Terrie's Job Tips -- Space Planning for Employees, Part I: Rapid Build-up

Submitted by Japan Inc on June 4, 2008

Today’s column is for employers and managers who are tasked with starting a new operation or rapidly expanding an existing one, and who need to find an office space to cope with the increase in staff. Just how big should the office be? Do you want to load up on extra space while waiting for sales to rise, or try to office-hop to keep up with expansion?

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WW-174 -- Off-portal sites in Japan see excessive growth

Submitted by Japan Inc on June 2, 2008

Wireless Watch looks at how Goal.com managed to boost their business in Japan with a little help from a local outfit called UBIT.

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TT-471 -- Knife-resistant T-shirts, Secom, ebiz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on June 2, 2008

In mid-March, 2008, a company called Nihon Uni introduced a new t-shirt which is made of toughened polyethylene fibers to make it knife resistant. What is the shape of the market for these products? How much do media reports of stabbings affect consumer perception? For the full story, Read Terrie's Take Now

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GW-300 -- The Hottest Gizmos and Gadgets from Japan

Submitted by Japan Inc on May 30, 2008

This week's Gadget Watch takes a look at NTT DoCoMo 8 new 906i series and 11 new 706i series mobile phones, Star Wars R2-D2 DVD Projector and FUJIFILM FinePix Z200fd face recognition camera.

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JIN-467 -- Schindler Japan: Going Up?

Submitted by Japan Inc on May 28, 2008

Remember the Schindler elevator disaster? This week's newsletter covers the company's changing fortunes in Japan and takes a look at the challenges the post-crisis management faced as wells as the lessons Schindler learned about the Japanese market. Read Now

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Terrie's Job Tips -- Getting a Second Opinion, Part III: Foreign Start-ups and Joint Ventures

Submitted by Japan Inc on May 28, 2008

Apart from small companies, the other type of foreign firm that has trouble doing balanced interviewing is the start-up subsidiary or fresh joint venture of a major firm overseas. Not only are these companies hampered by the tyranny of distance, and in particular the remoteness of their HR recruiting professionals, they also have the challenge of cultural differences.

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TT-470 -- Benefits of joint-ventures, ebiz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on May 26, 2008

Considered entering the Japanese market? Terrie takes a look at the different dimensions of embarking on a joint venture with a Japanese company and explains how current demographic and economic conditions might be favorable. Read Now

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GW-299 -- The Hottest Gizmos and Gadgets from Japan

Submitted by Japan Inc on May 23, 2008

This week's Gadget Watch features the PENTAX Optio V20 digital camera, a bizarre new kind of musical instrument from Yamaha and the SolidAlliance Baketan Strap 2 - a portable ghost detector! Read Now

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JIN-466 -- Smoking in Japan Revisited

Submitted by Japan Inc on May 21, 2008

J@pan Inc revisits the topic of smoking in Japan and, we explain why we are sponsoring a publicity campaign to raise awareness about how adults could do more to protect children from the dangers of passive smoking. Read Now

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Terrie's Job Tips -- Getting a Second Opinion, Part II: Managing the Process

Submitted by Japan Inc on May 21, 2008

Last week I talked about making sure that, as a hiring manager, you get proper input from the rest of the team of people involved in the hiring process before making a candidate an offer. Besides being good practical advice, it is also important legally. Once you or your company make that job offer to the candidate, you are legally bound to hire the person. Suddenly having one of your internal team members oppose a hiring (which subsequently requires you to withdraw a job offer) opens you up to a lawsuit and claims for compensation. This is especially so if the candidate can prove that they have already resigned from their existing job on the basis of having received your offer. The last thing you want is to have to pay some disappointed candidate’s salary for three months or more while they find a replacement job – not to mention having to deal with their anger over your causing them to put their personal financial security and career at risk.

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