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4 MEET THE AUTHORS 25 J-MEDIA Diet Dailies 5 EDITOR'S DESK ƒƒ Expressways to get Looking Ahead numbering system ƒ C Bryan Jones ƒ Promotion of collaborative AI research 7 SOCIAL MEDIA translation of news Trending on the Web from Keizaikai

REVISION JAPAN 8 LEAD STORY 26 Metro Wise Write Time Will smart cities save Japan Stationary echoes on the from itself? Sumida River John Amari Kit Pancoast Nagamura

SPORTS DIPLOMACY 15 HR / RECRUITMENT 28 Accounting for Future Change 2 Bureaucrats 0 Japanese opting to earn the US CPA How hoops link Japan, Richard Smart the US, and the world Adam Miller 18 HR / RECRUITMENT Can Japan Pierce Its Rice-paper Ceiling? 41 ACCJ MEMBER NEWS Unleashing the Power of Untapped Potential Anthony Fensom

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Will smart cities save Japan from itself?

By John Amari

Urban populations around the world continue to rise. However, even the very definition of a smart city can vary greatly, differing from country to country and By 2050, the number of people living in large cities is even institution to institution. projected to reach 66 percent of the total global population According to IHS Technology, a global business intelligence service provider, “smart cities according to the 2014 revision of the United Nations’ encompass a broad range of different aspects to World Urbanization Prospects. The current ratio is 54 percent. describe cities that have deployed—or are currently piloting—[ICT] solutions across three or more With such rapid expansion of cities comes a number different functional areas of a city.” of challenges, including overcrowding, environmental A similar definition is adopted by the Japan Smart pollution, congestion, damage to infrastructure, and Community Alliance, an industry facilitator supported by the increased demand for energy. Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI). For Japan—and many other countries—smart cities are According to this definition, there are currently 88 smart cities seen as a panacea for these ailments. These future cities around the world (up from 21 in 2013), according to IHS. What is promote a new industrial era brought about by the internet, more, investment in such projects reached over $1 billion globally and take steps toward improving the efficiency of the in 2013. IHS projects the figure will surpass $12 billion by 2025. workforce and energy sector. Other projections—which may rely on a different definition of a A notable feature of smart cities is that they are built smart city—put the figure in the trillions of dollars. around information and communications technology In Japan, smart cities are largely funded via subsidies from (ICT)—from Wi-Fi to the Internet of Things (IoT) to big METI. The smart cities market here, which stood at around data to artificial intelligence (AI) to cloud computing. ¥1.12 trillion in 2011, is expected to grow to ¥3.8 trillion by Given the strategic importance of smart cities, 2020. METI also invests in Japanese business involvement in one would think the concept had a solid foundation. smart city projects globally.

8 THE JOURNAL n JULY 2016 LEAD STORY 9 JULY 2016 n works, the works, . THE JOURNAL reduction roadmap; and and roadmap; reduction 2 CO Apart from Kashiwa-no-ha, the Kashiwa-no-ha, from Apart “Within the energy management the energy management “Within company is developing smart city city smart developing is company Environmental Future City, the new City, Future Environmental 21 action has currently development underway. programs build to want we Kashiwa-no-ha, of the best possible for record a track model in energy optimization from a spokesperson methods,” the city, of developers Fudosan, Mitsui Journal The told Ultimately, Japan sees projects to develop smart cities—of cities—of smart develop to sees projects Japan Ultimately, Selected by the government in 2011 as a Comprehensive a Comprehensive in 2011 as Selected the government by An EMS is a computerized platform used by electricity used by platform a computerized EMS is An In addition to promoting health awareness and supporting supporting and health awareness promoting to addition In and energy saving implemented has the city this end, To which there are 11 so far around the the country—as leading around 11 so far are which there meet domestic only willnot that solutions in finding way of the hope The well. as ones international but challenges, its the fruits of will share to it be able that is government the world. of the rest with labors One sector of the economy in which smart cities are set to are cities in which smart the economy sector of One the Kashiwa-no-ha instance, For energy. is role a key play in Prefecture’s area a 273 hectare-wide City, Smart this in space. seeks lead innovation to City, Kashiwa an and Revitalization Regional Special for Zone of areas Hibiya and in the Nihonbashi model communities also in the are projects overseas for Plans Tokyo. KASHIWA-NO-HA a sustainable design and renewable energy policy. renewable design and a sustainable generation optimize and control, monitor, to companies and in IoT advances electric of loads. Via transmission and spokesperson added. spokesperson be to ecologically friendly plans Kashiwa-no-ha startups, in means This part City. Environmental-Symbiotic an as batteries, electric production, power energymanaging from the local at level. consumption power and energy an platforms: via main three measures optimization (EMS); a system management The government seeks The government use smart cities as to create— to a vehicle experiment and to with—cutting-edge products, technologies, and services. , a spokesperson from Fujitsu Fujitsu from , a spokesperson , Masato Masato , emissions.” 2 Intended to encourage an aging society to be more active, active, society aging be an to more encourage to Intended The Journal TheSpeaking to “It involves being able to solve regional issues and come up up come and issues regional solve to being able involves “It seeks use smart to the government these achieve aims, To been has selected a as Yokohama Journal TheSpeaking to smart of who will be the speaking topic on Nobutoki,

the project also helped the city study the environmental the environmental study also the city helped the project the to distance density, population as such factors of impact neighborhoods of elevation the average and station, nearest steps. counting by said, “We think of smart cities as areas in which ICT can can in which ICT areas as cities smart think of “We said, be social used energy make as to such infrastructure, infrastructure, smarter. infrastructure, themselves, regions with methods together revitalization with the for living of standard a better pursuing about is and social value.” sustainable creating by a region of citizens with— experiment to create—and to a vehicle as cities services. and products, Moreover, technologies, cutting-edge by will boost projects competitiveness industrial development for newvalue creating and innovation cross-sector ensuring apart local populations—quite jobs for as well as consumers communities. vibrant creating from the Government by City” “Future in the a case is study and Japan of , by Cities in 2015 book Ageing Economic for the Organisation Development. and Co-operation of director executive former Nobutoki, Yokohama’s at promotion city future Headquarters Policy Change Climate new industries leveraging “By explained, shed Yokohama sector, the private with in close cooperation faces today—problems Japan difficulties the many on light be in unison.” handled must that property international Japan MIPIM the upcoming at cities also talked about in Osaka in September, conference Point Walking Yokohama “The impact. environmental he 150,000 participants,” than seen which has more project, on commercial influences positive of example “is an said, CO reduce activities to Chiba's Kashiwa-no-ha plans to be ecologically friendly as an Environmental-Symbiotic City. to be ecologically friendly as an Environmental-Symbiotic Chiba's Kashiwa-no-ha plans PHOTO: MITSUI FUDOSAN CO., LTD. CO., FUDOSAN MITSUI PHOTO: AI (which has led to real-time communication between Such information can be viewed via tablets, computers, devices), customers have greater monitoring and control smartphones, and other devices. The customer can also over the energy loads running to and from a home or office. control the lighting or setting of a device—such as an air A home energy management system (HEMS), for conditioner—even when away from home. instance, utilizes a “smart reader” within a home to display Another use for a HEMS is to enhance disaster “energy consumption so residents can become more aware of management through demand response functions, which ask their contributions to power conservation, thereby fostering for residents’ help in reducing demand during emergencies. environmentally friendly lifestyles.” They also permit various This functionality would be of use in a situation such as Japan devices within the home—such as a television, refrigerator, faced following the loss of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear oven, hairdryer, and lighting—to communicate with each Power Plant in 2011, which led to calls for a 15 percent cut other and provide data in real time. in energy consumption. The subsequent shutdown of the country’s nuclear operations resulted in a 30 percent drop in power generation nationally. A building energy management system (BEMS), meanwhile, provides similar functions for an entire building, such as an office or a factory. An area energy management system (AEMS) allows utility companies to have citywide control over, and management of, supply and demand. Such EMSs are being developed in Kashiwa-no-ha.

AUTOMATION Automation of the energy demand and supply cycle is a key Smart Grids by Home Energy component of Japan’s overall efforts to improve efficiency Management in the sector. On the demand side, the country is to see the Systems by installation of smart meters—which monitor household 2024 energy consumption in real time—in all homes by the end 2030 of 2024; HEMS, meanwhile, are scheduled for installation nationally by 2030. However, most industry analysts believe the hurdles to meeting this goal are too high. On the supply side of the equation, the goal is to separate power generation from transmission via smart grids between Japan will install smart meters in all 2018 and 2020. This is on top of liberalization of the energy retail market, which took effect in April 2016, allowing homes by the end of 2024. customers to choose their energy provider, for example.

