A month ago, Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan announced “Regarding Basic Principle Related to a Press Conference”.
He announced that press conferences would be open to all mass media.
So far, only media organizations that belonged to Gaimusho Kisha Kai, or the Journalists Club of Ministry for Foreign Affairs could attend press conferences. Nor all the journalists have participated.
Mr. Okada wants to promote transparency in a government.
All mass media means members of Nihon Shinbun Kyokai or the Japan News Papers Publishers & Editors Association, Nihon Minkan Hoso Renmei or the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan, Nihon Zasshi Kyokai or Japan Magazine Publishers Association, Nihon Internet Hodo Kyoukai or Internet News Association of Japan, Nihon Gaikoku Tokuhaiin Kyokai or Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan, persons who hold a foreign journalist registration card, and persons who regularly write and distribute an article to mass media stated above.
According to Mainishi, a Japanese Newspaper, Minister for Foreign Affairs admitted 18 persons who have not belonged to Gaimusho Kisha Kai to attend a press conference dated September 29th.
Wow! The PHP Global e-Forum Editorial Office can also join the Foreign Minister’s press conferences if we wish.
That’s the difference between DPJ and LDP.
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
Comments by Mr. Kerim Yildiz
We have posted Mr. Kerim Yildiz's comments on the October issue: "How Can Ethnic Minorities Live together with Other People Prosperously in a Nation-State?"
Mr. Yildiz is a co-founder of the Kurdish Human Rights Project (KHRP).
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Mr. Yildiz is a co-founder of the Kurdish Human Rights Project (KHRP).
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
Secretary-General of GSK
I have got an email today from the Tokyo Foundation (TF) whose chairperson is Mr. Hideki Kato. As I described on yesterday's blog, he has become the secretary-general of Gyosei Sasshin Kaigi (GSK).
I told that Mr. Kato would be in charge of GSK's day-to-day operations.
According to the email, “Kato will tackle for reinventing administration and finances as a coordinator at GSK. But, his job is part-time. Kato as the chairperson of TF will continuously aim at social reforms with essential and effective measures, promoting policy studies and personnel trainings in the foundation.”
Oh, Mr. Kato is the part-time secretary-general? I thought.
So, he won’t be able to deal in the day-to-day operations at GSK. I was wrong.
The chairperson of TK, president of Japan Initiative (JI). And more, the GSK's secretary-general. I am wondering how he will handle three jobs at the same time.
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I told that Mr. Kato would be in charge of GSK's day-to-day operations.
According to the email, “Kato will tackle for reinventing administration and finances as a coordinator at GSK. But, his job is part-time. Kato as the chairperson of TF will continuously aim at social reforms with essential and effective measures, promoting policy studies and personnel trainings in the foundation.”
Oh, Mr. Kato is the part-time secretary-general? I thought.
So, he won’t be able to deal in the day-to-day operations at GSK. I was wrong.
The chairperson of TK, president of Japan Initiative (JI). And more, the GSK's secretary-general. I am wondering how he will handle three jobs at the same time.
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Reinventing Japanese Government
The Hatoyama administration decided 11 members of Gyosei Sasshin Kaigi or the Administrative Reform Council on October 6th. Gyosei Sasshin Kaigi (GSK) was newly established to find out wasting taxes, people’s money.
The chairperson of GSK is Prime Minister Hatoyama. The vice chairperson is Mr. Yoshito Sengoku, State Minister in Charge of Administrative Reform.
From the administrative side, with both Mr. Hatoyama and Mr. Sengoku, Mr. Naoto Kan, Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for National Strategy, Economic and Fiscal Policy, Mr. Hirohisa Fujii, Finance Minister, Mr. Hirofumi Hirano, Chief Cabinet Secretary, and Mr. Kazuhiro Haraguchi, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications have become the members.
From the non-governmental side, Mr. Kazuo Inamori, founder of Kyocera and DDI (now KDDI), Mr. Yuzaburo Mogi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kikkoman Corporation (Soy Sauce Company), Mr. Yoshihiro Katayama, Professor of Faculty of Law, Keio University and former Governor of Tottori Prefecture, Mr. Tadayoshi Kusano, Board Chairman of RENGO or Japanese Trade Union Confederation Research Institute for Advancement of Living Standards, and Mr. Hideki Kato, President of Japan Initiative (JI) or Koso Nippon and Chairman of the Tokyo Foundation (TF) have become the members. JI and TK are think tanks located in Tokyo.
Mr. Hideki Kato is also the secretary-general of GSK. He will be in charge of GSK’s day-to-day operations.
What you may be surprised is that you see a name of “Kazuo Inamori”. He is a very prominent Japanese entrepreneur. In the Japanese business world, few expressed his or her support for the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) so far. But, Mr. Inamori had been clearly expressing his support for DPJ. He regularly meets Mr. Ichiro Ozawa, Secretary General.
GSK will hold the first meeting in this month.
I am very interested in how GSK will reinvent the Japanese government and administrative system.
