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Dec 19, 2011 Launch of the G1 GLOBAL, an International Conference in Japan Attracting Leaders from Around the World
Dec 16, 2011 “100 Actions” Creating a Vision of Japan: 13. Promoting Cool Japan (METI 7)
Nov 17, 2011 “100 Actions” Creating a Vision of Japan: 12.Promote Intellectual Property Strategies (Economics and Industry 6)
Nov 17, 2011 “100 Actions” Creating a Vision of Japan: 11.Achieve e-Government! (Economics and Industry 6)
Nov 01, 2011 G1 GLOBAL Panels LIVE online on Nov. 3rd!
Oct 12, 2011 “100 Actions” Creating a Vision of Japan: 10. Fostering an Ecosystem for entrepreneurs to Promote Growth (Economics and Industry 4)
Sep 15, 2011 “100 Actions” Creating a Vision of Japan: 9. Make Japan More Attractive Place to do business in (Economics and Industry 3)
Sep 15, 2011 “100 Actions” Creating a Vision of Japan: 8. Free Trade – FTA/TPP (Economics and Industry 2)
Sep 08, 2011 “100 Actions” Creating a Vision of Japan: 7. Energy Policies (Economics and Industry 1)
Sep 08, 2011 “100 Actions” Creating a Vision of Japan: 6. Expectation to Mass Media
Aug 29, 2011 “100 Actions” Creating a Vision of Japan: 5. Expectation to Legal Profession
Aug 29, 2011 “100 Actions” Creating a Vision of Japan: 4. Expectation to Bureaucrats
Aug 26, 2011 Visits to Fukushima with KIBOW: “Going to Fukushima, Getting Involved and Listening to People’s Voices”
Aug 23, 2011 12th email from Japan – Nuclear Debate after FUKUSHIMA
Aug 22, 2011 My Thoughts After My Debate with Masayoshi Son – Japanese Citizens Are the Winners!
Aug 22, 2011 “100 Actions” Creating a Vision of Japan: 3. Expectation to Politicians
Aug 22, 2011 “100 Actions” Creating a Vision of Japan: 2. Expectation to the People of Japan
Aug 22, 2011 “100 Actions” Creating a Vision of Japan: 1. Principle of “100 Actions”
Aug 03, 2011 KIBOW Hachinohe Meeting: Shouldering the Responsibility to Rebuild Devastated Areas from the North Side
Jul 07, 2011 KIBOW Morioka Meeting: Scenes from the Sanriku Coast
Jul 04, 2011 Business Trip to Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur: My First Visit to Southeast Asia since the Earthquake
Jul 01, 2011 Scenes from GLOBIS Graduation Ceremonies
Jun 24, 2011 11th Email from Japan - G1 Global Conference in Japan on Nov. 3rd
May 24, 2011 Participation in the 2011 Milken Conference in Los Angeles
May 23, 2011 Business Trip to Brazil (2): Scenes from the Amazon
May 20, 2011 Business Trip to Brazil (1): Scenes from Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro
May 16, 2011 10th email from Japan – Visit to Sendai and the area devastated by Tsunami
May 15, 2011 KIBOW Iwaki Meeting (2): Relief Supplies and the Feeling of Thankfulness
May 14, 2011 KIBOW Iwaki Meeting (1): Visit to Areas Near the Nuclear Power Plants and Discussions with Local Leaders
May 09, 2011 9th Email from Japan - Japanese Economy & Power Supply
May 03, 2011 8th Email from Japan-Preparation for disasters
Apr 25, 2011 7th Email from Japan - Debate on Nuclear
Apr 18, 2011 Email from Japan –Vol. 6 Visit to Fukushima
Apr 11, 2011 Update from Japan: 5th email from GLOBIS & KIBOW
Apr 04, 2011 Message from GLOBIS & KIBOW Japan - 4
Mar 22, 2011 Message from GLOBIS & KIBOW Japan - 3
Mar 18, 2011 KIBOW Project ~ Press Release
Mar 18, 2011 Launch of Project KIBOW
Mar 13, 2011 Messages to friends of GLOBIS - We shall never be defeated by this disaster
Mar 11, 2011 Business Trip to the United States (4): Visiting Investors in New York
Mar 10, 2011 Business Trip to the United States (3): Conference Gathering Entrepreneurs Assembled from Around the World
Mar 09, 2011 Business Trip to the United States (2): Snowboarding in Vail, Colorado
Mar 08, 2011 Business Trip to the United States (1): Scenes in Los Angeles
Mar 07, 2011 G1 Summit 2011 (4): Awareness as Leaders of Japan
Mar 06, 2011 G1 Summit 2011 (3): Scenes from the Final Day – An Assembly of Intellectual Giants
Mar 05, 2011 G1 Summit 2011 (2): Scenes from the Second Day – Exchanges at Conference Rooms, Whisky Distillery, Public Bath and Bar
Mar 04, 2011 Scenes from the First Day of G1 Summit 2011(1) : Sounds of Words, Sounds of Music
Mar 03, 2011 Trip to Saudi Arabia on a Government Mission (2): The Ten Biggest Surprises in Saudi Arabia
Mar 02, 2011 Trip to Saudi Arabia on a Government Mission (1): Scenes from Jeddah
Mar 02, 2011 Davos Forum 2011 (8): Additional Episodes
Feb 24, 2011 Davos Forum 2011 (6): Scenes on the Way Back as I Tweeted
Feb 24, 2011 Davos Forum 2011 (4): Live Twitter Broadcast of Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s Speech
Feb 24, 2011 Davos Forum 2011 (3): National Presence
Feb 18, 2011 Davos 2011(2) : Night Programs at Davos
Feb 17, 2011 Davos 2011 (1): Davos Forum as a “Competitive Exhibition for Leaders”
Dec 22, 2010 My First Letter to My Wife
Dec 09, 2010 A Three-City Tour of Asia, with Stops in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore
Nov 18, 2010 Potential of and Strategies for My Hometown Mito – A City of Emigrants and “Drunken Mad”?
