Archive for "Feb 2008"

24.Feb.2008 Politicians and Japan’s stalled recovery

Following up on Robert Feldman’s February 13 AWF presentation on the economic outlook for Japan, The Economist has an article which may be of interest to you: “Why Japan Keeps Failing” (article here).
The article touches on a number of elements that Robert mentioned in his talk and expands on the last portion of his talk [...]

19.Feb.2008 Event summary of our Feb 13th Event

As you know, Robert Feldman spoke to us all last Wednesday about the current situation of the Japanese Economy. His talk was very interesting and we had great feedback from many of the attendees. In his talk, Robert touched upon several issues: demographics and the labour participation rate, the need for increased productivity in corporations, [...]

18.Feb.2008 An article about a past speaker

An interesting article about a past speaker, Melanie Brock, from The Australian:
Tokyo Aussie build up lucrative niche

06.Feb.2008 Launch of the AWF Blog

Dear Members, Sponsors and Friends
We are delighted to launch 2008 with a fresh new look and with tools
to make us more interactive and dynamic, which is what we hope to
achieve with this blog.
We will aim to post events, ideas, speaker notes, and other pieces of
information here and welcome anything from you all.  Our February
event is [...]