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The chairperson of GSK is Prime Minister Hatoyama. The vice chairperson is Mr. Yoshito Sengoku, State Minister in Charge of Administrative Reform.
From the administrative side, with both Mr. Hatoyama and Mr. Sengoku, Mr. Naoto Kan, Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for National Strategy, Economic and Fiscal Policy, Mr. Hirohisa Fujii, Finance Minister, Mr. Hirofumi Hirano, Chief Cabinet Secretary, and Mr. Kazuhiro Haraguchi, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications have become the members.
From the non-governmental side, Mr. Kazuo Inamori, founder of Kyocera and DDI (now KDDI), Mr. Yuzaburo Mogi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kikkoman Corporation (Soy Sauce Company), Mr. Yoshihiro Katayama, Professor of Faculty of Law, Keio University and former Governor of Tottori Prefecture, Mr. Tadayoshi Kusano, Board Chairman of RENGO or Japanese Trade Union Confederation Research Institute for Advancement of Living Standards, and Mr. Hideki Kato, President of Japan Initiative (JI) or Koso Nippon and Chairman of the Tokyo Foundation (TF) have become the members. JI and TK are think tanks located in Tokyo.
Mr. Hideki Kato is also the secretary-general of GSK. He will be in charge of GSK’s day-to-day operations.
What you may be surprised is that you see a name of “Kazuo Inamori”. He is a very prominent Japanese entrepreneur. In the Japanese business world, few expressed his or her support for the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) so far. But, Mr. Inamori had been clearly expressing his support for DPJ. He regularly meets Mr. Ichiro Ozawa, Secretary General.
GSK will hold the first meeting in this month.
I am very interested in how GSK will reinvent the Japanese government and administrative system.
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http://www.globaleforum.com/en/
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Next Issue Is "Ethnic Minorities"
The October issue of the PHP Global e-Fourm is "How Can Ethnic Minorities Live together with Other People Prosperously in a Nation-State?"
Experts who comments on the issue are as of today:
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Experts who comments on the issue are as of today:
- Dr. Katsuhiko Mori (Professor of Politics and International Relations at the International Christian University)
- Dr. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam (Spokesperson for the Website “Iran Human Rights” and Senior Scientist at the Center for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience at the University of Oslo)
- Dr. Noriyuki Ueda (Associate Professor, Department of Value and Decision Science, Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
- Mr. Toru Sakai (Journalist)
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Monday, September 28, 2009
Konkatsu
The October issue of Japan CLOSE-UP has been published!
Japan CLOSE-UP is an English-language monthly magazine bringing you the latest news on Japanese business, products, culture, society, trends, and people.
One of featured articles on the issue is "Konkatsu".
The term konkatsu (marriage/partner hunting) recently sprung up from shu-katsu (job hunting) to describe modern strategies in Japan on the ageold search for a good marriage partner.
Konkatsu was also born of a popular Japanese romantic comedy featuring Kuniyuki Amamiya, in his mid- 30's and son of a tonkatsu (pork cutlet) restaurant owner, who finds a job he wants but with one catch—he must be married—and so his search for the right partner begins while keeping his job prospects open by pretending to be engaged to a part-timer in his father's restaurant.
What is konkatsu all about?
Read more http://www.export-japan.com/jcu/sample/index.php
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Japan CLOSE-UP is an English-language monthly magazine bringing you the latest news on Japanese business, products, culture, society, trends, and people.
One of featured articles on the issue is "Konkatsu".
The term konkatsu (marriage/partner hunting) recently sprung up from shu-katsu (job hunting) to describe modern strategies in Japan on the ageold search for a good marriage partner.
Konkatsu was also born of a popular Japanese romantic comedy featuring Kuniyuki Amamiya, in his mid- 30's and son of a tonkatsu (pork cutlet) restaurant owner, who finds a job he wants but with one catch—he must be married—and so his search for the right partner begins while keeping his job prospects open by pretending to be engaged to a part-timer in his father's restaurant.
What is konkatsu all about?
Read more http://www.export-japan.com/jcu/sample/index.php
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
Silver Week
From September 19 (Saturday) to 23 (Wednesday), we have had consecutive holidays in Japan due to the Happy Monday System (HMS). By revising a law, some of national public holidays have been moved to Monday. That is the HMS.
People in Japan, in general, have a five-day workweek. They have a day off on both Saturday and Sunday.
21st is Respect-for-the-Aged Day. 23rd is Autumnal Equinox Day. Then, the Japanese government has decided to make Tuesday, 22nd, “Holiday for the People” that is placed between them.
Japanese mass media called the holidays “Silver Week”.
But, the new Hatoyama administration did business without ceasing during Silver Week.
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People in Japan, in general, have a five-day workweek. They have a day off on both Saturday and Sunday.
21st is Respect-for-the-Aged Day. 23rd is Autumnal Equinox Day. Then, the Japanese government has decided to make Tuesday, 22nd, “Holiday for the People” that is placed between them.
Japanese mass media called the holidays “Silver Week”.
But, the new Hatoyama administration did business without ceasing during Silver Week.
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