DR. UNA MCCORMACK The city has always been about barriers between rich VISIONS and poor. There are always too many people and not enough space. Cultural capital becomes attached to of the certain areas, because of their age, or proximity to FUTURE resources and attractions, or fashion. Some people gain entrance. Others are shifted further and further away. What could a city look like that did not have barriers like this? Dispersed, I think, like the garden cities of early 20th-century Britain, or bigger experiments like Canberra, Brasilia—or Milton Keynes. But planned cities have never quite sparked to life. Something about the city is spontaneous and unplanned—that’s part of the attraction. The city of the future will look much like our cities now, I think. Rich and poor, cheek and jowl. Green

IMAGE: KOHN PEDERSEN FOX ASSOCIATES thirsty spaces. Fossilized layers of the past, built up over millennia, walked upon briefly by the living. Tomorrow’s cities could take many forms, like Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates’ Next Tokyo 2045 (above). But must technology Dr. McCormack holds a PhD in sociology from the University of Surrey (UK), teaches creative writing at be the exclusive driving force in a city that better serves Anglia Ruskin University in England, and previously taught residents and the environment? The Journal asked two science in the Cambridge University Engineering Department. She fiction authors to share their vision of a smart city. is a New York Times bestselling author of TV tie-in novels.

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Changing providers, however, comes with the To ameliorate the problems, the Tokyo Electric Power requirement to install a smart meter—if one is not already Company (TEPCO), which is the country’s largest electricity scheduled to be installed by the existing provider—said provider and owner of the ill-fated Fukushima Daiichi Ken Haig in an interview with The Journal. Haig is vice- Nuclear Power Plant, plans to deploy 27 million smart meters chair of the energy committee of the American Chamber across the country as part of its energy optimization strategy. of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ). He and the ACCJ welcome Overall, Japan hopes to have some 70 million such devices the liberalization of the market. in homes and businesses by 2024 (the original target date was It is hoped that cost savings and efficiencies from such 2020), Haig says. measures can also feed into the rest of the economy, which Kashiwa-no-ha is utilizing large-scale storage batteries has not recovered fully from the triple disaster of 2011. “to stabilize and use unstable power such as solar.” The goal is As noted by METI in its Strategic Energy Plan (2014): to improve the self-sufficiency ratio of energy from multiple- “[Cessation] of nuclear power plants [after 2011] has source stream, including solar and gas generators. caused the expansion of Japan’s trade deficit by the The city is also experimenting with a variety of new increase of imports of fossil fuels and so on compared to intelligent transportation systems—including park-and-ride the pre-earthquake period. systems, on-demand bus services, light rail transit services, “Such a rise of fossil-fuel dependency leads to an and two-wheeled, battery-powered vehicles—to optimize and increase in energy costs … which puts a burden on reduce energy consumption. economic activities and the household economy, and even affects employment and people’s disposable income.”

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DR. ATHENA ANDREADIS Cities are de facto fragile open ecosystems, heavily results in much better safety and maintenance of dependent on environs for functioning (just witness shared spaces than CCTV cameras; as many street the desertification and collapsing water tables around trees as street lights and as many solar panels as gas- Los Angeles). The current concepts of smart cities are driven boilers; community and roof gardens (growing completely centered on networked expert systems. vegetables, not just flowers); and even a rational These, despite their obvious potential, can increase admixture of wildlife—not just pigeons and rats, but the intrinsic brittleness and rigidity of the structures also peregrine falcons and coyotes. they’re intended to optimize. They also carry the Smart cities will not result exclusively from danger of magnifying dysfunctional tendencies advances in IT; they will also come about from (inflexible implementation, lack of human-level breakthroughs in material science and from the accountability, excessive surveillance, selective revitalizing of civic will and local hubs of work. policing, ghettoizing). Cities will never be optimized or efficient (in fact, My own vision of a smart city is one that’s as self- it’s counterproductive to try for these attributes); at sufficient as possible, organic (rather than created by best, they will be livable and vibrant while leaving a top-down planning), responsive to the needs of all smaller footprint. its inhabitants (not just the human ones) and reliant on robust, low-impact, non-intrusive technology. We Dr. Andreadis is a molecular biologist and former already know we need well-coordinated traffic lights, associate professor at the University of Massachusetts subways and bike lanes; hospitals with reliable back-up Medical School. She is also author of To Seek Out generators; small parks, grocery shops, and schools New Life: The Biology of Star Trek, has written for that are down the block from our house. We will also The Harvard Review and other publications, and need heavy-duty recycling, composting, and efficient distributes science fiction throughStarship Reckless heating/cooling systems; mixed-use zoning, which and her publishing company Candlemark & Gleam.

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By Richard Smart

When a Japanese person tells (US CPA), which is known globally as are expected to study for around a top-notch accounting qualification, a year before taking the US CPA you they are a permanent is now being used by Japanese to prove Examination, which is only given employee, take them seriously. they can do more than just count a in English and therefore requires company’s numbers. a high-level command of the Postwar Japan’s employment system language to pass. has diverged from that of the West. PUTTING IN THE HOURS In exchange, Japanese who get Legal protections make it nearly “In Japan, having the US CPA licensed—a feat that requires one not impossible to dismiss employees, credential is indicative of a person’s only to pass the examination but also and create a situation in which most proficiency in accounting, general to accumulate a certain amount of university graduates seek work in business, and also English,” Anthony professional experience in a related their last terms of study. They join Bedard, manager of international field—get leverage in interviews with companies on graduation in April, operations at professional training future employers. They also gain and then stay in the same company company TAC Co., Ltd., told knowledge that will allow them to until retirement. In this jobs-for-life The Journal. “For those just entering communicate more effectively with system, today’s graduate is likely to the workforce, this certainly offers a international co-workers in industries retire no earlier than 2055—spending potential hire an advantage over their such as accounting and finance, and at least the next 39 years with the traditionally educated counterparts. proof that their business knowledge same company. This is especially true in companies and English proficiency are high. Does this sound implausible? It with a more global vision. For probably is. The coming four decades, those mid-career, the US CPA in which the full consequence of can offer a person greater The coming four decades … are demographic decline will become a mobility within their own unlikely to be as kind to Japanese reality, are unlikely to be as kind to company, or in moving to a Japanese staff as the previous four. new company. The reasons for staff as the previous four. Workers are beginning to take this are essentially the same.” action on their own. “Fading prospects Junri Shindo of the for lifetime employment are leading vocational school Abitus said to a little-known but important that his company has seen transformation in Japan,” Richard many graduates use the CPA Solomon of Beacon Reports wrote to improve their careers. After last year. “Increasingly, employees getting the license, “many are zigzagging between companies to students change jobs and [move reach the top of their profession.” into new] industries, financial Many wishing to change their institutions, and accounting/ circumstances are opting for mid- consulting firms.” career training to get the skills they Taking the courses is a need for raises, promotions, and significant investment. To study new jobs. One option on the table, at Abitus, students pay between the US Certified Public Accountant ¥500,000 and ¥800,000, and

THE JOURNAL n JULY 2016 15 Auditing and UNIFORM CPA Attestation (AUD) EXAMINATION � Planning the engagement � Internal controls � Obtain and document information � Review engagement and evaluate information 4 sections Regulation (REG) � Prepare communications

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Japan has probably held on to the something everyone in “When I first came here it was experience-over-qualifications finance and accounting almost taboo to move companies if has compared to other you’d been there less than five, seven, mindset longer than other countries. jurisdictions,” said or 10 years,” Walsh said. “And that has Brendan Walsh, who certainly changed, particularly since manages finance and the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. “The US CPA positively affected accounting recruitment at Morgan There is a perception among people my career path,” Kazunari Miyazaki McKinley. “Japan has probably held on now that employability is not the brand of NEC Corporation told The Journal. to the experience-over-qualifications of the company they are working for, “My company has a promotion rule mindset longer than other countries, but what is on their resume. And it is that you must have a license such as a but even that is changing for newer doing things like the US CPA to make CPA. I was promoted when I got the candidates. And clients are becoming themselves more attractive to future license. I belong to the global business more and more insistent on candidates employers that helps. We have gone division and am in charge of mergers having the qualification every step through the too-big-to-fail phase and and acquisitions staff. I always work of the way. It gives candidates more now people are more realistic, more with financial advisors, so I need CPA credibility and a little bit more weight, willing to look at getting qualifications. knowledge for financial due diligence.” so it’s helpful to have.” In the past, people would stick with Miyazaki now also teaches the US In the 14 years that Walsh has been the same company and rotate between CPA, and says he derives pleasure recruiting, he says that he has seen departments without picking up too from the high levels of motivation the mindset among employers and much expertise. These days, that’s not a among students. employees shift in Japan. Today he good profile to have, so specialization Some, however, may not see instant believes demonstrable skills trump is more the norm in finance returns. “In Japan, it is not necessarily simple work experience for many. and accounting.”