Oct 15, 2010 A Participant’s Tweets from the Summer Davos in Tianjin
Sep 10, 2010 Report on My International Volunteer Activities in Africa - Part4: Scenes from the Last Day of Our Work
Sep 06, 2010 Report on My International Volunteer Activities in Africa - Part 3: The Meaning of Volunteer Work
Aug 31, 2010 Report on My International Volunteer Work in Africa - Part2: Offering a Better Educational Environment to Children
Aug 27, 2010 Report on My International Volunteer Work in Africa - Part1: Primary School Reconstruction Project Gets Underway
Aug 20, 2010 ASKA Meeting 2010 – Where Legends of Visionary Leaders Are Born
Aug 17, 2010 Different Values in the Global Community and Japanese Society - Part 2: An Apology, Reconciliation and a Pledge
Aug 16, 2010 Different Values in the Global Community and Japanese Society - Part 1: Thought on a Controversial Statement at the East Asian Economic Summit
Aug 03, 2010 My (Business) Trip to Tanzania – Part 7: Traveling the History and Culture of Tanzania
Jul 28, 2010 My (Business) Trip to Tanzania – Part 6: Africa, Believe in Your Strengths!
Jul 27, 2010 My Trip to Tanzania – Part 5: Increasing Japan’s Presence in Africa
Jul 15, 2010 My Trip to Tanzania – Part 4: From Safari to the World Economic Forum
Jul 14, 2010 My Trip to Tanzania – Part 3: Wildlife on the Serengeti
Jul 12, 2010 My Trip to Tanzania – Part 2: My First Safari
Jul 09, 2010 My Trip to Tanzania – Part 1: The passage to Tanzania
Jun 28, 2010 Scenes from Globis' Entrance Ceremony – Believing in the power of education
Jun 25, 2010 Valuable insight that tuna diplomacy provided my child
Jun 24, 2010 A trip with my fourth son
Jun 23, 2010 A Summit for Leaders of the Next Generation - part 2: Vision of a G1 Summit
Jun 22, 2010 A Summit for Leaders of the Next Generation - Part 1
May 24, 2010 Responsibilities of a Generation; Determination as a Leader
May 20, 2010 Academic Wisdom and Practical Wisdom
May 19, 2010 Social Entrepreneurs "and" Entrepreneurs
May 18, 2010 Public opinion is shaped at Twitter
May 12, 2010 "Unequal Society?" – Learning from the Spirit of the Venerable Sontoku Ninomiya
Apr 09, 2010 Personal Independence Strengthens Japan
Apr 08, 2010 Japanese Leaders: Have the spirit to adapt to change!
