th Hannah Lecture. All the papers were excellent but one that stands out for me was presented by Jayne Elliott. It was the work of Jayne and Cynthia Toman who brought some order, continuity and clarity to our own history. This will help us to see our progress and will also encourage us as we move forward. For a small group we have done well to maintain a national presence. Medicine Hat College and the local arrangements chair Florence Melchior did a superb job of arranging the conference, accommodation, and meals and Saturday evening entertainment. This was one of the smallest venues in which the conference has been held but all agreed it was excellent. The next conference will be in Victoria in conjunction with the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine. The new slate of officers is published in this issue of the newsletter, including a number of students, and this is an excellent way to get students involved.
    [Show full text]
  • For Immediate Release Contact: [email protected]
    For Immediate Release Contact: [email protected] TEA & JUSTICE — AWARD-WINNING FILM ON NYPD ASIAN WOMEN COPS TO SCREEN AT LA FEMME FILM FESTIVAL, BEVERLY HILLS, OCT. 17 Beverly Hills, CA, October 13, 2008 — TEA & JUSTICE , a documentary about three petite immigrant Asian women defying stereotypes in the New York Police Department (NYPD) will screen at La Femme Film Festival on Friday, October 17, 2008, 10:00 am at the Fine Arts Theatre, 8556 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA. Director/Producer Ermena Vinluan will be present. According to Leslie Lapage, Founder & Executive Director of La Femme , “The Festival screens films for a world audience. Last year, over 10,000 attended, celebrating films made by women – for everyone.” TEA & JUSTICE is about three petite Asian immigrant women who help change the face of the NYPD – and its soul. VINLUAN made the film because she was intrigued by the image of Asian women in such a non-traditional career. The filmmaker also explores her activist ideas and mixed feelings about cops, while honoring the challenges the women embraced and reforms they accomplished. Hollywood Reporter called the film “thoughtful and provocative.” TEA & JUSTICE was also described as “…a heartfelt documentary…delightful” ( Rocky Chin, Esq., NY State Civil Rights Commission); and “…bold, sensitive, passionate, analytical and iconoclastic,” (Prof. Estella Habal, Asian Studies at San Jose State University) . ABOUT THE FILM AGNES CHAN, a 20-year-old college student and Chinatown garment factory worker became NYPD's first Asian female officer in 1980. Chan was committed to creating a bridge between the police and the poorly- served Asian community.
    [Show full text]
  • No.52 That Unforgettable Song and What It Means to Me
    No. 52 October, 2006 ᷼඙࿖㓙੤ᵹදળ Minato International Association ⋡ᰴ 䊶 Contents 䊶 Ⳃᔩ 䉰䉡䉴 䊶 䉡䉞䊮䊄⠡⸶⠪⚫੺ 䋺 ᧘᳓ ............................................................................................ 2 South Wind Translator and editorial staff member: Li Shui ................................................. 3 Njफ亢nj㓪䕥ҎਬПҟ㒡ĩ㗏䆥Ꮉ԰㗙ᴢ∈ ................................................................... 3 ᗐ䈇಴䈱᱌䈮ᕁ䈉䈖䈫 ................................................................................................................. 4 Thoughts from songs in Memories....................................................................................... 4 㗕℠䅽៥ᛇ䍋ⱘ .............................................................................................................. 5 ਁ࿖྾ᣇ౎ᣇ㩷㩿㪈㪀 䇸㪠㩾㫄㩷㫋㪿㪼㩷㪢㫀㫅㪾㩷㫆㪽㩷㫋㪿㪼㩷㪥㫀㪾㪿㫋㩷㪫㫀㫄㪼㩷㪮㫆㫉㫃㪻㩸㩸䇹 ......................................................... 6 Every Direction of the World (1) “I’m the King of the Night Time World!! ............................. 7 ϛ೑ಯ䴶ܿᮍ , PWKH.LQJRIWKH1LJKW7LPH:RUOG.................................. 7 ᔓ䉏䉌䉏䈭䈇᱌䈫ᗐ䈇಴ ............................................................................................................ 8 Memorable songs and memories I can’t forget. ................................................................... 9 ᖬϡњⱘ℠᳆੠ಲᖚ ....................................................................................................... 10 ᔓ䉏䉌䉏䈭䈇᱌䈫ᕁ䈇಴ ............................................................................................................ 11 I’ll never forget that