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BROADER MARKET offices. Bedard points out that certain signs of decline in their job While the US CPA qualification is while on-the-job training is gaining performance, the employees were aimed at finance and accounting traction in Japan as companies look dismissed without being given a professionals, it gives students a to internationalize operations, many proper opportunity to improve broader skill base that can help in more traditional companies still do their work operation, thus making all areas of business. “Successful not view workers as needing more the dismissal irrational.” The five candidates will acquire a education after they have signed had their dismissals nullified and professional entry-level proficiency their contracts. IBM was ordered to pay their full in accounting (mainly US GAAP, “Should it change? Certainly wages for the time they were not in but the common global IFRS are for any company that aspires the office. also key), US taxation, auditing, and to international success, mid- Stories of staff with no real basic business,” Bedard said. “Less career retraining is essential,” responsibilities, staying at work obvious [attributes] that are honed he said. “Whether because they are dedication, persistence, and an it be professional cannot be fired— appreciation for the demands put competence in globally The US CPA can but with little to upon a professional.” recognized accounting offer a person do—permeate the Effectively, candidates are standards or just the greater mobility bars of Tokyo when learning a trade that will make them ability to communicate employment law, an asset to most companies. The effectively in English, within their Japan’s efficiency, recent spate of corporate scandals there is no way around own company. and the like are in Japan involving irregular retraining employees— discussed. Mid- accounting and fudged data suggests unless you go and hire career training, that workers with such skills would new ones with those proficiencies. however, is rarely mentioned. be a welcome addition to Japan Inc. Given the labor laws of Japan, Asano, believes training has the Takao Asano, a manager at EY this latter approach is not really power to change the way people ShinNihon Financial Services an option.” work, which could give the economy Office (Advisory), passed the US Those laws seemingly remain the boost that the government CPA examination in 2008 and untouchable. When Prime Minister promised and failed to deliver. joined the company soon after. Shinzo Abe came to power, he talked “The biggest benefit [of doing “Before I passed, I had the strong of a more flexible labor market, the US CPA] was not the actual idea that this qualification is simply but soon backed away from the qualification, but the self-confidence to become an auditor, but this idea of tackling the system. IBM gained from the study process to impression changed after I worked Japan then showed that the courts pass the exam—a long-term goal in EY,” he said. “The qualification are not budging. It dismissed with that needed constant effort,” Asano allowed me to become a consultant little notice five employees in 2012 said. “Now, I believe that anything who knows about business from and 2013 as part of a broader plan can be achieved if you plan and put various perspectives.” to get back on track under the effort into it. I think having this There are, however, reasons to leadership of President Martin kind of mind is very important in believe that Asano would be ahead Jetter. The employees sued and your daily life as well as in how to of his co-workers in many Japanese won. The courts said, “Despite progress along your career path.” n

The biggest benefit was not the actual qualification, but the self-confidence gained from the study process.

THE JOURNAL n JULY 2016 17 Can Japan Pierce Its Rice-paper Ceiling? Unleashing the Power of Untapped Potential

By Anthony Fensom

For Akiko Karaki, breaking Japan’s so-called rice-paper This potential economic bonus has helped spur Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s so-called Womenomics policy. The ceiling, which limits female advancement, started with report, Womenomics 4.0: Time to Walk the Talk, proposes a a letter from her grandmother. three-pronged solution to Japan’s gender gap. Womenomics helped the female participation rate rise “My grandmother had fairly progressive perspectives in to 66 percent in 2014—higher than that of Italy—compared educating her daughters, but after all, they were still expected with 63 percent in 2010. Yet the scale of the challenge is shown to get married and take care of their by Japan’s lowly ranking of 101st out of families. So when I got my law degree 145 nations on the latest World Economic from Columbia Law School, she wrote “Society is changing and Forum Global Gender Gap Index, well me a rare and very moving letter the nation needs to provide behind even other Asian countries such saying she could never have imagined as the Philippines and Thailand. her granddaughter going abroad and good and affordable getting a degree. It was like a dream,” support to all families.” GOALS AND PERCENTAGES Karaki recalled. Abe’s goal of filling 30 percent of Currently a Tokyo-based partner senior positions in the public and at PwC Strategy&, a global consulting team, Karaki is part of private sectors with women by 2020 has already been cut to just a new wave of female leaders who are challenging stereotypes 7 percent for government jobs and 15 percent for companies. This as Japan finally starts to capitalize on its long-neglected female is building from a low base, with a McKinsey study conducted in labor force. 2011 finding that just 1 percent of corporate executive posts in According to a 2014 report by Kathy Matsui, vice chair of Japan were held by women, compared with 9 percent in China Goldman Sachs Japan and chief Japan equity strategist for and 15 percent in Singapore. Global Investment Research (GIR) at Goldman Sachs, closing Despite the opening of more than 400 new nurseries in fiscal the gender gap could deliver an additional 7 million workers 2014, around 72,000 children reportedly remain on waiting lists and provide a 13 percent boost to gross domestic product. for childcare. And although 61 percent of Japanese women held

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a tertiary degree in 2012—well above the Organisation of The white paper lists 10 recommendations to help meet Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) average Abe’s original 30 percent target: reform of working hours; of 45 percent—they dominate the lower-paid, part-time jobs supporting “male champions of change”; encouraging men that account for 30 percent of the labor force, suggesting that to be more active with housework; increasing transparency the nation’s female talent is being badly underutilized. of female leadership roles; changing labor contracts; While childcare is available for up to 80 percent of providing tax incentives; bringing seniors in for childcare Japanese children aged 3 to 5 years, Karaki said the figure support; easing restrictions on immigrant domestic workers; drops to just 30 percent for those younger and older than encouraging more talent management and training; and this group. In comparison, countries such as Sweden offer providing greater employee assistance. support all the way through age 8 for more than 70 percent of children. TIME FOR ACTION “Japan as a society is still based on the understanding Leanne Cutts, president and representative director that women will be there as housewives to support the male of Mondelēz Japan, said the economic argument for breadwinner, and public childcare is only there to support Womenomics has already been made, and now it is time the poor. But that’s not the case anymore. Society is changing for companies and the government to deliver the necessary and the nation needs to provide structural changes. good and affordable support to “The policy in Japan is all families,” she said. Japan can change when actually very progressive; but Karaki added that corporate everyone starts recognizing and if all you’re doing is tracking support—in terms of flexible “ policy, you’re blind. What you working arrangements, aligning to that purpose.” need to track is if these policies mentors, and work sponsors— are in use, such as whether staff has proven crucial to her are taking up flexible working career. An understanding family has also been key. She said or maternity leave. Digging under these policies can reveal friends have switched from Japanese companies to foreign quite a different picture, and companies need to find out ones based on the latter’s more child-friendly arrangements, what is making it work or not work,” Cutts explained. such as allowing staff to work from home and not rating A contributor to Break the Ceiling, Touch the Sky, employees based on the amount of time spent in the office. business author Anthony A. Rose’s book about inspirational female leaders, Cutts said Mondelēz Japan has successfully FOREIGN INFLUENCE raised its female leadership to 37 percent. Having a diversity Naomi Matsuoka, chief strategy officer at AIG Japan, has target, individual plans for women on maternity leave, also benefited from the more “female-friendly” policies flexible working, and a performance-based culture that adopted by foreign firms in Japan. ensures equivalent promotion opportunities helped make Matsuoka points to AIG Japan’s dedicated diversity this possible. champions along with its women’s development program. Will more local companies follow suit? Cutts suggested it This program, backed by senior management, is aimed might be inevitable for those seeking to attract the best of a at fostering the next generation of female leaders and shrinking talent pool in Japan. managers, and includes the creation of a business plan for “Companies that attract the best employees will be a new product or service. those that are more diverse, with a more open approach to The program encompasses visits by senior female leaders development and growth. For any Japanese corporate leader from other organizations, such as the head of OECD Japan, who is responsible to shareholders, why wouldn’t they take as well as encouraging male mentors to learn from their some of these steps if they want their company to grow?” female colleagues. With half of its workforce being female— Signs are emerging that corporate Japan is starting to mostly in non-managerial positions—Matsuoka says AIG is heed the message. According to Japan’s Nikkei newspaper, attempting to raise the proportion of women in senior roles Motor Corporation will introduce telecommuting by giving them the right experience and mindset, along with as early as August, allowing around 25,000 career- exposure to other female leaders. track employees to work at the office “as little as two “For Japanese companies, the challenge now is around hours a week.” retention and making sure female workers have a career AIG Japan’s Matsuoka said Japan can change when path, education, and training. They need to be given the “everyone starts recognizing and aligning to that purpose.” same exposure and opportunities, as well as having the right “Once Japan sees that purpose, and why and how it support, including having people they can go to for support can be done, change will occur. We can take on diversity, in their careers,” she said. flexibility, and globalization, as well as preserve our On June 1, the ACCJ’s Women in Business Committee wonderful traditions and culture to create something launched its new white paper, Untapped Potential, aimed stronger and better,” she said. at encouraging Japanese companies to follow the initiative Breaking the ceiling? For many in Japan, the ceiling set by their foreign counterparts in developing female- seems to be already gone. Now it is society’s turn to catch friendly workplaces. up and ensure that female talent is no longer wasted. n