Apr 07, 2010 The Words and Behaviors of Each Individual Change Japan
Apr 06, 2010 Japanese corporations should forget the monozukuri myth and work on refining management capacity
Mar 26, 2010 Thoughts on the Toyota Recall
Mar 26, 2010 Seven Hypotheses on Twitter
Mar 26, 2010 Social Entrepreneur vs. Entrepreneur
Mar 11, 2010 Thoughts on the Education of Children: My Son's Junior High School Exams
Mar 05, 2010 WEF Annual Meeting 2010 in Davos - Part7: Scenes from the Fourth Day at Davos
Mar 03, 2010 WEF Annual Meeting 2010 in Davos 2010 - Part 6: Scenes from the Third Day at Davos
Mar 02, 2010 WEF Annual Meeting 2010 in Davos - Part 5: Scenes from the second day at Davos
Feb 14, 2010 Thoughts That Crossed My Mind at the Mountain Lodge in Winter
Feb 12, 2010 WEF Annual Meeting 2010 in Davos - Part 4: The Real Fun of the Davos Conference
Feb 09, 2010 WEF Annual Meeting 2010 in Davos- Part 3: A Scene surrounded by Wine
Feb 05, 2010 WEF Annual Meeting 2010 in Davos - Part 2: The road to Davos
Feb 04, 2010 WEF Annual Meeting 2010 in Davos – Part 1: The significance of attending the Davos Conference
Sep 02, 2009 Striving to Overcome Adversity, Part 6:A crowning glory and onwards to the next challenge
Sep 02, 2009 Striving to Overcome Adversity, Part 5:The three Hori brothers get to do battle in 2009
Dec 24, 2008 An Invitation from Bill Clinton, Part 2: Sustainable Development
Dec 19, 2008 An Invitation from Bill Clinton, Part 1: Brimming with Curiosity
Dec 11, 2008 Mumbai Business Trip Diary, Part 1: The Mumbai Cityscape and Terrorism
Dec 04, 2008 Seismic Change in the Venture Capital Industry
Dec 02, 2008 A Little Happiness in Everyday Life
Nov 25, 2008 The "Lost Decade" Represented Ten Years of Learning and Strategic/Structural Reform
Nov 18, 2008 Contemplating the Global Economy by the Uji River
Nov 10, 2008 HBS Centennial Global Business Summit
Sep 04, 2008 Striving to Overcome Adversity, Part 4: The Hori Brothers Finish at a Less-than-Hoped-for Fourth in the National Tournament
Sep 04, 2008 Striving to Overcome Adversity, Part 3: The 3 Hori Brothers Get through the Preliminary Round on Their First Try!
Aug 11, 2008 Humanistic studies in Aspen, Part 2: What did I learn?
Aug 11, 2008 Humanistic studies in Aspen: The Purpose and Significance of Learning, Part 1
Jul 16, 2008 Leaders of Change and Creativity Set Out on Their Journeys—Scenes from GLOBIS' Commencement Ceremony
Jul 16, 2008 The Meaning of Writing Columns
Jul 09, 2008 The Stature of Harvard Business School—Scenes as Witnessed by an Alumni Association Director
Jul 09, 2008 Striving to Overcome Adversity, Part 2: Winning the Tokyo District Tournament and Going on to the National Tournament
Jul 04, 2008 Striving to Overcome Adversity, Part 1: Personal Development in an Affluent Environment
Mar 05, 2008 A Banquet Honored by the Presence of Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress
Dec 11, 2007 Toward the Establishment of an Educational Corporation of Globis University!
Oct 11, 2007 Dalian Davos Meeting Report, Part 4: Forecasting a Course for the Future
Oct 09, 2007 Dalian Davos Meeting Report, Part 3: Discussions with Leaders from Newly Emerging Countries
Oct 03, 2007 Dalian Davos Meeting Report, Part 2: The New Champions Gather
Sep 13, 2007 Dalian Davos Meeting Report, Part 1: The Panorama for Saka no Ue no Kumo (Clouds Above the Hilltop)
Aug 03, 2007 The 15th Anniversary of the Establishment of GLOBIS
Jan 26, 2007 Round-the-World Business Trip 2007. No. 4: London Scenery—A Brief Profile of Investors
Jan 26, 2007 Round-the-World Business Trip 2007. No 3: Boston Scenery
Jan 24, 2007 Round-the-World Business Trip 2007. No. 2: Ceremony Honoring Alan Patricof
Jan 23, 2007 Round-the-World Business Trip 2007. No. 1: The Objectives of Overseas Business Trips
Sep 06, 2006 Forbes CEO Conference No. 2: Our Presence in Asia
Sep 05, 2006 The Forbes Global CEO Conference No. 1: The World's Largest Gathering of Capitalists
Aug 30, 2006 Congratulations to Netage on becoming a listed company!
Jun 07, 2006 Notes from the Boston Trip No. 3—What is Success in Life?
Jun 05, 2006 Notes from the Boston Trip No. 2—Harvard Business School 15th Anniversary Reunion
Jun 04, 2006 Notes from the Boston Trip No. 1—A Trip to the Land of Memories
Apr 27, 2006 Speech in Beijing
Apr 06, 2006 The Balance of Life—My Second Son's Entrance Ceremony
Apr 02, 2006 My First Dean's Speech at the Entrance Ceremony of the Graduate School of Management, Globis University
Mar 21, 2006 What It Means to Carry the Japanese Flag—Thoughts on the Day Sadaharu Oh’s Japan Baseball Team Became Number One in the World
Feb 05, 2006 Making It onto the Front Page of Forbes Asia
Jan 27, 2006 The U.S. Road Show
Dec 03, 2005 Human Network-Building Trip in Asia
Oct 27, 2005 Trip to Make Friends with Innovators in the U.S.
