Archive for ‘ February, 2008 ’
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Last TGIF of the Term 2 and beyond!
Last Friday, February 22, marked the last day of the Term 2 at our graduate school, ICS. Students often hold the party called TGIF (Thank …
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Spring: season of Reunion and Alumni Get-together?
I wrote about the Darden/ICS Reunion held Friday last week, February 15. I had another Reunion/Alumni get-together on Monday, February 18…
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Professor Joseph Nye’s speech
I had a great opportunity to attend the special lecture by Professor Joseph Nye the other day. The title of his talk was “Smart Power and t…
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15-hour day in Tokyo—Valuable and fun!
Yesterday, February 15, was quite a day. I started a day with breakfast with my friend from Silicon Valley. We had tried to meet last summ…
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St. Gallen
Two days ago, I was invited to a Reception to highlight the Exchange Program between St. Gallen and Hitotsubashi University, hosted by Mini…
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Selective listening? We hear what we want to hear?
I had a chance to discuss my own experience at World Economic Forum 2008 Annual Meeting which ended just two weeks ago. I also had an oppo…
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Science and Technology—is it only for few?
Recently the result of the survey was announced by the Prime Minister’s office on the public interest and expectations about Science &…