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Choosing an international school is an enormous task—especially when THE BRITISH SCHOOL IN TOKYO (BST) Spread across two campuses in Shibuya and faced with the many options available in the Tokyo–Yokohama area. Setagaya Ward, the BST follows the English Schools exist that cater to nearly every want, and curricula run the national curriculum. The school received a top grade of “excellent” in every area at gamut. But across the board is a commitment to a holistic learning its last inspection by the UK government’s experience, supported by a wide assortment of extracurricular and Independent Schools Inspectorate, and its links to the local community and its broad cocurricular activities, tech-savvy programming, well-qualified offering of curricular and extracurricular teachers, and an emphasis on community service. The Journal talked to activities were praised. Communications Manager Lowly Norgate’s pride in BST representatives of nine area schools to find out what characterizes each. students was evident as she shared notable achievements from regional and international events, such as a student qualifying for the British Mathematical Olympiad. The BST’s strengths include a commitment to digital literacy across platforms, and tech-supported learning such as Google Cardboard-assisted virtual-reality field trips.

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AOBA-JAPAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL Minato Ward’s Nishimachi International School aims to An International Baccalaureate World School offering the nurture the minds of students K–9 as they grow into bilingual, Primary Years Programme and Diploma Programme, Aoba- bicultural global citizens. In its elementary program, the Japan International School has its kindergarten campus in Common Core-aligned school dedicates 40–60 minutes Meguro Ward and its primary, elementary, and high school each day to Japanese instruction. This grows to eight hours campus in Nerima Ward. A vertical homeroom in upper years per ten-day cycle in . Headmaster Christian allows for increased interaction between students of various emphasizes the Japanese program’s “experienced, dedicated ages, while its global leadership program allows students teachers” and “many years of refining the program” as the a space to create their own chances for learning. Heiichi key to its success. Noteworthy is the teaching staff’s average Itakura, vice president of marketing, explains that “young duration of employment: eight years. This continuity gives people take responsibility for their own learning, and then students comfort. learn and develop faster and better.” The Family Community also helps organize community events such as the Spring Carnival and Sports Day. YOYOGI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL A fully international education can be found at Yoyogi International School, where students range from 16 months CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (CIS) to 11 years. Yoyogi International School has its own unique hybrid curriculum that combines UK National Curriculum Located in Shinagawa Ward, CIS follows the curriculum and US Common Core State Standards with a teaching and of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island learning approach based on the philosophy of the International from kindergarten to grade 12, and is an authorized Baccalaureate. This thought-provoking approach nurtures school for the International Baccalaureate Primary students’ creativity and critical thinking skills. All students Years Programme. While French is not offered at CIS, are very well prepared to set forth on their next academic Japanese language and culture are taught from grade journey, wherever they might go, and school Director 1 to grade 12. In line with its link to Canada, middle Yuko Muir emphasized “the warm, secure, and nurturing and high school students participate annually in math environment that helps children become curious, confident, contests hosted by Ontario’s University of Waterloo. and compassionate individuals.” Principal Ian Robertson highlighted small class sizes— averaging 15 students—as one of CIS’s strengths, as HASEGAWA KIDS LIFE well as specialized teachers for music, art, PE, as well as Dutch and German expatriates are likely familiar with Jenaplan, Japanese language and culture. a child-centered, inquiry-based teaching method that stresses the importance of world orientation and community. Nursery school provider Hasegawa Kids Life, which runs 71 Japanese- style nurseries, will be opening its first bilingual school based on the Jenaplan curriculum next year in the Kanto area. The new preschool (for ages 1 to 5) will feature bilingual instruction, with the main language being English. Time each day will also be devoted to Japanese. Beyond language, science and adventure will be a focus—there’s even an astronomer from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan on board. Math and robotics, literacy, and Japanese culture also will be part of the program.

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The relative speed with which the panel engaged separately in AI research MINISTRY OF LAND, has moved, taking only several months, and development under their INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT, is said to reflect the exponential rise in respective budgets. AND TOURISM inbound tourists. Many repeat visitors AI in Japan is regarded as being are said to prefer driving to destinations considerably behind that of Europe EXPRESSWAYS TO GET on their own. According to ministry and the US—and the growing gap has NUMBERING SYSTEM TO ASSIST data, the number of visitors utilizing car begun setting off alarm bells. NON-JAPANESE DRIVERS rental agencies roughly doubled between Under a new plan, the three 2011 (179,000 rentals) and 2013 (345,000 aforementioned ministries will rentals). It can be assumed the figures have collaborate at all stages, from application In early April, the Ministry of Land, continued to climb. research to the establishment of Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism The setting of guidelines is seen as a businesses, and a joint research body organized the first conference to discuss complicated task. In the US, for example, employing foreign staff will be set up the adoption of a new numbering system highways going from east to west and in Silicon Valley. The overall objective for the nation’s expressways. The main north to south have adopted even and odd is to bring together business, academia, intention is to simplify the marking numbers, respectively. But the more one and government on AI-related matters. system to make it more easily understood seeks a system that is easy for visitors, the At the fifth meeting of the Public- by non-Japanese drivers. A report more it is likely to clash with names and Private Dialogue held on April 12, containing the panel’s recommendations practices familiar to domestic drivers. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe remarked is expected by summer, and any changes Hearings are also planned to question that, within the current fiscal year, will be progressively introduced into various individuals, but time is running “we will establish research and highway signs, maps, and vehicle out. We anticipate that the rush to meet development goals, and a roadmap navigation software. the deadline may result in complications. for the industrialization of artificial At the first meeting, the ministry was intelligence. To that end, we will gather said to be considering a comprehensive the wisdom of industry, academia, MINISTRY OF GENERAL AFFAIRS system that would extend beyond major and government, and create the AND COMMUNICATIONS expressways to roads that link airports and Artificial Intelligence Technology seaports to the highway network. At future Strategy Council.” meetings, the panel will consider standards PROMOTION OF Within fiscal 2016, the annual for highway number designation and the COLLABORATIVE AI RESEARCH budgets of the three ministries will design of signage. be increased to ¥10 billion, with measures taken to avoid overlapping The recent victory by Google’s research and ensure optimum AlphaGo program over a efficacy. The National Institute of Go master and the growing Advanced Industrial Science and adoption of IBM’s Watson Technology, which opened a center cognitive system by financial for AI research in May 2015, will share organizations have focused its research results and related data, interest in the practical utility hopefully expediting joint research of artificial intelligence (AI). activities. Emphasis will be placed Up to now, various on the nurturing of data scientists agencies as well as three and creation of a framework for the ministries—the Ministry recruitment of top-notch researchers of Economy, Trade, and and engineers from abroad. Industry (METI), the A senior official at the Ministry of Ministry of Internal Affairs Internal Affairs and Communications and Communications, and was heard to remark, “Without the Ministry of Education, concerted outlays and more human Culture, Sports, Science, and resources, it will be impossible to catch

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Text and Photos by Kit Pancoast Nagamura

Kuramae, situated along the banks of the Sumida River in of Kakimori, tells me. “Most washi stationery was processed here during northeastern Tokyo, was named for the white kura (storehouses) that the Edo Period. Because paper is held the capital’s rice cache during the Edo Period (1603–1868). Today, quite heavy, washi-makers floated their wares down the Sumida to pleasure boats, waterbuses, and small craft monopolize the waterway, Kuramae, where it was shaped, but during Edo’s heyday, the Sumida was the go-to conveyance for printed with lines for writing, packaged up, and then shipped heavy commercial products. downriver to Nihonbashi.” Takuma Hirose is the third Though many in Kuramae still revitalized from the inside out. One generation in his family to work make a living constructing boxes and such place, Kakimori, is a subtle in the stationery business. His containers for transporting goods, storefront, one you might pass without grandfather sold fountain pens, and the area otherwise seems to have lost noticing, except for the fact that it’s his father, Yoichi Hirose (68), is the the gloss of its polished rice period. packed with hip young customers president of Gunma-based HiNOTE, Two-storied warehouse structures entranced by, of all things, stationery. a midrange office supplies garage line the streets, many with flaking Throughout Tokyo, stationery stores store “somewhat like Staples or Office paint or rusted shutters, and the area have been vanishing, but Kakimori is Depot,” Takuma explains. Yoichi has carries the scent of old cardboard and going gangbusters, even in what seems traveled from Gunma for a visit, and quiet decrepitude. like the unlikely location of Kuramae. alternates between eavesdropping Recently, however, some buildings “Actually, Kuramae makes perfect on our conversation and checking have been gutted, redesigned, and sense,” Takuma Hirose (36), owner his email.