    [Show full text]
  • The Hyogo Framework for Action - Progress on the Implementation and Building Resilient Cities
    Disaster Risk Reduction Symposium / Disaster Reduction Alliance Forum 2010 Five years since the adoption of the Hyogo Framework for Action - Progress on the implementation and building resilient cities Summary Repot Date : 14 January (ursday) 2010 (14:00-17:00) Venue : South Wing B1F Topaz, Portopia Hotel (10-1 6-chome Minatojimanakamachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo) Organizers Disaster Reduction Alliance (DRA), Hyogo Prefecture, Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21st Century Research Institute (HEM21), Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution (DRI), and UNISDR Secretariat Hyogo Oce are the joint organizers of this event. Supporters Cabinet Oce, Government of Japan , Ministry of Foreign Aairs of Japan , e Asahi Shimbun Company, e Kobe Shimbun, Japan Committee for UNICEF Hyogo Area Committee is event is organized by the kind cooperation and nancial support of the Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21st Century Research Institute, and Hyogo Safety Day Committee. Disaster Risk Reduction Symposium / Disaster Reduction Alliance Forum 2010 Five years since the adoption of the Hyogo Framework for Action - Progress on the implementation and building resilient cities Summary Repot Objective Member organizations of the Disaster Reduction Alliance (DRA) holds various international symposiums in this January, as 15 year-anniversary events of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. As opening of a series of these events, this forum addresses challenges of international disaster risk reduction and roles by member organizations of DRA, and raises public attention to the issues of disaster risk reduction. This year is the halfway point of the target year of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) which was adopted at the United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction held in Kobe in January 2005.
    [Show full text]
  • Download the Journal
    ARUP 60TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR KCRC WEST RAIL SPECIAL ISSUE The Arup Journal 3/2006 Foreword For 20 years the Kowloon-Canton F a1lway Corporat on has been a significant client for Arup in Hong Kong This period has seen a substantial growth of th KCRC's railway network to meet the needs of an expanding population in Hong Kong, and rapidly developing domestic and inter-city services with maJor cities in mainland China. As the first railway company in Hong Kong opening in 1910, the KCRC operated domestic, cross-boundary and inter-city railway services for most of the 20th century on what 1s now known as East Rail. However, the KCRC in its role as a public corporation has become a planner, designer and builder of maJor new railway networks, in response to Hong Kong's development. Since 2003, new lines have been added to the network with the 1rnt1al phase of West Rail which 1s covered in this special issue of The Arup Journal followed in 2004 by the extensions for East Rail on Ma On Shan Rail and the Ts1m Sha Tsu, Extension. Our projects for these lines, together with our involvement in the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line, will be covered in a further special issue of The Arup Journal. Arup has played a very significant role in the design and provision of many specialist inputs as well as construction superv1s1on in all of these proJects and I am pleased that this special issue has been devoted to recording our achievements on West Rail Andrew Chan Chairman, Arup East Asia Region The Arup Journal 3/2006 3 Introduction Arup and thE3 In 1863 plans were proposed to link Peking (now Beijing), Tientsin, Shanghai, Hankow, and Canton (now Guangzhou) by a rail network.