Oct 24, 2005 Learning from Harvard—Managing A Top Business School
Oct 02, 2005 The Birth of Our Fifth Child—The Story of Having Five Sons
Sep 02, 2005 Day 8 of the YES! PROJECT—Overseas Media Interviews
Aug 28, 2005 Day 3 of YES! PROJECT—Booked up on my day off
Aug 25, 2005 Day 1 of YES! PROJECT—Getting Together with Bloggers and the LDP
Aug 17, 2005 A Motion from Young Entrepreneurs with the Approach of the House of Representatives Election—"The YES Movement"
Aug 02, 2005 Rules and Manners—Thoughts about Children and Discipline
Jul 21, 2005 Gathering of Entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists in Silicon Valley (Part 2)
Jul 20, 2005 Gathering of Entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists in Silicon Valley (Part 1)
Jul 19, 2005 Restructuring My Personal Time—What I Decided at the Japan Masters
Jul 09, 2005 Tony Blair, the Leader, and My Thoughts on The London Bombings
Jun 07, 2005 My Game against a Professional Go Player Covered by Magazine
May 29, 2005 The Entrepreneur's Choice
May 20, 2005 Aiming To Be the No. 1 Business School in Asia
May 20, 2005 The GREE Diary I Began Writing during My Business Trip
May 16, 2005 Myanmar Travel Diary: Part Two, From Yangon to Bagan
May 13, 2005 Myanmar Travel Diary: Part One, "The Road to Yangon"
Apr 25, 2005 The Arrival of "Nuvo," the World's First Mass-Produced Bipedal Robot
Apr 23, 2005 ASKA Conference No. 1—From Idea to Reality
Jan 29, 2005 The Davos Meeting—Where Public Opinion is Formed
Jan 29, 2005 My Despair at Davos – The Capital Gains of Foreign Investors
Nov 24, 2004 "The Six Dimensions of Life" Goes on Sale
Nov 12, 2004 Venture Capital Gathering in Asia (Part 2)
Nov 11, 2004 Venture Capital Gathering in Asia (Part 1)
Oct 11, 2004 Three-Week, Round-the-World Business Trip (Part 1: Why It Was So Long)
Jul 13, 2004 GLOBIS is Boldly Taking the No. 3 Spot!
Jul 06, 2004 Looking Around Campus Candidate Sites at Mt. Aizu in Bandai
Jun 14, 2004 Three-Day Business Trip to Hong Kong and Shanghai
Jun 04, 2004 On Art and Business
May 13, 2004 My First Shanghai Inspection Tour
Apr 28, 2004 Why I Write "Views from an Entrepreneur"
Apr 23, 2004 GLOBIS MBA Entrance Ceremony
Apr 16, 2004 Things to Celebrate—The Completion of the New Office
Mar 31, 2004 Things to Celebrate—Swimming Edition
Mar 11, 2004 How I Spend My Overseas Business Trips
Oct 23, 2003 Attending the East Asia Economic Summit, Part 1—Schedule
Oct 17, 2003 NAL (New Asian Leaders) Begins—Report from Hong Kong
Aug 19, 2003 Alan Patricof, the Legendary Venture Capitalist
Feb 17, 2003 On Finishing My Business Trip in the Freezing USA
Dec 10, 2002 The Game of "Go" and Management
Feb 16, 2002 The Mountain Lodge Project
Jan 29, 2002 On the Publishing of "My Personal Mission Statement"
Jan 07, 2002 Paving the Way for Creative Change and Innovation—Approaching GLOBIS' 10th Anniversary in 2002
Dec 20, 2001 The Fall of U.S. Venture Capital
Dec 13, 2001 Works Applications' IPO
Dec 07, 2001 Visiting and Speaking at U.S. Business Schools
Jun 03, 2001 10-Year Reunion at HBS
May 15, 2001 What Is a Company's Raison d'Etre? Part 2
Feb 08, 2001 The Debate with Professor Michael Porter
Aug 01, 2000 The Three Enemies Within GLOBIS
Sep 06, 1999 What Is a Company's Raison d'Etre? Volume 1 (continued)
Sep 03, 1999 What Is a Company's Raison d'Etre? Volume 1
Nov 24, 1998 Breakfast Gathering with Tony Blair
Sep 18, 1998 Synchronous World Recession 2—Away from Crass Capitalism, Toward Inner "Satisfaction-ism"
Sep 18, 1998 Synchronous World Depression 1

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