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“Online stores pretty much put specialized papers or pockets to we became meaningful.” Yoichi stationery shops out of business,” put inside, configurations of spiral beams at his son’s words, full of Takuma says, glancing at his father. bindings, as well as leather button, obvious agreement. “My dad was quick to get into that side snap, or elastic closures. Kakimori Takuma has recently opened an of things—and got his business online staff then assemble addendum to early—but it’s a struggle against larger the notebook Most washi stationery Kakigori—Ink firms. My older brother manages that onsite, while you Stand, an elegant company now, so I thought, why go wait. The satisfying was processed here laboratory for after such big game? I chose a face-to- clunking sound of during the Edo Period. concocting face approach instead.” equipment, and bespoke Takuma’s concept was to sell the the self-contented ink colors. romance of “beautiful writing” and smiles of customers give Kakimori a Takuma’s grasp of the human need customized creativity. “When you blissful aura. for quiet time to create something come to Kakimori,” he says, “it’s not “When I first opened shop in communicative is at the core of his to buy something, but to experience 2010, not many people came,” success. As if to prove the point, making something.” Takuma admits. “But after the 2011 Takuma picks a notepad—made That “something” initially was earthquake, there was a shift in the in collaboration with local leather- a bespoke notebook, the building way people thought. Community and worker Yuichiro Murakami—and jots blocks of which are handmade by connected stories became important. a note. It reads: “After so long, father local artisans. Customers get to People noticed that we’re a link comes to visit; I’m a little pleased.” choose from numerous handmade between them and local artisans, The ink of his simple words leave an cloth, felt, or leather notebook covers, whom we employ steadily. I think indelible impression. n

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How hoops link Japan, the US, and the world

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The history of basketball has an almost fairy-tale quality. And like many Basketball League to form the National Basketball Association such stories, one must travel a rocky road before reaching a happy ending. (NBA) that we know and love today. Such is the case for Japan, who was kicked out of the International Basketball is now one of the most popular and well-established global Basketball Federation (FIBA) in November 2014 only to return after sports, played by both men and merging its two leagues. On September 22, a new era will tip off. women. NBA players are among the highest-paid athletes in the world, and there are leagues and Known colloquially as hoops in the United States, the competitions in more than 70 countries. game was created at the International Young Men’s Christian Although the first person of color didn’t start playing Association Training School by physical education professor professionally until 1946, for the NBA’s 2014–15 season and instructor Dr. James Naismith. The name of the school 76.7 percent of players were of color according to The alone seems like a Dickensian creation. 2015 Racial and Gender Report Card: National Basketball In early December 1891, before the long Massachusetts Association, published by Dr. Richard Lapchick and The winter set in, Dr. Naismith decided to put together an indoor Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport. game that would stop the kids from freezing outside, yet However, a miniscule 0.2% of players in the 2014–15 keep them active through the snowy months. After some season were Asian, which becomes even more surprising deliberation, he nailed a peach basket when you consider that the player to 10-foot-high bleachers. Teams Dr. Naismith decided to who broke the mold in 1946 was a were given an old soccer ball, which Japanese American by the name of they had to get in the basket to put together an indoor Wataru “Wat” Misaka, who grew up score a point. game that would stop the during a very turbulent time when As time went on, the rules were people of Japanese descent were solidified. Teams came to consist of kids from freezing outside. looked on far from favorably in five people, a backboard was added the United States. to stop members of the crowd from interfering with shots, and the bottom of the basket was cut out to allow the ball to JAPAN HOOPS fall through. Soon a net replaced the basket altogether. In addition to Asia’s lack of representation in the NBA, it could be argued that basketball does not have much sway in Japan. FAST BREAK To find out more about Japan’s connection to basketball, The In the early 1900s, college and high school basketball Journal spoke to Zen Maki, who is currently waiting to start became increasingly popular. By the 1920s, professional his second season playing for the Hokkaido Levanga, and Don basketball teams were common. Hundreds could be found Beck, a seasoned international coach. nationwide, but there was no governing body to keep them Maki was born in Nishio City, Aichi Prefecture, but at the organized. The Basketball Association of America was age of 14 moved back to the US with his mother. His interest in formed in 1946, and in 1949 merged with the National basketball might have peaked in the US, where he was watching

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FLAGRANT FOUL It seems that bureaucracy in Japan has also muddied the waters. “During the bubble, there were dozens of corporate teams that received a lot of funding, which also meant they had great coaches, players, and The International Basketball Federation … facilities,” said Beck. “For threatened to kick Japan out if they didn’t the past 12 years or so, however, there have been streamline the two leagues. two competing leagues Zen Maki in action in Japan: the JBL and the bj-league. The International Basketball Federation the NBA. One of his biggest influences was Allen Iverson, threatened to kick Japan out if they didn’t streamline the eleven-time NBA All-Star known best for his years the two leagues. They refused, and two years ago FIBA with the Philadelphia 76ers. Asked if he thought Japan could went through with their threat and Japan was expelled,” become a major player within the international basketball he explained. community, Maki said: “But when Tokyo secured the 2020 Olympics—and “I think we are, as a country, still far away from the they had a shot at having the men’s and women’s teams top level internationally. We can do well in the Asian compete—they merged the leagues, and from this conferences, although we still struggle to beat European September the B.League will start. This will bring more teams and of course the USA. media coverage, more sponsorship, and hopefully a “One of the reasons why I think we aren’t meeting our better platform to foster upcoming talent.” full potential is because of the lackluster environment we As a result of the merger and formation of the have created here. There aren’t many gyms or basketball 36-team B.League, FIBA lifted the suspension in courts outside, there aren’t many trainers that work with kids August 2015. The B.League’s first game, a match between besides school coaches. In the States, they start coaching Earthfriends Tokyo Z and the , children on the ins and outs of basketball at a very young will be played on Thursday, September 22, at Yoyogi age,” explained Maki. “The instructors in Japan, on the other National Gymnasium. hand, have only basic knowledge of the game. There are a lot Alvark Head Coach Takuma Ito is looking forward of kids here that play basketball as their main sport while at to the change. “I think everyone who is involved with school, but the environment and commitment to get better at basketball in Japan is excited about B.League,” he told basketball needs to greatly improve. And, more importantly, The Journal. “For the first time, the future of Japanese we need parents that put their kids in the hands of instructors basketball seems to be going in the right direction. who lead them in the right direction.” B.League has secured a big television contract, sponsors, Maki’s views were echoed by Don Beck, an international and media recognition—so the public's attention will be basketball coach with more than 25 years of experience. drawn to basketball that much more.” Beck spent five years with the So while Maki may worry about the facilities available Toyota Alvark Tokyo Men’s team to potential future stars, Beck believes that we are on and recently made the jump the cusp of a new era of to the Women’s team. basketball in Japan, one “There is no shortage of that could even boost that Yuta Watanabe of the George people who play in junior 0.2% figure in the NBA. Washington high, high school, and even “Yuta Watanabe is one Colonials college; but there is very little to watch for the future,” support to bring them to the the coach predicted. “He’s professional level.” currently with the George Washington Colonials, the first Japan-born student to A miniscule 0.2% get an NCAA scholarship of players in the there, and he’s got the skill, determination and— 2014–15 [NBA] at 6'9"—has the height to season were Asian. make it in the NBA. n

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43 FOURTH OF JULY Happy Independence Day! Message from the US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy

45 FROM THE BOARD ACCJ Internship Pilot Program Helping Japanese and non-Japanese students Stephen A. Zurcher

47 REGION UPDATE

2 ACCJ / NIS Chubu Walkathon A fantastic success! Erik Olson-Kikuchi

48 EVENTS ACCJ in pictures

49 JMEC AWARDS The A-Team Winners of the 22nd competition Thomas Beecher

50 ACCJ EVENT Blueprint 2020/30 Launching the Women in Business white paper 3 C Bryan Jones

1 Business Program Committee Vice Chair Felix Bosch organized the very first 25/25 53 ACCJ LEADER Charity Fun Golf: Drive for Chubu Kids to gain extra donations for the 25th Anniversary Market Energy Chubu Children Fund. The event was held on May 20 at Grace Hills Country Club in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture. Spurting energy innovation Dr. Ken Haig 2 From left: Makiko Tachimori (Fukui), Corinne Johnson, and A. Barry Hirschfeld, Jr., speaking at “Untapped Potential—WIB White Paper Launch Event” held on June 1, 2016, at the Tokyo American Club.