    [Show full text]
  • Research Projects Research Outputs and Publications
    Department of Anthropology RESEARCH PROJECTS Resettlement and Indigenous People: A Study of Long Geng Kenyah in Sarawak Natural Resources and Human Subsistence " TAN Chee Beng Strategies in South China Between 10000 and 10 July 2000 5000 Years Ago CUHK Special Grant for Conducting Research Abroad in Summer " LU Lie Dan z FU Xian Guo* 1 November 2000 This project is an up-dated study of the Kenyah CUHK Research Committee Funding (Direct people (an indigenous minority in Sarawak, Grants) Malaysia). Since my study in 1995, the people had been relocated to another site. The study investigates This project aims to investigate the environment, the initial effects of relocation on this people, and natural resources and human subsistence strategies sees how the people cope with their economic and during the period between 10,000 and 5,000 years social life in the relocated area. It contributes to the ago in South China, focusing in the Yong River study of indigenous people and development, and the valley in South Guangxi. This period was a crucial results are useful for comparison with the study of time in prehistory, particularly in East Asia, as indigenous people in China and elsewhere. agriculture occurred both in the Yangzi and the Theoretically the study contributes to the Yellow Valleys, with rice and millet being the major understanding of how disempowered people cultivars respectively. The emergence of agriculture articulate their local interests. was one of the greatest events in human history. It (SS00377) was based upon rice and millet cultivation that Chinese civilization was founded. Please refer to previous issues of this publication The progenitor of domesticated rice is the wild rice, a for more details of the following ongoing research grass still widely distributed in South China today.
    [Show full text]
  • Populor Music
    8 Populor Music LINDA FUJIE Among both scholars and laymen, any discussion of the definition of "popular music" is apt to produce a wide variety of definitions. * Taking the first com- ponent of the term Iiterally, one must first ask, "popular among whom?" since different kinds of music are popular among different segments of a given society. As John Blacking has pointed out, [Popular music] is music that is liked or admired by people in general, and it includes Bach, Beethoven, and the Beatles, Ravi Shankar, Sousa's marches and the "Londonderry Air." ... Tue music that most people value most is popular music; but what that music is, varies according to the social class and experience of composers, perfonners and Iisteners. ' Even ignoring such societal differentiation, and using, for example, sales figures of recordings as the basis for determining "the music that most people value most" within a single country, difficulties persist. How does one labe! the songs written in a style similar to "hit" songs but that do not seil weil? On the other band, if popular music were to be defined not on the basis of some artificial index of "popularity" but on the basis of a particular musical style, how would one account for the wide range of musical styles found among the music of Bob Dylan, Barbra Streisand, and the Grateful Dead, all of which has been labeled "popular music" of one type or another. The editors of a periodical entitled Popular Music offer the opinion that ''from one point of view 'popular music' exists in any stratified society.
    [Show full text]
  • Bbrep07 Appxi Horiz.Indd
    2006-2007 DIVISION OF UNIVERSITY ANNUAL REPORT to ADVANCEMENT BUSINESS BOARD DUA • Report to The Business Board • 2006-2007 1 Contents 3. Introduction 4. Review of 2006-2007 Performance against Objectives 15. Divisional Alumni Programming 16. Conclusion 17. Appendices Appendix A: ANNUAL FUNDRAISING ACHIEVEMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 17 Appendix B: DIVISIONAL ANNUAL FUNDRAISING ACHIEVEMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 18 Appendix C: RECONCILIATION BETWEEN UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS & ANNUAL CASH AND GIFTS RECEIVED 19 Appendix D: UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MAGAZINE 20 Appendix E: AFFINITY & MARKETING PROGRAMS 20 Appendix F: NON PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE 21 Appendix G: CURRENT ALUMNI COUNTS 23 Appendix H: ALUMNI EVENTS 24 Appendix I: DIVISIONAL ALUMNI COMMUNICATIONS 27 Appendix J: UTAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 31 Appendix K: ALUMNI GOVERNORS 31 Appendix L: REGIONAL ALUMNI CONTACTS 32 Appendix M: UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO HONG KONG FOUNDATION 34 Appendix N: THE ASSOCIATES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, INC. 34 Appendix O: PRESIDENT’S INTERNATIONAL ALUMNI COUNCIL 35 DUA • Report to The Business Board • 2006-2007 3 Introduction The Division of University Advancement (DUA) continues to build on the annual financial success demonstrated in the years since 2003 and the completion of the last Campaign. In 2006-2007, the University secured $163,640,822 in cash and pledges, a 61% increase over the previous year. The following objectives shaped DUA's efforts in 2006-2007: • Raise $80 million to $100 million in support of the University's priorities; • Build the strategic framework for the next campaign; and • Raise the profile, increase the calibre and broaden the scope of the University's array of alumni initiatives.