3 From left: Kansai leaders Mie Kitano, Stephen Zurcher, and Kiran Sethi (far right) with Dr. Shinya Yamanaka (2nd from right), director of the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, at the Kansai speaker and networking event on May 31 at the Ritz-Carlton Osaka. (PHOTO BY BILL WHITE)

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underpin the faith we have in input and support, as I carry out our system. my work as ambassador. Your efforts The US–Japan partnership encourage sustainable growth, has never been stronger. generate new trade and investment, President Obama is redoubling and deepen economic and personal efforts for approval of the exchange between the United States Trans-Pacific Partnership and Japan. this year. Thanks to the work Over the decades, the ACCJ of the American Chamber of has played a key role in bringing Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) together new generations of Japanese and its members, momentum and Americans, and keeping these is building in support of this relationships close and strong. I have historic trade deal that is both especially valued the time I have an economic and strategic win spent with the Chamber and its for Japan and the United States. members this year, as we all continue Additionally, Japan is also to to work to encourage prosperous be commended for business relations, generate new successfully hosting a trade and investment, and deepen productive G7 Summit the exchange of people and ideas I am so glad to work with in Ise-Shima. We look between the United States and Japan. forward to building I congratulate the Chamber for the Chamber day to day. on the summit’s the landmark Women in Business momentum to deepen white paper (page 50). This is exactly our cooperation on the kind of assistance Japan may global health, women’s welcome in its drive to become n the anniversary of the first issues, regional infrastructure, and steadily more inclusive, benefiting Independence Day celebration climate change. Earlier this year, all. I am also excited about the O in Philadelphia—many years we were able to secure a bilateral Chamber’s important work on the ago—I have the honor of wishing all agreement to open up more favorable Education Task Force, which should of you a joyful Fourth of July. This flight times for US carriers at Tokyo help reverse the trend of declining holiday is not only an opportunity International Airport (Haneda), student collaboration and exchange. to relax, but also to reflect on the which will further multiply our I would like to extend a special ideals expressed in the Declaration of people-to-people connections. holiday greeting to readers of The Independence. As President Barack The relationship between the Journal and all 3,000 ACCJ members Obama stated in his historic May 27 United States and Japan is built on from more than 1,000 companies speech in Hiroshima, following the shared values and common interests. and over 40 countries. Thank you G7 Summit, “[Our] nation’s story Both of our nations are mature for your active participation in the began with simple words: All men democracies, committed to the rule Chamber’s important work, and are created equal and endowed by of law and to peaceful resolution best wishes for a meaningful and our creator with certain unalienable of controversies. Both are trading memorable Independence Day. n rights, including life, liberty, and nations, dependent upon freedom the pursuit of happiness. Realizing of navigation and open markets. that ideal has never been easy, even The members of the ACCJ within our own borders, even among understand the importance of our our own citizens. But staying true two nations’ deep and abiding to that story is worth the effort.” In relationship. This is why I am so an election year such as this, many glad to work with the Chamber day Caroline Kennedy of these foundational thoughts to day, and to benefit from member U.S. Ambassador to Japan

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he ACCJ Education Task Force, created recently by ACCJ President T Christopher J. LaFleur and led by Oak Lawn Marketing President and CEO Harry Hill and William Swinton, director of international business studies at Temple University’s Japan campus, announced on June 17 the ACCJ Internship Pilot Program in collaboration with the Embassy of the United States in Tokyo. I am also a member of the Task Force and a member of the Board in my role as vice president of the Kansai chapter of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ). This is a perfect example of how the PHOTO: THOMAS BEECHER United States Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy addresses the US–Japan Conference on ACCJ can help not just our members, Cultural and Educational Interchange but the larger community of Japanese businesses and universities. Through this program, we can share best practices and provide Japanese students who have the language and cultural skills guidance regarding professional internships. needed for today’s global economy. It’s a win-win for both In Japan, internships—as we conceive them—for the the students and the companies.” most part do not exist. The word internship is used to My university, Kansai Gaidai in Osaka, has been running mean basically a visit by students to a company office a Western-style internship program for our Japanese and for as a little as one day. At the most, these visits span non-Japanese students for the past two years. Non-Japanese only a few days. In contrast, internships in the United students have been placed in firms such as Daikin, Hankyu- States are the path for 50% of all new hires involving Hanshin, Komatsu, Panasonic, and Sumitomo Bank. At college graduates. These internships generally last one or Temple University in Tokyo, William Swinton has had a two months. program in place for over five years. Internships can be The ACCJ program is designed to help expand successfully run in Japan, but to make their success a broader internships with our member companies here in Japan. In phenomenon the ACCJ Education Task Force has taken this total we have 11 companies committed to participating in first step. We have much work to do, but the ACCJ, Japanese the pilot program. businesses, local universities, and students from here in Of particular interest to us is assisting Japanese students Japan and abroad have much to gain if we are successful. who are returning from abroad as they seek internships This pilot program will lead the way. n at our member companies and other firms in Japan. The standard hiring practice in Japan, call shukatsu, puts Japanese students who study abroad in their junior year PILOT PROGRAM PARTICIPATING COMPANIES at a disadvantage. United States Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy recently promoted our new program � AIG � Kreab at a meeting of the US–Japan Conference on Cultural and � Amway � Merck Educational Interchange (CULCON). She mentioned this � Carter JMRN � MetLife facet of our program in particular. � OLM / Shop Japan “The ACCJ’s internship program will reward � The Coca-Cola Japan students who studied in the United States with Company, Limited � P&G professional development opportunities in Japan,” � EY � Reimei Kennedy said. “And the companies will benefit from

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hanks to the generous It was especially humbling for me, having been involved support of many in each Walkathon since the fourth, to see so many people T corporations and come together on the day (and throughout the year) individuals, the 25th Anniversary to support the event and the work that the ACCJ and Walkathon was an incredible NIS are doing in our community. That was the original success! The American Chamber intent when the Walkathon was established 25 years ago of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) as a way to share ideas, for corporations to give back to and Nagoya International School the community that we all call home, and to hopefully (NIS) communities joined nurture an understanding of the need to help others together with many, many regardless of our backgrounds. others on Sunday, May 22, for Thanks, everyone, for supporting the 2016 ACCJ / NIS an amazing blend of great music, Chubu Walkathon. We look forward to sharing how the food, and fun in the park. And funds were used by the charitable organizations, and we it was all for a great cause— will see you next summer for our 26th year! n supporting those in need in our community. The corporate sponsors, led by Shop Japan and Oak Erik Olson-Kikuchi is director of admissions and development Lawn Marketing, provided the backbone needed to pull off at Nagoya International School. He was also co-chair of the 25th this event in such a big way. By the end of the day, through anniversary Chubu Walkathon Committee, helping a team of corporate pledges as well as the sale of food and tickets, volunteers make this the biggest and best Walkathon ever. the 2016 Walkathon had raised just over ¥27 million for 28 local charitable causes in Chubu. Funds also support a new initiative—the Chubu Children’s Fund—which aims to support local orphanages through scholarships and help give them better access to technology. PHOTOS: ANDY BOONE It was our biggest event ever, with park estimates of 4,000 in attendance. Some no doubt came to “dancercize” with SAM from TRF, who got the crowd up and moving at the start of the event! Just as important as the funds raised, this year there were a record number of volunteers—as well people from several local universities and schools—to ensure that the day went smoothly. Many Boy Scouts, Girl The 2016 Walkathon had raised Scouts, and NIS students just over ¥27 million also worked tirelessly. The 2016 Walkathon saw a record number of participants.

THE JOURNAL n JULY 2016 47 1 ACCJ Executive Director Laura Younger (sixth EVENTS from right) at a meeting with executive directors of Tokyo-based foreign chambers of commerce on May 31, at the ACCJ office.

2 From left: Patrick Newell, William Hall, Paul Kraft, Jesper Koll, and Dave McCaughan at “Back by Popular Demand: Now You Know Your… G-H-Is” on May 24, at the Tokyo American Club.

3 Peter M. Jennings, President, Dow Japan & Korea; Associate General Counsel with Oversight for 1 Asia Pacific, receiving a certificate of appreciation at the ACCJ Young Professionals Forum Mentor Session on June 15, at Dow Japan.

4 Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, director of the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, gives a presentation on the great potential of iPS cell research and applications for the future. This event, organized by the ACCJ Kansai Business Programs Committee, was held on May 31, at the Ritz-Carlton Osaka. (PHOTO BY BILL WHITE)

5 ACCJ Young Professionals Forum Chair Adam 2 Baylis (left) and Tim Brett, Representative Director and President, Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd. at the ACCJ Young Professionals Forum Mentor Session on May 18, 2016.

6 ACCJ Kansai Executive Committee members meet once a month to oversee the chapter’s activities and seek the best way to invigorate business in Kansai. This photo was taken on May 19, in the Heian Room of the Hilton Osaka.

7 On May 21, members of the ACCJ Board of Governors celebrated the Chubu Walkathon's 3 4 25th birthday at Hilton Nagoya Kiwami Bar with a special cake, courtesy of Hilton Nagoya.

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48 THE JOURNAL n JULY 2016 7 JMEC AWARDS

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By Thomas Beecher

This year‘s winners, “Team A” (from left): Cory McGowan, Satoshi Ohashi, Wayne Huang, Yuko Kamakura, Masami Asai

n June 7 at the Tokyo American Club, months opportunity to meet members. We will meet each other in of rigorous preparation officially came to a close the future and maybe help each other. Ofor participants in the 22nd annual Japan Market Expansion Competition (JMEC). Varlid: For the participants, I would particularly say it’s the JMEC, which is backed by corporate sponsors and hands-on experience they get from doing the program— 18 foreign chambers of commerce—including the American which partly comes from the fact that all the lecturers are Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ)—provides support experienced business executives here in Tokyo—and from and incentive for aspiring business innovators to produce doing projects for real companies who submit business plan real-life business plans for companies in or entering the projects to JMEC. Japanese market. This year’s competition saw 58 participants across 12 teams plan and present their ideas to JMEC judges Whitson: The chambers also get access for their smaller Rike Wootten, Debbie Howard, and Georg Loeer. company members. They have access to project clients. For Tensions were high as JMEC chair Tom Whitson ¥1.2 million you can get a really good business plan. announced the winners to a packed house. “How many of Likewise, companies who maybe don’t have a well- you have given up sleep?” Whitson quipped, referring to developed training program for middle managers can send the grueling seven-month process, which includes lectures, staff through the JMEC program. Hewlett Packard has mentoring, and five months spent preparing a business plan been amazing. They have sent 40 or 50 people through our on topics typically not familiar to participants. program at the middle-management level. And some of The Journal spoke to Cory McGowan and Satoshi Ohashi, these guys are really up there now. members of “Team A,” which won first prize with a potential new venture project for Fusion Systems, as well as Whitson How do project clients benefit from JMEC? and program director Trond Varlid. Varlid: We actually have various types of clients, some are companies that are not [yet] in Japan, who are using JMEC What was the greatest challenge? teams to analyze and research the market. This year six of the McGowan: For me, it was being so close to the deadline projects are market entry. So, for those companies, it’s a great and not feeling like we had something solid yet. It was just opportunity to get to know the market—what the challenges so down to the wire. But that’s when we came together as a are and how they could potentially enter it. team, and that’s when our mentor and consultant really were Another group of clients are companies that are already a huge help to us. in Japan. They usually use the program for new products or services, or to get new ideas for their existing business Describe your final presentation to the judges? to grow further. For them, the out-of-the-box thinking that McGowan: The company name that we came up with had comes out of the JMEC program is a major attraction. “agent” in it, so we played on that. We were kind of like spies or secret agents, so the presentation was based on us What is the big takeaway of JMEC 22? having a debriefing with the judges—top secret—about this Whitson: We had a good year, some really interesting plan. We had some fake videos related to the secret agent projects. We had some really challenging projects, like organization as well. It was really fun! regenerative biology. That team, which included a food and beverage person from a hospitality company, had to figure What are the benefits that come from JMEC? out what the heck “regenerative biology” is! They really Ohashi: Of course I learned a lot of business skills. And expanded their consciousness, and that’s the beautiful thing I learned English! Also, most importantly, it’s a good about JMEC. n

THE JOURNAL n JULY 2016 49 ACCJ EVENT

Blueprint 2020/30 Launching the WIB White Paper

By C Bryan Jones

promote mentorship, and also educate male leaders Untapped Potential—the new white paper from the on how to effectively sponsor women and embrace the idea of women leaders,” Johnson explained. Women in Business Committee (WIB)—has been Hirschfeld spoke of the progress that has been called, by President Christopher J. LaFleur, the most made and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s support important white paper the chamber has ever issued. of women in leadership roles, adding that what is needed now is a solution. “Hopefully the white paper can be a little movement to pull together a lot of different policy initiatives that have been put forward. early two years in the making, this collaborative blueprint There really is no silver bullet for this—it’s really going to take for improving the position of women in the workplace the government and the private sector working together.” N is the result of tireless labor by the WIB advocacy team, Then Tachimori spoke eloquently of her struggles raising American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) members her daughter as a working woman. She encouraged everyone and staff, outside researchers and editors, many cooperating to take action. “We now have 10 great recommendations. Each organizations, and supporting companies. It represents the of us can be a spokesperson to promote this. The more change ACCJ’s dedication to helping realize the government of Japan’s agents we have, the faster we can “2020/30” overall target of women holding 30 percent of achieve our goals.” management and leadership positions by 2020. TAKING THE LEAD LAUNCH The first guest speaker, On June 1, a launch event was held at the Tokyo American Makoto Kuwahara of the Club during which three male champions of women leaders Deutsche Bank Group, spoke spoke. Sharing the efforts their organizations are making about recommendation number to reach the goal were Makoto Kuwahara, chief country two: Male Champions of Change. officer, Japan at the Deutsche Bank Group; Yoichi Miyamoto, He explained that Deutsche chairman of the board and representative director at Shimizu Bank has a diverse staff Corporation; and Yosuke Akiyoshi, CEO of Lancers, Inc. comprising individuals from After LaFleur’s opening remarks, in which he said the 149 countries, and described paper “speaks to the fundamental issues that are undergirding the supervisory board system the Japanese economy and they have in Germany that Corinne Johnson and provide what we hope are good addresses diversity and equality. A. Barry Hirschfeld recommendations for how Japan The company started its can make further progress,” the initiative on diversity in Japan 10 years ago. Recently, men white paper team of Makiko began participating in the Deutsche Bank women’s group. Tachimori (Fukui), Corinne They work to get feedback from women in the workplace so Johnson—both WIB vice chairs— they can improve the environment for women, and the men and ACCJ Governor A. Barry there are ready to promote diversity in gender, orientation, Hirschfeld took the stage. and ethnicity. The team thanked all involved Kuwahara also talked about the need to establish a company in the paper’s development and culture that makes it easier for women to take advantage of outlined the key issues and available initiatives. “This requires the involvement of men,” 10 recommendations found in he explained. “They must be more involved in building the the document. company culture.” “We hope that the Shimizu Corporation’s Yoichi Miyamoto spoke next about recommendations will help HR the challenges of advancing women to leadership positions in think about how to empower his company, whose culture goes back to its founding in 1804. women with leadership tools, Of 10,751 employees, only 1,507 are women (14%). Only 49 of Makiko Tachimori (Fukui)