    [Show full text]
  • Idols and Celebrity in Japanese Media Culture This Page Intentionally Left Blank Idols and Celebrity in Japanese Media Culture
    Idols and Celebrity in Japanese Media Culture This page intentionally left blank Idols and Celebrity in Japanese Media Culture Edited by Patrick W. Galbraith and Jason G. Karlin University of Tokyo, Japan Introduction, selection and editorial matter © Patrick W. Galbraith and Jason G. Karlin 2012 Foreword © Aoyagi Hiroshi 2012 Individual chapters © Contributors 2012 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2012 978–0–230–29830–9 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2012 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.
    [Show full text]
  • Thought Policing Or the Protection of Youth? Debate in Japan Over the "Non-Existent Youth Bill", International Journal of Comic Art, 13(1) 2011, 348-367
    University of Wollongong Research Online Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive) Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities 2011 Thought policing or the protection of youth? Debate in Japan over the "Non- existent youth bill" Mark J. McLelland University of Wollongong, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://ro.uow.edu.au/artspapers Part of the Arts and Humanities Commons, and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons Recommended Citation McLelland, Mark J., Thought policing or the protection of youth? Debate in Japan over the "Non-existent youth bill", International Journal of Comic Art, 13(1) 2011, 348-367. https://ro.uow.edu.au/artspapers/260 Research Online is the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact the UOW Library: [email protected] Thought Policing or Protection of Youth? Debate in Japan over the “Non-Existent Youth Bill” Mark McLelland 1 Introduction “[B]y Western standards, Japan appears unique for condoning public displays of raw sexual imagery and for blurring the lines between adult and child pornography” declares a 1997 article on Japanese manga in the Chicago Tribune (Lev 1997). 7 News Australia states that “Manga comics often show child and other hardcore pornography . They are regularly read in public places such as trains and cafes” (Willacy 2010). These hyperbolic statements are part of a now familiar tradition of “exposés” in the western press of Japan’s supposedly lax regulation of fantasy sex and violence, particularly in the context of manga and animation (see McLelland 2001 for an overview). However, the fact is that manga representations have always been contested in Japan, with many groups lobbying for restrictions on content deemed “harmful” (yūgai ) for minors.
    [Show full text]
  • Local News Express
    CMA AUSTRALIA — H O N G K O N G E-Newsletter April - June 2017 Local News Express Events in April Pok Oi Hospital’s Inauguration Ceremony of the 68th Board of Director Monday, 3 April 2017 Mr. Raymond Chan (middle), Chairman of Committee of Retail and Trading, CMA and Director of Pok Oi Hospital Mr. Alfred Poon (right), Deputy Commissioner, Hong Kong St. John Ambulance Brigade Prof. Allen Wong was invited by Mr. Raymond Chan, Chairman of Committee of Retail and Trading, CMA and Director of Pok Oi Hospital, to attend the Pok Oi Hospital Inauguration Ceremony. Dr. the Hon. Ko Wingman, BBS, JP, Secretary for Food and Health, was invited to officiate the ceremony and the Hon. Mr. Lau Kong Wah, JP, Secretary for Home Affairs, was invited to witness the swearing-in. Venue: InterContinental Hong Kong Internet Economy Summit 2017—Thematic Forum Monday, 10 April 2017 Photo with CMA members. Professor Allen Wong and several CMA members attended the Internet Economy Summit. This summit aimed to promote a better understanding of latest trends and development of FinTech around the world. Dr. Lee George Lam is one of the guests of honor at the morning session of Global Fintech Innovation. Dr. Lee George Lam is now acting as the CMA Australia Honorary Chairman - Asia Pacific and Chairman of Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited. Venue: Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre Time: 9:00 a.m.—12:20 p.m. 1 Ontario Cocktail Reception in Honour of Minister of International Trade the Honourable Michael Chan Saturday, 15 April 2017 Professor Allen Wong was invited by Mr.
    [Show full text]