50 THE JOURNAL n JULY 2016 “The more change agents we have, the faster we can achieve our goals.” PHOTOS: RIEKO WHITFIELD Guest speakers (front row, from left): Makoto Kuwahara, Yoichi Miyamoto, and Yosuke Akiyoshi

these women (1.1%) are in management positions. But that’s possible to rise to a leadership position. For this to be clear, he said, up from 19 (0.5%) in 2014, and Miyamoto said he is optimistic there must be women leaders in the company who can serve as that they can quadruple the number by 2019. role models. Miyamoto returned to the need for the construction Shimizu Corporation now has a dedicated HR team industry to eliminate gender-based discrimination, and Akiyoshi of four working specifically on diversity, and Miyamoto spoke of the advantages women bring to a company. highlighted two initiatives that are in line with the white ACCJ Chairman and President Emeritus Jay Ponazecki provided paper’s tenth recommendation: Employee Assistance closing comments with a recap of gains—Japan has moved up Programs / Concierge Services. to 101 from 104 on the World Economic Forum Global Gender The first addresses the fact that their field (construction) Gap Index—and the steps that remain. “Yes there’s still much to be is so male-dominated. A program to teach staff about done, but you should applaud the progress that has been made so women is offered to help men accept and value female far over a very short period of time,” she said. “We are confident colleagues. This program, Miyamoto said, has begun to that, with further integrated, collaborative, and partnership-based change the company’s culture. approaches, and the implementation of the recommendations Another assistance program allows women to take a half set forth in this white paper, significant progress will continue day of paid leave—rather than being forced to take a full to be made.” day—so they can deal with needs like taking their children to LaFleur closed out the event by presenting certificates of get flu shots. appreciation and ACCJ mugs to the panelists, and thanked The third guest speaker, Yosuke Akiyoshi, talked about Ponazecki for her leadership as the majority of the white paper crowdsourcing. He also introduced his company, Lancers, development took place on her watch. n through which women can work over the internet to make better use of their skills while staying at home. This model, he explained, is especially helpful for single mothers and TEN RECOMMENDATIONS women in their 40s, who often have difficulty returning to the workforce after raising children. 1 Working Hours Reform The three presentations were followed by a Q&A session during which additional key points were made. Kuwahara 2 Male Champions of Change pointed out the need for young women to see that it is 3 Ikumen (fathers participating in housework and childcare)

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Market Energy To spur energy innovation, let markets (not politics) choose winners

n February, the ACCJ Energy The market has spoken, and it has Committee issued a Viewpoint shown that new sources of capacity I encouraging Japan to adopt market (including demand response, efficiency, mechanisms promoting investment and renewables) can play a much greater in demand-side as well as supply-side role—and do so sooner—than just about energy resources. Why? We no longer anyone would have predicted. live in a world in which building new Contrast this to Japan’s 2030 “energy power plants—or updating older mix” forecasting, announced just last ones—is the only way to keep up with year. In addition to restarting most idled society’s shifting energy needs. By Dr. Ken Haig, co-chair of nuclear plants, the government has In addition to diversifying supply- the ACCJ Energy Committee forecast the development of 27 GW of side resources (e.g. with distributed new coal capacity. On this latter point in generation and more renewable energy particular, Japan is at odds options), competitive energy markets with the world’s other around the world are promoting It is crucial that Japan prioritize the major economies, which investment in means of adjusting design of deep, liquid wholesale markets. are rapidly moving away demand itself, both short-term peak from publicly supported demand adjustment mechanisms investment in carbon- (“demand response”) as well as long- demand-side resources like energy intensive power generation. This is not term improvements in energy efficiency. efficiency or demand response, just a policy decision, but a market- We see this, for example, in the every resource bids into the auction based one. PJM Interconnection—the regional at its total cost of operation (capital In 2015, the Diet passed legislation transmission organization that oversees costs plus operational costs). Bids that should eventually lead Japan to grid operations and the electric are collected from lowest to highest adopt a market-based electricity supply transmission system across 14 US states, cost, until enough capacity has been system, but so far no one knows when from the East Coast to the Midwest. acquired to meet demand. The most this system will start or what it will Delivering power to over 60 million expensive capacity commitments, look like. Whatever the result, it is people, PJM operates one of the those that do not meet the “clearing crucial that Japan prioritize the design world’s largest competitive wholesale price,” are rejected. of deep, liquid wholesale markets so as electricity markets. At this year’s auction—at to encourage investment in lowest-cost, Power is purchased based on auctions which payments for 2019–2020 most-efficient technologies and services. of various types, including payments capacity commitments amounted At PJM and elsewhere, costs of for “capacity,” or commitments to to $6.9 billion—over 10 gigawatts electricity from low-carbon energy provide enough power to meet future (GW) of demand response cleared sources are declining faster than demand. The idea here is to direct the auction, in addition to 1.5 GW expected due to rapid, market-driven investment a few years ahead of delivery, of energy efficiency, 5 GW of technological advances and accelerated creating an ongoing, flexible market for new combined-cycle natural gas economies of scale. By sticking to whatever resources will best meet future generation, 969 megawatts (MW) politically determined rather than energy needs. of wind generation, and 335 MW of market-determined energy targets, Since there is no functional difference solar generation capacity (double the Japan risks shackling itself to high- between a megawatt of power from a amount from the previous year). carbon, overly expensive, and ultimately power plant and a megawatt of reduced At the same time, 2,600 MW of stranded asset investments that are not power in PJM’s capacity auctions, coal commitments and 1,500 MW of in line with global market trends. Japan the auctions encourage investment nuclear commitments failed to clear could save its citizens money, promote in—and create long-term price signals the auction, with a number of aging domestic energy innovation, and reduce for—a wide variety of energy resources. coal-fired and nuclear power plants energy imports by adopting a market- Whether clean energy, fossil fuels, or now likely to be shut down as a result. based approach. n

THE JOURNAL n JULY 2016 53 The ACCJ thanks its PRESIDENT Christopher J. LaFleur Corporate Sustaining McLarty Associates Member companies CHAIRMAN Jay Ponazecki Their extensive participation provides a cornerstone in the chamber’s efforts to promote a better business climate in Japan. TREASURER Nancy Ngou Ernst & Young Advisory Co., Ltd. Abbott Laboratories/ KPMG Abbott Japan Co., Ltd. VICE PRESIDENTS Kreab Adobe Systems Co., Ltd. Andrew J. Conrad Aflac International, Inc. Lenovo Japan Leanne Cutts Mondele z Japan Ltd. Aflac Lockheed Martin Marie G. Kissel Abbott AIG Companies in Japan Jonathan Kushner Kreab McDonald's Company (Japan), Ltd. Amazon Japan G.K. Eric W. Sedlak Jones Day McKinsey & Company, Inc. Japan Christopher Zarodkiewicz (Chubu) Cezars International K.K. Amway Japan G.K. Merrill Lynch Japan Dr. Stephen A. Zurcher (Kansai) Kansai Gaidai University Baxalta Japan Limited Securities Co., Ltd. ACCJ GOVERNORS Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd. MetLife Alison Sayre Birch JPMorgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd. Becton Dickinson Japan Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. Tim Brett Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd. Bloomberg L.P. Mondelez Japan Ltd. Britt J. Creamer (Chubu) Lockheed Martin TAS

Boeing Japan K.K. Monex Group, Inc. International Corporation James Fink Colliers International Broadsoft Japan Morgan Lewis Rebecca K. Green ERM Japan Ltd. Catalyst Morgan Stanley Japa John D. Harris Cytori Therapeutics K.K. Holdings Co., Ltd. A. Barry Hirschfeld, Jr. AIP Healthcare Japan GK Caterpillar Morrison & Foerster, Tad Johnson Pratt & Whitney Aftermarket Japan KK Chevron International Gas Inc. Ito & Mitomi Patrik Jonsson (Kansai) Eli Lilly Japan K.K. Japan Branch MSD K.K. Junichi Maruyama Citigroup Japan Holdings Corp. Cisco Systems G.K. Arthur M. Mitchell White & Case LLP Nanzan Gakuen Citigroup (Nanzan School Corporation) Sachin N. Shah MetLife Insurance K.K. Yoshitaka Sugihara Google Inc. Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd. Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems William J. Swinton Temple University, Japan Campus Colliers International Nu Skin Japan Co., Ltd. PRESIDENTS EMERITI Cummins Japan Ltd. Oak Lawn Marketing, Inc. Debbie Howard (2004–2005) Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC Oracle Corporation Charles D. Lake II (2006–2007) Delta Air Lines, Inc. Allan D. Smith (2008) Procter & Gamble Japan K.K. Thomas W. Whitson (2009–2010) Deutsche Bank Group Prudential Financial, Inc. Michael J. Alfant (2011–2012) Dow Chemical Japan Ltd. Jay Ponazecki (2014–2015) PwC Japan Eli Lilly Japan K.K. QUALCOMM JAPAN Inc. CHAIRMAN EMERITUS en world Japan Randstad K.K. Kumi Sato EY Japan Cosmo PR Robert Walters Japan K.K. Federal Express Corporation Saatchi & Saatchi Fallon Tokyo ACCJ EXECUTIVE STAFF Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Tokyo Squire Patton Boggs Laura Younger Executive Director

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